Additionally, 'top' only tells you what is happening now (or in the last few second sampling period).
What I really want to know is when was the last time data was successfully transferred across the rsync/ssh pipe which generally would signal that the backup is progressing vs. being stalled on a yet-to-happen timeout. The challenge of course is that you want to set the rsync timeout long enough so that backups don't get inadvertently interrupted, but still you may want to check on what is happening in case you suspect something has broken the connection rather than waiting for rsync to officially time out many minutes or hours later... Would be very nice to get a better picture of this :) Greg Harris wrote at about 20:08:33 +0000 on Tuesday, January 12, 2021: > While all of that is true, the answers so far still seem to be kind of like > looking at the parking lot outside the ice hockey arena. (Well, at least, > pre-Covid days anyways.) Is there a game going on or is it a pre-game show > listing players? Is the zamboni on the ice? Which game is in which rink? > Are there injuries? How much time is left? Who’s being penalized and why? > I’ve yet to find a solid way to peer into the arena of BackupPC and find > answers to these types of questions. > > Thanks, > > Greg Harris > > On Jan 12, 2021, at 2:09 PM, Doug Lytle > <supp...@drdos.info<mailto:supp...@drdos.info>> wrote: > > I tend to look in the top, if rsync is in progres, it its some CPU. It > > iotop would be another method > > You could also try following the rsync process with strace > > Doug > > > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ > > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
