David Mansfield writes: > I have a file in the cpool with 32000 links. HardLinkMax is set to > 31999. Let's assume this is exactly correct, because one link is > reserved for the 'pool'. > > However, last night during the second full backup ever for this host, I > got the following kind of error 24081 times: > > Unable to link > /data/pc/terranova/0/f%2f/fexport/fsmbshare/fpcdrive/fdwiech/fjesse/fcvswork/fpwstat/fCVS/fRoot > > to > /data/pc/terranova/new//f%2f/fexport/fsmbshare/fpcdrive/fdwiech/fjesse/fcvswork/fpwstat/fCVS/fRoot > > The file is a 'cvsroot' file, 'sandbox/module/CVS/Root', and since the > same exact file exists in every subdirectory of every checked out > project for every user on our system, this files gets a TON of links. > > Does the above mean that the HardLinkMax isn't working for a subsequent > full backup of an existing host? > > Note: the link that is failing is NOT from the pool to a backup > directory, but from one backup directory to another.
Rsync directly links from one backup to the next. This is a bug in 2.1.2 which is fixed in cvs. Craig ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0709&bid&3057&dat1642 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
