On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 08:24:54AM -0400, Daniel Miller wrote: > > On Aug 31, 2009, at 6:43 AM, Chris G wrote: > >> On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 02:54:57PM +0100, Chris G wrote: >>> On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 01:08:22PM +0200, Andreas Olsson wrote: >>>> On Sunday 30 August 2009 12:52:49 Chris G wrote: >>>>> I had an interrupted backup which resulted in the following >>>>> errors:- >>>>> >>>>> ----- Forwarded message from Anacron <[email protected]> ----- >>>>> >>>>> /etc/cron.daily/backup: >>>>> UpdateError nfs/rpc_pipefs/nfs/clnt6/info Updated mirror temp file >>>>> /bak/var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs/nfs/clnt6/rdiff-backup.tmp.52 does >>>>> not match >>>>> source UpdateError nfs/rpc_pipefs/nfs/clnt7/info Updated mirror >>>>> temp file >>>>> /bak/var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs/nfs/clnt7/rdiff-backup.tmp.53 does >>>>> not match >>>>> source UpdateError nfs/rpc_pipefs/nfs/clnt8/info Updated mirror >>>>> temp file >>>>> /bak/var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs/nfs/clnt8/rdiff-backup.tmp.54 does >>>>> not match >>>>> source >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ----- End forwarded message ----- >>>>> >>>>> Will these clear up on the next pass? If not how does one deal >>>>> with them? >>>> >>>> Looks very much like http://wiki.rdiff-backup.org/wiki/index.php/ >>>> UpdateErrorOne >>>> > > <snip> > >> ... and it doesn't go away by itself, I have *exactly* the same errors >> today. > > No, it probably won't go away by itself. I get the same type of error on > the same (high activity) log file every single day. The link that > Andreas sent has an explanation of the issue and some potential work- > arounds. > On looking harder at it I realised *why* it won't go away. The "does not match" errors are coming from /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs/nfs directories and I'm backing up to, guess what, a remote NFS mounted drive so the files in question really *are* changing during the backup.
I want to back up /var/lib so this is a problem. > I personally think rdiff-backup should have an option that you could > specify "files in directory X should be backed up even if they change > during the backup". It would be cleaner than the other two "simple" > solutions mentioned on the wiki. > All I need is a way to make the error messages go away so a successful backup is silent. -- Chris Green _______________________________________________ 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
