I have been struggling with this for a few weeks now... Server: debian sarge: backuppc 2.1.1-2 Client: OSX Tiger 10.4.2 "Server"
using the new tiger tar, or xtar, I get the same results: Everything transfers along just fine until it hits my netboot images. It transfers about 6.5 gigs of a 12 gig image file, and then the BackupPC_tarExtract job just dies on the server. It won't realize this this, and continue to say "backup in progress". On the client, the tar process will still be running, but idle (0% cpu). Netstat will also show that the ssh tunnel is still alive.... So it seems like the tarextract process would have a problem w/ large files >6.5 gigs, but I highly doubt that. In the log below there are some character problems and checksum errors too. Not sure what to make of them... thanks for any suggestions-- at the moment I am adding my netboot stuff to /excludes. macx.pl: $Conf{XferMethod} = 'tar'; $Conf{TarClientPath} = '/usr/bin/xtar'; (tried tar too) $Conf{TarClientCmd} = '$sshPath -q -x -n -l root $host' . ' /usr/bin/env LC_ALL=C $tarPath -c -v -f - -C $shareName+' . ' --totals' . ' --exclude-from /excludes' . ' --one-file-system'; $Conf{TarShareName} = [ '/', '/Volumes/Data' ]; Running: /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -n -l root macx /usr/bin/env LC_ALL=C /usr/bin/xtar -c -v -f - -C / --totals --exclude-from /excludes --one-file-system . Xfer PIDs are now 20131,20130 /usr/bin/xtar: ./.vol: file is on a different filesystem; not dumped [ skipped 41344 lines ] /usr/bin/xtar: ./automount/Servers: file is on a different filesystem; not dumped /usr/bin/xtar: ./automount/static: file is on a different filesystem; not dumped /usr/bin/xtar: ./dev: file is on a different filesystem; not dumped [ skipped 150130 lines ] /usr/bin/xtar: ./Network: file is on a different filesystem; not dumped [ skipped 2135 lines ] /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/etc/swupd/support/swupdsvr.fifo: socket ignored [ skipped 165 lines ] /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/launchd/0/sock: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/log/asl.log: file changed as we read it [ skipped 1922 lines ] /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/run/asl_input: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/run/cupsd: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/run/ldapi: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/run/mDNSResponder: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/run/portmap.socket: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/run/pppconfd: socket ignored [ skipped 52 lines ] /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/run/slp_ipc: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/run/syslog: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/samba/winbindd_privileged/pipe: socket ignored [ skipped 60 lines ] /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/spool/postfix/private/anvil: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/spool/postfix/private/bounce: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/spool/postfix/private/bsmtp: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/spool/postfix/private/cyrus: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/spool/postfix/private/defer: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/spool/postfix/private/error: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/spool/postfix/private/ifmail: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/spool/postfix/private/lmtp: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/spool/postfix/private/local: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/spool/postfix/private/maildrop: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/spool/postfix/private/old-cyrus: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/spool/postfix/private/proxymap: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/spool/postfix/private/relay: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/spool/postfix/private/rewrite: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/spool/postfix/private/smtp: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/spool/postfix/private/trace: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/spool/postfix/private/uucp: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/spool/postfix/private/verify: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/spool/postfix/private/virtual: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/spool/postfix/public/cleanup: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/spool/postfix/public/flush: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/spool/postfix/public/pickup: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/spool/postfix/public/qmgr: socket ignored /usr/bin/xtar: ./private/var/spool/postfix/public/showq: socket ignored [ skipped 98432 lines ] /usr/bin/xtar: ./Volumes/Backup: file is on a different filesystem; not dumped /usr/bin/xtar: ./Volumes/Data: file is on a different filesystem; not dumped [ skipped 1 lines ] /usr/bin/xtar: Error exit delayed from previous errors Tar exited with error 512 () status [ skipped 16 lines ] tarExtract: Done: 0 errors, 244621 filesExist, 11453524472 sizeExist, 4393176246 sizeExistComp, 245199 filesTotal, 13665735918 sizeTotal Running: /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -n -l root macx /usr/bin/env LC_ALL=C /usr/bin/xtar -c -v -f - -C /Volumes/Data --totals --exclude-from /excludes --one-file-system . Xfer PIDs are now 20299,20298 [ skipped 80 lines ] /usr/bin/xtar: ./Library/KeyServer/KeyServer Data Folder/Program Database: file changed as we read it [ skipped 39 lines ] /usr/bin/xtar: ./Library/KeyServer/KeyServer Data Folder/Software Audit Database: file changed as we read it [ skipped 40 lines ] convertToESUTF8: unsupport composite char: 0326 found convertToESUTF8: unsupport composite char: 0326 found convertToESUTF8: unsupport composite char: 0326 found convertToESUTF8: unsupport composite char: 0326 found convertToESUTF8: unsupport composite char: 0326 found convertToESUTF8: unsupport composite char: 0326 found convertToESUTF8: unsupport composite char: 0326 found convertToESUTF8: unsupport composite char: 0326 found convertToESUTF8: unsupport composite char: 0326 found convertToESUTF8: unsupport composite char: 0326 found convertToESUTF8: unsupport composite char: 0326 found convertToESUTF8: unsupport composite char: 0326 found [ skipped 102 lines ] convertToESUTF8: unsupport composite char: 0307 found convertToESUTF8: unsupport composite char: 0307 found convertToESUTF8: unsupport composite char: 0307 found convertToESUTF8: unsupport composite char: 0307 found convertToESUTF8: unsupport composite char: 0307 found convertToESUTF8: unsupport composite char: 0307 found convertToESUTF8: unsupport composite char: 0307 found convertToESUTF8: unsupport composite char: 0307 found convertToESUTF8: unsupport composite char: 0307 found convertToESUTF8: unsupport composite char: 0307 found convertToESUTF8: unsupport composite char: 0307 found convertToESUTF8: unsupport composite char: 0307 found [ skipped 190 lines ] tarExtract: ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/