Not only that, but Craig has modified backuppc's tar implementation to work with xtar. That is really the only way to back up OSX clients and keep all the resource fork data.
ski Brien Dieterle wrote: > Only other OSX clients with rsync (not backuppc's perl implementation of > rsync) > and an HFS filesystem will be able to handle the -E stuff. I think the > consensus is to use xtar for mac clients, as it creates a standard tar > archive > that can be extracted on regular filesystems (putting meta-stuff in a folder > called .rsrc). Upon extraction, xtar should recombine the meta-stuff from > .rsrc to the appropriate file on-the-fly. Tiger's native tar should do the > same > thing, but it seems (more) buggy. > > brien > > James Kyle wrote: >> **As I was writing this, I was combing over the client logs and found a >> common >> denominator: >> >> Feb 7 03:14:59 Monster cp: error processing extended attributes: Operation >> not permitted >> >> This error is seen on every client. I then remembered I added the -E >> (--extended-attributes) switch to my default rsync config since all my >> clients >> are OSX machines and are all Tiger or above. >> >> So, now I know the specific cause. But would anyone have an idea on why the >> switch to backup extended-attributes is causing an error when backing up >> extended attributes? >> >> >> I will leave the below explanation as a reference for anyone experiencing >> the >> same problems: >> >> ========================================================================= >> ========================================================================= >> >> >> I noted that backups were taking a a pretty long time to complete. In >> addition, several are exiting out with the error: >> >> Aborting backup up after signal ALRM >> My understanding of this error is that it is normally due to a timeout >> event. >> >> However, I'm not clear on how to track down exactly what is causing this >> timeout event. >> >> Looking at my usage logs, my server cpu's are being maxed out during these >> backup periods (dual 2.6ghz xserve), but bandwidth is negligable. >> >> Here are some of the numbers I'm seeing: >> >> client1 >> >> Initial full backup: ~60gb in 3.15 hours >> Current backup: Start time was last night at 10pm (20:00). Still going as of >> 8am this morning. >> Will probably error out with signal ALRM >> >> client2 >> Initial full backup: ~41m 20gb >> Current backup: incr started at 2am this morning still going at 8:30am >> >> I think the trend is clear. I assume *something* has changed since initial >> setup that is causing this error, but as I mentioned before I'm not getting >> anything informative out of my log files that could help point the way. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 >> BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users >> http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ -- "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it connected to the entire universe" John Muir Chris "Ski" Kacoroski, [EMAIL PROTECTED], 206-501-9803 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
