Craig I switched back to rsync, as I found the issue, it wasn't backuppc's client timeout I needed to change, but I totally forgot about the host's rsync timeout, after increasing that, everything is working like a champ!!! Thanks for reply!
Lee Connell Ammonoosuc Computer Services, Inc. Network Engineer 15 Main St. Suite 10 Littleton, NH 03561 603-444-3937 If you require immediate response please send your inquiry to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Craig Barratt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 4:40 PM To: Lee A. Connell Cc: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Restore Issues with larger files Lee writes: > Sorr I missed information. I am restoring to RHEL4 box. I can transfer 500MB files no problem, but once I try 2GB or more it fails with a PIPE error. I have been able to transfer a 2GB file maybe twice out of the 20 times I've tried. Any ideas? > > Not directly related to the original post but i seem to have lots of problems relating to larger files with rsync, even when I am backing up large files, like Exchange database, it causes issues, but it doesn't have this issue with every deployment of backuppc, I'm not sure what to do. > > I've tried changing my transfer method from rsync to smb and this is what I get in the log when backing up a windows machine. What version of BackupPC and smbclient are you using? Earlier versions of both have problems with large files. Craig No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.21/1456 - Release Date: 5/20/2008 6:45 AM ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ 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/
