On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 02:42:51PM -0500, Neal Becker wrote: > OK, so I did a new test today. > > 1. I did a complete reinstall of backuppc on the server. I removed > all existing data from /var/lib/backuppc > > 2. I ran backup manually: > /usr/share/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_dump -v -f nbecker1 > > [ blah blah ...] > > .: md4 doesn't match: will retry in phase 1; file removed > Out of memory! > Parent read EOF from child: fatal error! > Done: 0 files, 0 bytes > Got fatal error during xfer (Child exited prematurely) > cmdSystemOrEval: about to system /bin/ping -c 1 -w 3 nbecker1 > cmdSystemOrEval: finished: got output PING nbecker1.hughes.com > (10.32.112.120) > 56(84) bytes of data. > 64 bytes from nbecker1.hughes.com (10.32.112.120): icmp_req=1 ttl=63 > time=0.819 > ms > > [...] > Out of memory, huh? This machine has 8Gb.
8Gb for the server or client? > And, this same server has been backing up this same client for the > last year, until now the client was updated to f16. Hmm, I wonder if it's the client that was running out of memory. Are there a lot more files in the sl6 upgrade than there were in prior os install? I assume this is rsync over ssh and the rsync process in enumerating the files can run out of memory on the client. Are you dumping the entire system (say /) or just a small part of it (e.g. /etc). -- -- rouilj John Rouillard System Administrator Renesys Corporation 603-244-9084 (cell) 603-643-9300 x 111 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-novd2d _______________________________________________ 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/