On 2007/04/23 05:53 AM, Alex Schaft wrote: > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Archive problem > Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 10:21:55 +0200 > From: Alex Schaft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Craig Barratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > On 2007/04/22 09:14 AM, Craig Barratt wrote: > >> Alex writes: >> >> >> >>> I've just upgraded to version 3, and all of a sudden my archive went >>> from 7 hours to under 1 hour. >>> >>> >> Do you really mean "archive", or do you mean "backup"? >> >> >> > I meant archive :). > >> Did you upgrade using the vanilla tarball and configure.pl? >> What XferMethod are you using on this host? >> >> >> > Yes. From sourceforge. This is an archive host so XferMethod is archive > > > >>> I noticed that the biggest host didn't backup it's full data. Below an >>> extract from the hosts backup history >>> >>> Backup Summary >>> Backup# Type Filled Level Start Date Duration/mins >>> Age/days >>> Server Backup Path >>> >>> >>> 227 >>> <http://qsbs.quicksoftware.co.za/cgi-bin/BackupPC_Admin?action=browse&host=qsfs&num=227> >>> >>> full yes 0 4/21 03:00 260.6 1.2 >>> /backups/pc/qsfs/227 >>> 228 >>> <http://qsbs.quicksoftware.co.za/cgi-bin/BackupPC_Admin?action=browse&host=qsfs&num=228> >>> >>> incr no ARRAY(0x9c09620) 4/22 03:17 3.4 0.2 >>> /backups/pc/qsfs/228 >>> >>> >> Hmmm, that ARRAY() shouldn't be there. What is $Conf{IncrLevels} >> set to? I suspect it is missing from your config.pl. It's a new >> setting in 3.x that should be automatically added during the upgrade. >> >> >> > IncrLevels was missing. I've added it > >>> File Size/Recount Summary >>> Totals Existing Files New Files >>> Backup# Type #Files Size/MB MB/sec #Files Size/MB >>> #Files Size/MB >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>> 227 >>> <http://qsbs.quicksoftware.co.za/cgi-bin/BackupPC_Admin?action=browse&host=qsfs&num=227> >>> >>> full 317664 71094.2 4.55 317535 70765.7 193 >>> 329.0 >>> 228 >>> <http://qsbs.quicksoftware.co.za/cgi-bin/BackupPC_Admin?action=browse&host=qsfs&num=228> >>> >>> incr 5347 316.2 1.57 5332 78.4 34 237.9 >>> >>> The archived source is only 75 Meg, and should be a lot bigger. >>> >>> >> I'm not sure which 75MB you are referring to. The full is ~71GB with 317K >> files. The incremental is ~316MB. Are you saying that the archive you >> create is only 75MB? >> >> >> > 75MB was the size created by the archive of the host. > >>> What could be causing this? >>> >>> >> I suspect the missing $Conf{IncrLevels} causes the incremental level to be >> written as a bogus ARRAY(0x9c09620), instead of the integer 1. That bogus >> value is interpreted as 0, and that causes the incremental to look like >> a full when the archive is done. >> >> So you should: >> >> - carefully edit the pc/HOST/backups file and replace "ARRAY(0x9c09620)" >> with the integer 1. Very important: keep the one tab before and after, >> since this is a tab-delimited file. >> >> >> > Have done this > >> - make sure that your config.pl contains a setting for $Conf{IncrLevels}. >> I don't know why it didn't get added during the upgrade. Did you >> manually edit or shuffle the main config.pl file around after >> upgrading? >> >> >> > Not sure either. Will see if I can recreate. > > I've restarted the archive. Will advise once done, but I think it'll > work after adding the IncrLevels and editing the backups file > > Ok, it's fixed now. I might have "lost" the IncrLevels setting when I was trying to fix admin user problem
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