Hi Les, thank you very much for your reply. Yes, there is a firewall between BackupPC and this specific server, so they can't ping each other. This situation is very common on my network environment. I'll investigate about a possible fw issue.
>----Messaggio originale---- >Da: lesmikes...@gmail.com >Data: 06/02/2015 14.59 >A: "absolutely_f...@libero.it"<absolutely_f...@libero.it>, "General list for user discussion, questions and support"<backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> >Ogg: Re: [BackupPC-users] Issue with backup > >On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 3:34 AM, absolutely_f...@libero.it ><absolutely_f...@libero.it> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am using Backup 3.2.1 (Debian package) >> >> I got this error after executing full backup through CLI: >> >> .. >> .. >> 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/true >> cmdSystemOrEval: finished: got output >> cmdSystemOrEval: about to system /bin/true >> cmdSystemOrEval: finished: got output >> CheckHostAlive: can't extract round-trip time (not fatal) >> CheckHostAlive: returning 0 >> Backup aborted (Child exited prematurely) >> Not saving this as a partial backup since it has fewer files than the prior >> one (got 8 and 0 files versus 9) >> dump failed: Child exited prematurely >> >> >> Last successful scheduled backup is 2 week ago! >> >> What can I do? > >That just means that the remote side exited or disconnected before the >run was finished. It looks like you've replaced the ping command with >/bin/true. Does that mean there is something unusual about your >network that keeps ping from working? If you go through a NAT >gateway or statefull firewall, rsync copies of large unchanged file >sections may let the connection time out because it appears idle. > >-- > Les Mikesell > lesmikes...@gmail.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ 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/
