On Mon, 2012-01-16 at 15:52 -0500, Kenneth L. Owen wrote: > On Mon, 2012-01-16 at 13:25 -0500, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > > On 01/16 11:38 , Kenneth L. Owen wrote: > > > Before this problem started, it was backing up with no problem. Then I > > > started getting errors: > > > > If you do a 'ls -al /home' using a command shell (command line) on the > > machine in question does it show files, or just the usual '.' and '..' > > directory entries? > > > > Do you have exclude patterns set up for this backup, which might be > > excluding all the files actually there? > > > > What happens if you run the BackupPC dump by hand? > > You'll need to run as the backuppc user for this; possibly by su'ing from > > root with a command like 'su -s /bin/bash - backuppc'. It will allow you to > > watch the backup take place in more detail: > > /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_dump -f -v localhost > > > > You may have to modify that to fit your environment, based on the path to > > BackupPC_dump and whatever you call 'localhost' in your /etc/backuppc/hosts > > file. > > > > > Hi Carl, > > Thanks for taking a look at this! > > I'm running this remotely via ssh... > > As ken: > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ken@archiver:/home$ ls -al > total 24 > drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 2010-04-03 16:13 . > drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 4096 2011-12-20 14:20 .. > drwxr-xr-x 31 backuppc root 4096 2012-01-15 16:28 backuppc > drwxr-xr-x 23 jo root 4096 2010-04-03 14:27 jo > drwxr-xr-x 49 ken root 4096 2012-01-15 16:45 ken > drwx------ 2 root root 4096 2010-03-10 12:06 lost+found > > ken@archiver:~$ ls -al > total 804 > drwxr-xr-x 49 ken root 4096 2012-01-15 16:45 . > drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 2010-04-03 16:13 .. > -rw-r--r-- 1 ken root 8650 2010-03-08 22:21 > 20100308.backuppc_install.txt > ... > drwxr-xr-x 2 ken root 4096 2011-10-23 18:53 Desktop > > AS BACKUPPC: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > backuppc@archiver:/home/ken$ /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_dump -f > -v localhost > cmdSystemOrEval: about to system /bin/ping -c 1 localhost > cmdSystemOrEval: finished: got output PING localhost (127.0.0.1) > 56(84) bytes of data. > 64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.027 ms > > --- localhost ping statistics --- > 1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms > rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.027/0.027/0.027/0.000 ms > > cmdSystemOrEval: about to system /bin/ping -c 1 localhost > cmdSystemOrEval: finished: got output PING localhost (127.0.0.1) > 56(84) bytes of data. > 64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.031 ms > > --- localhost ping statistics --- > 1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms > rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.031/0.031/0.031/0.000 ms > > CheckHostAlive: returning 0.031 > Running: /usr/bin/env LC_ALL=C sudo /bin/tar -c -v -f - -C /home > --totals . > full backup started for directory /home > started full dump, share=/home > Xfer PIDs are now 5836,5835 > xferPids 5836,5835 > cmdExecOrEval: about to exec /usr/bin/env LC_ALL=C sudo /bin/tar -c -v > -f - -C /home --totals . > ... > > AND IN LOG FILE: > 2012-01-16 15:28:10 full backup started for directory /home > > In the terminal session it appears the job is running... > > I'm going to the workshop to physically observe activity... > > The machine is showing disk activity approximately every one or two > seconds as if comparing files. > > I'll post again when I can get a final status. > > -- ken > Hi Carl,
Reviewing my logs, a full backup of localhost usually takes about one and a half hours with the maximum being close to 2 hours and this is when this job is running concurrently with the rsync backups on the remote machines. It has been approximately two hours now with this job running exclusively. I have checked on the machine periodically and it does not look like a tar create is in progress. My terminal session has given NO errors. I'm going to abort the command to see if it get any additional information. I got the following: ---------------------------------------------------------------- exiting after signal ALRM Not saving this as a partial backup since it has fewer files than the prior one (got 0 and 0 files versus 0) dump failed: received signal=ALRM ---------------------------------------------------------------- So, I still in the dark! -- ken ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ 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/
