Joel,
It's hard to tell from the log. However, one thing worth trying is to
build rsync-bpc 3.0.9 from current git, since there was a bug I fixed last
week that could be related to this:
mkdir somewhere
cd somewhere
git clone https://github.com/backuppc/rsync-bpc
cd rsync-bpc
git checkout 3.0.9
./configure
make
Then set $Conf{RsyncBackupPCPath} to the new rysnc_bpc executable (ie:
/path/to/somewhere/rsync-bpc/rsync_bpc) and try running the backup again.
If that still fails, the next steps are to increase XferLogLevel (eg, to 5
or 6), and add -vv to RsyncArgsExtra and send the log file.
Craig
On Sun, Jan 21, 2018 at 2:28 PM, Joel Uckelman <uckel...@nomic.net> wrote:
> Thus spake Michael Stowe:
> > >
> > > Can anyone suggest what's causing the backup to fail or how I could
> > > further troubleshoot?
> >
> > Certainly.
> >
> > First, to further troubleshoot: check the logs for rsync on the other
> > side (the system that is being backed up) which may include more
> > information on the fatal errors.
>
> Where would I find logs for rsync on the target system? I see nothing
> which looks relevant in /var/log there.
>
> To be clear, the target system is not running rsyncd. The XferMethod in
> use is "rsync", which I understood was using rsync over ssh.
>
> > Second, suggestions on what's causing the backup to fail: you haven't
> > specified how the backups are structured, but it certainly looks like
> > rsync backing up files either directly from or mounted from a Windows
> > system. Some of the non-fatal errors are indicating that you are (for
> > some reason) backing up Internet Explorer cache files. While a bit
> > silly, this isn't itself a problem, but it strongly implies possible
> > indiscretion with regards to attempting to back up forbidden files
> > (e.g., open or protected without shadow copies) or those whose filenames
> > can't be handled by rsync.
>
> Those files are from a backup of the last Windows system the owner of
> the laptop used, some years prior. The target system is Fedora 26, not
> Windows.
>
> Those Windows files were backed up successfully by BackupPC 3, from the
> user's previous laptop. Unfortunately, I upgraded to 4.1.5 in the same
> week when the user got a new lapop, so I never had a chance to see how
> the old BackupPC version behaved with the new laptop.
>
> --
> J.
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