Chris Stone writes:
> I needed to include the "if (! -e "$archpath")" block in the script
> since I found that if the backup and archive writing go on for more
> than a couple hours, DumpPostUserCmd gets called again for some
> reason, and the script would start writing to the same directory and
> screw up the archive. With the if block, though, I at least get a
> complete archive written.
>
> Still, however, an issue remains since that second invocation of
> DumpPostUserCmd exits with a non-zero even though the actual backup
> was successful, and so the entire backup is rendered "partial". That
> client then gets hit for another full at the next window (and the
> cycle repeats).
>
> My questions then are:
>
> Why might I be getting multiple calls to DumpPostUserCmd, and how can
> I prevent that?
I can't see how DumpPostUserCmd can get run twice, since only
a single BackupPC_dump can be run per client. That said, it
could be caused by $Conf{ClientTimeout} aborting the first run
during the archive phase. I'd try increasing $Conf{ClientTimeout}
by a significant factor.
Craig
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