On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 10:06 AM, Bowie Bailey <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 1/27/2014 10:41 AM, Löffler Thomas J. wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Using backuppc 3.2.1-4 on debian backup Macs 10.8.5/10.9.1 with rsync. One
>> Mac fails now and with "BackupPC_dump -v -f ..." it gives the error
>>
>> 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 ...
>> Can't fork: Cannot allocate memory at
>> /usr/share/backuppc/lib/BackupPC/Lib.pm Line 1341.
>>
> With an error like "Cannot allocate memory", the first thing I would
> check is available memory. BackupPC needs lots of memory, especially
> with rsync transfers and a large number of files to backup. Monitor
> available memory on both the server and client (if possible) while the
> backup is running to see if you are running out of memory.
If you can't add more RAM or stop some other programs, a quick fix
might be to set $Conf{MaxBackups} to 1. The default is 4, but unless
your server is exceptional or some backups run over low bandwidth
connections a lower number will likely give better throughput anyway.
--
Les Mikesell
[email protected]
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