On Mon, 2008-12-08 at 12:30 -0500, Nikolas Coukouma wrote: > On Mon, 2008-12-08 at 07:02 -0500, Matt Burkhardt wrote: > > On Sun, 2008-12-07 at 21:40 -0500, Nikolas Coukouma wrote: > > > On Sun, 2008-12-07 at 13:25 -0500, Dustin J. Mitchell wrote: > > > > On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Matt Burkhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > Now that I've got my holding disk set up, I've been running into > > > > > issues with > > > > > timeouts from S3. > > > > > > > > ... These errors > > > > are only reported to you after 14 retrires, which means Amazon has > > > > been given ample opportunity to resolve any network issues. > > > > ... > > > ... > > > If the bucket you're trying to backup to isn't created yet, that's > > > probably the problem. If the problem persists, I'd recommend either > > > trying the beta or compiling a copy from source, tweaking the values in > > > device-src/s3.c .... > > I'm sure you probably already know, but I'm running the Ubuntu Hardy > > 2.6.1b1 package. I just downloaded the source for 2.6.1b1 and those > > definitions are already set in the s3.c file - would it be worth it to > > try and uninstall the package and reinstall from source? > > Nope. > > Since you're running 2.6.1b1, you can try setting the property S3_SSL to > "false" temporarily and using a packet capture tool like Wireshark to > take a closer look. This disables the encryption that's usually used to > transfer your data to Amazon, so it's not a good idea to leave it off > during normal operation. > > If you want to try that and send the packet capture file (from having > SSL disabled) to me off-list, I'd be happy to take a look. If you're not > planning to look yourself, you might save yourself some installation by > using tcpdump to create the capture: > tcpdump -i <interface> -s 1500 -w <some-file>
Okay - dumb question time I don't have a GUI installed on the server, so I can't use Wireshark - so I'm using the tcpdump command. I just ran it on the command line in another terminal session after I started the amflush command. How do I know when and how do I stop it? > > Best of luck, Matt Burkhardt, MSTM President Impari Systems, Inc. 502 Fairview Avenue Frederick, MD 21701 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.imparisystems.com (301) 682-7901
