In thinking about this more, the initial successful backup was probably using rdiff-backup 1.2.3 (that was what was current in December, correct?), and the recent failure was with 1.2.5.
Hopefully that helps with the diagnosis... -Brad On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Brad Beyenhof <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi again rdiff-backup-users, > > I'm experiencing another error with my setup; a directory that had > previously worked fine is no longer doing so. Again, this is with the > 32-bit CentOS 4 server (Python 2.3.4) backing up to a 64-bit CentOS 5 > server (Python 2.4.3). A transcript of the error output is below. > > My last problem was solved merely by removing a couple of files owned > by high-numbered UIDs out of the source directory, and hopefully > there's a similar fix here without having to manually upgrade Python > (which is likely to break other things). > > I've got individual message delivery suspended for this list, so > please cc me on responses. Thanks! > > -- > Brad Beyenhof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://augmentedfourth.com > Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car > could go straight upwards. > ~ Fred Hoyle, English astronomer & mathematician (1915 - 2001) > > > # rdiff-backup /data <server>::<location> > Previous backup seems to have failed, regressing destination now. > Exception 'CRC check failed' raised of class 'exceptions.IOError': > File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line > 304, in error_check_Main > try: Main(arglist) > File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line > 324, in Main > take_action(rps) > File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line > 280, in take_action > elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1]) > File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line > 337, in Backup > backup_final_init(rpout) > File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line > 497, in backup_final_init > checkdest_if_necessary(rpout) > File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line > 905, in checkdest_if_necessary > dest_rp.conn.regress.Regress(dest_rp) > File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", > line 450, in __call__ > return apply(self.connection.reval, (self.name,) + args) > File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", > line 370, in reval > if isinstance(result, Exception): raise result > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/rdiff-backup", line 30, in ? > rdiff_backup.Main.error_check_Main(sys.argv[1:]) > File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line > 304, in error_check_Main > try: Main(arglist) > File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line > 324, in Main > take_action(rps) > File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line > 280, in take_action > elif action == "backup": Backup(rps[0], rps[1]) > File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line > 337, in Backup > backup_final_init(rpout) > File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line > 497, in backup_final_init > checkdest_if_necessary(rpout) > File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Main.py", line > 905, in checkdest_if_necessary > dest_rp.conn.regress.Regress(dest_rp) > File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", > line 450, in __call__ > return apply(self.connection.reval, (self.name,) + args) > File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/rdiff_backup/connection.py", > line 370, in reval > if isinstance(result, Exception): raise result > IOError: CRC check failed > Fatal Error: Lost connection to the remote system > -- Brad Beyenhof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . http://augmentedfourth.com Space isn't remote at all. It's only an hour's drive away if your car could go straight upwards. ~ Fred Hoyle, English astronomer & mathematician (1915 - 2001) _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
