Tomasz writes: > I'm trying to backup several Windows hosts via rsyncd. The hosts have > multiple drives available via rsyncd (sDrive, tDrive, uDrive, vDrive), > and each of them contains several gigabytes of data (20-60 GB). > > The link between BackupPC and Windows servers is not very fast for that > amount of data (1 Mbit), but eventually, the backup should be finished. > Unfortunately, it never did, although it runs for two weeks now. > > Here is what happens: > > 1) archive for the host is empty, BackupPC starts the backup > 2) for some reason, after a day or so, the backup breaks, I assume it > can be because the internet link between the hosts was down > 3) we now have a "partial", number "0", containing "sDrive" and a part > of "tDrive" > 4) BackupPC starts a next backup, again, after a day or so, it breaks - > still, we have a "partial" backup, number "0", containing "sDrive", > "tDrive" and a part of "uDrive" > 5) after a couple of days, I notice that there is still only "partial" > backup number "0", but it contains only "sDrive" data - "tDrive" a > "uDrive" are gone from the backup - why? > > The log file looks like that - it shows that there was indeed backup > made for sDrive, tDrive, uDrive - why were they wiped out then, and > started from scratch?
The partial backup logic isn't very smart: so long as some files are dumped, then the new partial replaces the old partial. 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&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
