> This may be a question more suited for backuppc-devel, but I thought > I should try here first. > > Running BackupPC-3.2.0beta1 (difference from 3.2.0 is likely not > relevant), backing up a Windows client using FTP. There is an 11GB movie > file on the Windows client, and when BackupPC is trying to copy it from > the Windows machine, BackupPC_dump just keeps growing and eventually (I'm > assuming) runs out of memory. > > I don't think Windows is relevant here, I think the problem is because > it's a large file and backup is via FTP.
Find out! See if you can ftp the file from a command line client. > (I'm using FTP because my Windows rsync of choice - DeltaCopy - seemed > to be confused by Windows 7's multitude of links/shortcuts, and we > don't want to use a share on portable machines, out of a belief that > we can control FTP better than we can control shares.) An intriguing belief, as is the concept that rsync is confused by links. Mine isn't, but I don't use DeltaCopy. > Thanks for any help you can provide! > > John > [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ 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/
