Let me know how you get on with these additional changes suggested within the previous email and if the backup then completes successfully.
If it works then I would suggest that the next step is to confirm that any meta-data required in the backup is actually being preserved. Hopefully this information is helpful. Regards, Henri > Hello Again, > > Two more changes worth making to the configuration are listed below : > > > (1) Allow the use of the default Mac OS X version of rsync. > >> # Allow the use of the standard version of rsync when performing the backup >> (YES/NO) >> # If the remote OS is Mac OS X 10.3.9 or earlier then it is recommend that >> this option is set to "NO" >> # ssh_permit_standard_rsync_version="YES" >> >> to >> >> # Allow the use of the standard version of rsync when performing the backup >> (YES/NO) >> # If the remote OS is Mac OS X 10.3.9 or earlier then it is recommend that >> this option is set to "NO" >> ssh_permit_standard_rsync_version="YES" > > > (2) Configure this backup to use the default version of rsync which ships > with Mac OS X. > >> # Use this custom rsync path if we are performing a local backup on Darwin >> # custom_rsync_path_local_darwin="/usr/local/bin/rsync_v3" >> >> to >> >> # Use this custom rsync path if we are performing a local backup on Darwin >> custom_rsync_path_local_darwin="/usr/bin/rsync" > > > Finally, which version of Mac OS X are you running? > > Henri > > > >> Hi Jamie, >> >> Try making the following modification to your configuration file : >> >> # Disable ACL preservation, only availible on darwin with custom rsync >> (YES/NO) >> disable_acl_preservation="NO" # (If enabled ACL's will not be preserved in >> the backup) >> >> to >> >> # Disable ACL preservation, only availible on darwin with custom rsync >> (YES/NO) >> disable_acl_preservation="YES" # (If enabled ACL's will not be preserved in >> the backup) >> >> Making this change will mean that ALC's will not be preserved in the backup. >> >> Once you have made this change then let me know if the backup completes >> successfully. >> >> Henri >> >> >> On 7/12/2011, at 2:37 PM, Jamie Allen wrote: >> >>> Kia ora Henri >>> >>> Having gone back to my Mac and looked at this, and corrected the case of >>> volumes, and turned on the permissions abort, the same thing continues to >>> happen. >>> >>> However, here's one discrepancy. The volume I am backing up is NOT a local >>> filesystem. I am backing up ONTO a local file system, but the source >>> directory is a Windows share. >>> >>> Sorry to have got that wrong!! >>> >>> Can you suggest anything further, by any chance? >>> >>> Jamie >>> >>> >>> >>> On Dec 7, 2011, at 11:34 AM, Henri Shustak wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Jamie, >>>> >>>>>> Also, a couple of further questions : >>>>>> >>>>>> (1) Have you run LBackup successfully in the past with the current >>>>>> configuration >>>>> >>>>> Not from this source directory, but from others. >>>>>> >>>>>> (2) Is the destination for the backup on a DAS or is it accessed via the >>>>>> network? >>>>> >>>>> Both source and target are local directories, not networked. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks again >>>> >>>> >>>> Okay great good to know. I suspect the issue is related to the >>>> capitalization within the destination file system. >>>> >>>> As such, I would also suggest that you make the following change within >>>> the configuration file as previously mentioned. >>>> >>>>> # Backup Source (no trailing slash is required) >>>>> backupSource=/volumes/Data >>>>> >>>>> to >>>>> >>>>> # Backup Source (no trailing slash is required) >>>>> backupSource=/Volumes/Data >>>> >>>> I also suggest that you comment out the following line within your >>>> configuration file : >>>> >>>>> abort_if_permisions_on_volume_not_set="NO" >>>> >>>> To enable permissions on the destination volume (highly recommended) you >>>> may issue the following command from a root shell : >>>> >>>>> /usr/sbin/vsdbutil -a /Volumes/Data >>>> >>>> There are other approaches to enabling the permissions on the destination >>>> volume. One such approach is mentioned within the "Basic Backup Local >>>> Machine" LBackup screen cast : http://www.lbackup.org/screencasts >>>> >>>> Please let me know how you get on. >>>> >>>> Keep in touch. >>>> Henri >>>> >>> > _______________________________________________ lbackup-discussion mailing list http://www.lbackup.org Change options or unsubscribe : http://lbackup.org/mailing_lists