Try "$Conf{ClientTimeout} = <big fat number here>;" in your config.pl file (or in the offending server's configuration file).
On 11/17/05, Ken Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been trying to get BackupPC implemented on my network and have > had reasonable success other than with one server. > > Unfortunately, this is my primary file server! > > Both the BackupPC machine and the file server are running Debian Linux > (Sarge) and I am using rsync for the backups. Filesystems on both sides > are xfs. > > What happens is that when I try to back up the entire machine, the > backup runs a while and then hangs. It will eventually fail when it > hits the timeout, but looking at the time stamps on the log files, I can > see what time it quit doing any thing. There does not seem to be a > rhyme or reason to how long it runs (anywhere from 2-4 hours) or where > it is at in the directory tree when it fails. When I look at the > contents of the latest XferLOG.z, here is what I see at the end of it: > > pool 670 1090/100 8704 > everyone/V_Reagan/StoreRoom/Mombalan.doc > pool 670 1090/100 11264 > everyone/V_Reagan/StoreRoom/Momlocat.doc > pool 670 1090/100 13312 everyone/V_Reagan/StoreRoom/Momm > > > Notice that it chops the name of the file in the last line and then just > quits updating anything. > > rsync is still running on the client, but not producing anything. > > I tried running a strace on rsync and here is what I saw: > > ) = 0 (Timeout) > select(1, [0], [], NULL, {60, 0} > > (I've never used strace before, so don't really know what that means, > but I saw where someone suggest to run it for someone else.) > > The partition that it hangs on is my /datadrive partition and here is > the stats on it: > > /dev/sda3 581506104 336361120 245144984 58% /datadrive > > So, I am using about 336GB out of 581GB available. > Underneath /datadrive, I have the following directories that I am > backing up: > > home > public > shared > www > > If I select /datadrive to backup in my client.pl file, it will hang. > If I select /datadrive and exclude a little, small directory from > underneath shared (holds about 3GB), it will succeed. (note that the > file in XferLog.z above that it stopped on is NOT in the directory that > I exclude when I do this) > Thinking size issues, I have, of course, increased the timeout, but that > hasn't helped. (besides that, it hangs long before it would ever time > out) > I also tried splitting things up and defining backups for > '/datadrive/home', '/datadrive/www', '/datadrive/public', and > '/datadrive/shared'. Thinking that would split things up and make the > file list smaller for the files being copied. It still hangs > on /datadrive/shared. > > Does anyone have any ideas what might be happening here? > > Any help is greatly appreciated!!! > > -Ken > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today > Register for a JBoss Training Course. Free Certification Exam > for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005. For more info visit: > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7628&alloc_id=16845&op=click > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the JBoss Inc. Get Certified Today Register for a JBoss Training Course. Free Certification Exam for All Training Attendees Through End of 2005. For more info visit: http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idv28&alloc_id845&op=click _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/