Mark Murawski wrote at about 14:35:45 -0400 on Thursday, November 3, 2022: > Some info about my setup: > > * The servers PID is 1865, on host backuppc, version 4.4.0, started at > 4/20 18:08. > * This status was generated at 11/3 11:31. > * The configuration was last loaded at 11/3 09:22. > * PCs will be next queued at 11/3 12:00. > * Other info: > o 2 pending backup requests from last scheduled wakeup, > o 0 pending user backup requests, > o 0 pending command requests, > o Pool is 1404.19+0.00GiB comprising 8463345+0 files and 16512+10 > directories (as of 10/25 01:33), > o Pool hashing gives 0+0 repeated files with longest chain 0+0, > o Nightly cleanup removed 302434+0 files of size 74.66+0.00GiB > (around 10/25 01:33), > o Pool file system was recently at 8% (11/3 11:25), today's max is > 8% (11/3 01:00) and yesterday's max was 8%. > o Pool file system inode usage was recently at 8% (11/3 11:25), > today's max is 8% (11/3 01:00) and yesterday's max was 8%. > > What might be the reason that the deduplication stats are zero? > > Note: > > Pool hashing gives 0+0 repeated files with longest chain 0+0,
READ THE DOCUMENTATION (I am sounding like a broken record). Hint: pool hashing != de-duplication Always amazes me how some people are unwilling to put in even the most minimal amount of effort to understand before posting... > > > Obviously deduplication is working because: > > * 69 full backups of total size 6081.09GiB (prior to pooling and > compression), > * 123 incr backups of total size 10142.87GiB (prior to pooling and > compression). > > And my total pool is 1.4T. So deduplication is definitely happening. > > > > On 11/3/22 14:29, Mark Murawski wrote: > > Hi Christopher, > > > > Thanks for the kind response. > > > > I found the possibly culprit log entry that I attached to this thread > > just earlier. > > 2022-11-03 08:08:49 Can't run BackupPC_zipCreate while BackupPC_dump > > is running on host xyz > > > > Thanks for the note on file storage. The empty paths got me really > > worked up and panicked that we had no backups. Perhaps I remembered > > incorrectly from the last time I touched the filesystem about where > > this stuff is stored. It was a really scary and strange behavior to > > download an empty zip file as well as an empty tar file when I tried > > to restore. > > > > It could be an artifact of the version I'm running (4.4.0), or maybe > > it's a lack of error checking or a bug that allows a download of an > > empty zip with no error or warnings about the cause to the user. > > > > I'm going to monitor this and collect some more details and see if > > this issue is still happening after all backup jobs are complete. > > > > > > > > On 11/3/22 13:26, Christopher Diekkamp wrote: > >> Hi Mark, > >> > >> It is normal that there are no files. The files are in the pool or > >> cpool, not the host folder. > >> > >> But why you are getting an empty file from the restore is not clear. > >> Please help us helping you and provide logs from the backup you try > >> to restore and some general infos about your setup. > >> > >> Cheers > >> Christopher > >> > >> > >> > >> Am 3. November 2022 16:22:00 UTC schrieb Mark Murawski > >> <markm-li...@intellasoft.net>: > >> > >> Hello! > >> > >> > >> This is the most recently finished full backup [51] for > >> /etc/ssl/private > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> When I restore or download this file it's 0 bytes! Not the > >> reported 1428 > >> > >> > >> And this is my backup path on the backuppc > >> > >> > >> /home/backuppc/pc/comm-nyc1.somethingorother.local/51/f%2f/fetc/fssl/fprivate > >> total 24K > >> drwxr-x--- 5 backuppc backuppc 6 Oct 1 03:24 . > >> drwxr-x--- 4 backuppc backuppc 5 Oct 1 03:24 .. > >> -rw-r----- 1 backuppc backuppc 0 Oct 1 03:24 > >> attrib_ee15c72043d4a708b79599530373a35b > >> drwxr-x--- 2 backuppc backuppc 3 Oct 1 03:24 fcertbot-renew.d > >> drwxr-x--- 2 backuppc backuppc 2 Oct 1 03:24 fold > >> drwxr-x--- 2 backuppc backuppc 3 Oct 1 03:24 fselfsigned > >> [root@BackupPC > >> > >> /home/backuppc/pc/comm-nyc1.somethingorother.local/51/f%2f/fetc/fssl/fprivate]# > >> > >> > >> There's no files in there!! Just directories! Everything is missing > >> > >> And it looks like the *entire* backup system looks like this. I > >> didn't even know that my backups are completely broken and > >> missing all files. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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/ > _______________________________________________ > 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/
