On Thu, 10 Apr 2008, Adam Goryachev wrote: >> Does anyone have a workaround or fix for this? Is it possible to change >> BackupPC so it doesn't remove the in-progress file, but instead copies it >> into >> the pool so rsync will pick up where it left off last time? There doesn't >> seem >> to be any downside to leaving off on the transfer where it was. > > It sounds like the only possible problem is that you may restore the > file thinking it is the last successful backup of the file, but really > it was only a partial copy of the file. Overall though, I think it is a > great idea. Especially on a initial backup where you might have a number > of large files being backed up that never succeed.
Well, if I have to choose between a partial file and no file, you know which one I'll pick! The partial file might be enough to be a bacon-saver, whereas no file will almost certainly not be. > The only way I get around this is to massively increase the timeout > value, and set a bwlimit for rsync, and then let it run over however > many days it takes to complete the backup. We've set it to 24 hours for some hosts, but to no avail. > BTW, it would be *really* nice if when doing rsync backups we didn't > need to transfer the entire file even though it already exists in the > pool (ie, from a backup of another host). Double-ditto - I thought the remote checksum thing would do this, but I guess if it's a new file, there's no way to know it's already in the pool without having some sort of checksum hashing of the pool available. David. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
