Wondering if anything has had time to think about this question. I am still having the issue... thanks, Steve
On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 5:45 PM, Steve<lepe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I am running Backuppc 3.1.0 with ubuntu 9.04 now, and since the > upgrade I've developed a problem with backuppc. During full backups, > the backup stalls and leaves a zombie. The backup just sits (as shown > below) until I kill the ssh process or restart backuppc. I have not > seen this problem with smb clients, and have not seen it with inc > backups (although the incs take a lot less time so maybe it will > happen sometime...), just the full with rsync. > ------------------- > 32167 backuppc 25 5 0 0 0 Z 0 0.0 5:21.56 > BackupPC_dump <defunct> > 32321 backuppc 25 5 7168 3600 1164 S 0 0.2 0:01.16 ssh > 32587 backuppc 25 5 79768 73m 1220 S 0 3.7 2:31.20 BackupPC_dump > ---------------------------- > > The status page says: > ----------------- > localhost full backuppc 7/23 12:00 BackupPC_dump > localhost > 32167 32321, 32587 > -------------------- > > The computer doesn't crash or appear to have any problems, and if i > watch the whole time memory usage never goes above 10-20% total. When > I kill the ssh process, the status page goes back to showing nothing, > and a partial backup is left as shown below on the home page for the > backup: > > ------------------ > 848 partial yes 0 7/23 00:12 112.8 0.5 > /home/backup/pc/localhost/848 > --------------- > > If I keep trying, eventually it makes it through the whole backup, as > shown here: > > --------------- > 848 full yes 0 7/23 15:04 152.4 0.1 > /home/backup/pc/localhost/848 > ----------------- > > Since the backup eventually completes, and sometimes has to only be > restarted once or twice while other times 6 or 7 times, I can't figure > out where to start debugging. It is reproducible in that I haven't > had a successful full backup without at least one restart since the > upgrade. > > If some of you have some theories, I will be happy to capture > additional info about what is going on when this happens...I am not > sure offhand what info/logs/files would be important. It does not > seem like a hardware problem to me. The log itself ends like this: > ---------------- > same 764 506/500 49664 > home/common/LabView/Gas_Swirl_Process_Control/flame_frf/dyn_data/WriteData2/WriteData2.opt > Parent read EOF from child: fatal error! > Done: 0 files, 0 bytes > Got fatal error during xfer (Child exited prematurely) > Backup aborted (Child exited prematurely) > Not saving this as a partial backup since it has fewer files than the > prior one (got 2 and 0 files versus 5) > ------------------- > However i suspect that error is from me killing the ssh not whatever > caused things to stall. i can't find any errors in the log when it is > stalled but before i kill processes as backuppc seems to think things > are running fine even though they have stalled out... > > I am wondering if there is some kind of timeout or permission or other > default that has changed with ssh or rsync on the upgrade that is > causing this...however since it works for increments and the transport > is the same for those I don't see how it could be the case... > > Also, is there a difference when the process is started from the cgi > interface vs. starting itself on schedule? When it succeeds it has > always been after one or more restarts from the cgi... > > anyway thanks, looking forward to hearing ideas from you guys on where to > look. > > Steve > -- "It turns out there is considerable overlap between the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ 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/
