My nightly jobs are not running if there is an (ostensibly) running job, stuck overnight. I have first wakeup at 01:00 after this cron job is supposed to "unblock" stuck jobs:-
> From: Cron Daemon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: 01.05.2008 00:11 > Subject: Cron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> su -s /bin/bash -c > "/usr/share/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_serverMesg stop all backuppc 1" backuppc > Got reply: ok: no backup was pending or running But that was untrue. I had to manually cancel the backup of hawkgrove-lp3 in the morning:- > 2008-04-30 13:41:37 User backuppc requested backup of hawkgrove-lp3 > (hawkgrove-lp3) > 2008-04-30 13:41:45 Started full backup on hawkgrove-lp3 (pid=19044, > share=full) [snip] > 2008-04-30 23:07:06 Running BackupPC_link hawksvr3 (pid=19201) > 2008-04-30 23:07:30 Finished hawksvr3 (BackupPC_link hawksvr3) > 2008-05-01 00:11:02 Nothing to do for stop backup of all, request by backuppc > (backoff=1) > 2008-05-01 01:00:00 24hr disk usage: 75% max, 74% recent, 0 skipped hosts > 2008-05-01 01:00:00 Removing //var/lib/BackupPC//log/LOG.13.z > 2008-05-01 01:00:00 Aging LOG files, LOG -> LOG.0 -> LOG.1 -> ... -> LOG.13 > 2008-05-01 01:00:00 Next wakeup is 2008-05-01 04:12:00 > 2008-05-01 04:12:01 Next wakeup is 2008-05-01 05:00:00 > 2008-05-01 05:00:00 Next wakeup is 2008-05-01 06:00:00 > 2008-05-01 06:00:00 Next wakeup is 2008-05-01 07:00:00 > 2008-05-01 07:00:00 Next wakeup is 2008-05-01 19:00:00 > 2008-05-01 08:39:31 Stopping current full of hawkgrove-lp3, request by > backuppc (backoff=) > 2008-05-01 08:39:32 Backup canceled on hawkgrove-lp3 (fileListReceive failed) > 2008-05-01 08:39:32 Running 2 BackupPC_nightly jobs from 0..15 (out of 0..15) > 2008-05-01 08:39:32 Running BackupPC_nightly -m 0 127 (pid=7958) > 2008-05-01 08:39:32 Running BackupPC_nightly 128 255 (pid=7959) All we have in the log for hawkgrove-lp3 is:- > 2008-04-30 13:41:45 full backup started for directory full > 2008-05-01 08:39:31 Aborting backup up after signal INT > 2008-05-01 08:39:32 Got fatal error during xfer (fileListReceive failed) It had been powered off at about 17:15, thopugh it might have gone into suspended mode soon after 13:41 There should have been several backups of other clients at 04:12, 05:00, 06:00, and 07:00 which have been skipped too. How can I "unblock" ANY backup which is still in "fileListReceive" when the connection is lost? -- Mike Yates CMBCS (ISSG) IT Support Engineer Hawkgrove Ltd - Software Systems Design 2, The Business Courtyard, Marl Pits Lane, Trudoxhill, Frome, Somerset, BA11 5DL, UK +44 (0)1373 837900 fax: +44 (0)8700 518155 Registered in England: 2756481 VAT Reg: UK 601 1137 11 Registered Office: NSO Associates LLP, 75 Springfield Road, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 6JB All e-mail is subject to contract and is not intended to create a legally binding agreement. Hawkgrove Ltd will only be bound by an agreement in writing signed by an authorized signatory. All outgoing email is scanned by Kerio, using McAffee Antivirus. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/