It's not likely. That partition has 14 GB free. On Tue, Sep 10, 2019 at 07:52:38AM +0300, Dominic Raferd wrote: > Is it possible you are running out of temporary file space? You can specify > a different tmp location with switch --tempdir (or, if running to remote > server, --remote-tempdir). When checking an archive rdiff-backup may need a > lot of temporary space for all that unpacking. By the way, it may not be > apparent that the temporary file location is being used (or running out of > space) as the temporary files that rdiff-backup creates are not visible > there (there is some technical reason for this that I don't understand). > > On Tue, 10 Sep 2019 at 04:53, Walt Mankowski <walt...@pobox.com> wrote: > > > I found a file named > > > > rdiff-backup-data/current_mirror.2019-09-08T03:01:02-04:00.data > > > > which contained > > > > 4351 > > > > I moved it out of the way and reran the backup command. This time it > > through an exception. The output is in the attached log file. > > > > Walt > > > > On Mon, Sep 09, 2019 at 08:17:04PM -0400, Walt Mankowski wrote: > > > I ran > > > > > > $ sudo rdiff-backup -v9 --print-statistics --exclude-filelist > > /usr/local/etc/rdiff_exclude / /backup/scruffy 2>&1 | tee rdiff-backup.txt > > > > > > This time it exited right away. I've attached the log file, where the > > > key message is > > > > > > Fatal Error: It appears that a previous rdiff-backup session with > > > process id 4351 is still running. > > > > > > Process 4351 is /lib/systemd/systemd-resolved > > > > > > Is it safe to rerun it with --force? > > > > > > Walt > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 09, 2019 at 08:04:46PM -0400, Patrik Dufresne wrote: > > > > At this point, I would just kill all the rdiff-backup process. Then > > > > manually start the backup again to the USB drive. Run it with -v9 and > > post > > > > the logs here. > > > > > > > > That should provide us enough guidance about what is going on. Either > > the > > > > process will fail quickly (this is what I expect). If the process is > > taking > > > > too long, try to give us the logs that you gather. > > > > > > > > Since it's USB, could you check if the USB speed is alright ? If for > > > > whatever reason the USB speed switched from USB 3.0 to USB 2.0. It > > might > > > > take for ever to do a backup. You could double check this with "lsusb > > -t". > > > > Expect 5000M for USB 3 > > > > > > > > ikus060@ikus060-laptop:~/workspace/HPUCA/hpuca-valuepack.git$ lsusb -t > > > > /: Bus 02.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/8p, 10000M > > > > |__ Port 4: Dev 2, If 0, Class=Mass Storage, Driver=usb-storage, > > 5000M > > > > /: Bus 01.Port 1: Dev 1, Class=root_hub, Driver=xhci_hcd/16p, 480M > > > > |__ Port 5: Dev 14, If 0, Class=Hub, Driver=hub/3p, 480M > > > > > > > > A look to "dmesg" might also reveal some information about a change to > > the > > > > usb channel. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Patrik Dufresne Service Logiciel inc. > > > > http://www.patrikdufresne.com <http://patrikdufresne.com/>/ > > > > 514-971-6442 > > > > 130 rue Doris > > > > St-Colomban, QC J5K 1T9 > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 7:47 PM Walt Mankowski <walt...@pobox.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 09, 2019 at 07:38:52PM -0400, Patrik Dufresne wrote: > > > > > > Hum, this is strange. It should not fail with a "no space left on > > > > > device". > > > > > > > > > > Agreed! That's why I originally thought it must have been some sort > > of > > > > > USB glitch. > > > > > > > > > > > Could you provide the log generate with -v9 ? Plz provide the full > > > > > command > > > > > > line you used. > > > > > > > > > > So kill the run with -v8? > > > > > > > > > > > What is the filesystem of your USB drive ? > > > > > > > > > > ext4 > > > > > > > > > > > If you try to run the backup again do you have an error? > > > > > > > > > > In fact that happened last night. My normal nightly backup kicked in > > > > > while a previous attempt at running --check-destination-dir was still > > > > > running. The cronjob reported: > > > > > > > > > > Previous backup seems to have failed, regressing destination now. > > > > > Fatal Error: Killed with signal 15 > > > > > > > > > > The latter was when I killed it when I woke up and saw that both of > > > > > them were running. > > > > > > > > > > Walt > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 9, 2019, 7:33 PM Walt Mankowski, <walt...@pobox.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Good idea! But unfortunately it doesn't seem to be the problem: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > % df -hi /backup > > > > > > > Filesystem Inodes IUsed IFree IUse% Mounted on > > > > > > > /dev/sde1 117M 19M 98M 17% /backup > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 09, 2019 at 07:23:14PM -0400, Patrik Dufresne wrote: > > > > > > > > Hello Walt, could you double check the disk space. Especially > > the > > > > > number > > > > > > > of > > > > > > > > inode ? It's probably the root cause of your issue. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 9, 2019, 7:19 PM Walt Mankowski, < > > walt...@pobox.com> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've been running rdiff-backup to an external USB drive for > > years > > > > > > > > > without any problems. Over the weekend my backup failed with > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Exception '[Errno 28] No space left on device > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This is odd, since there is 1.2 TB free on the drive. I > > didn't see > > > > > any > > > > > > > > > errors in syslog, and I was able to create a new file on the > > drive > > > > > > > > > without any problem. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thinking it might have been a USB glitch I rebooted the > > machine and > > > > > > > > > now I'm running > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > rdiff-backup --check-destination-dir > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > to recover the backup directory. It was taking a very long > > time, > > > > > and I > > > > > > > > > restarted it with the -v8 hoping I might get some clue as to > > what > > > > > it > > > > > > > > > was doing. Unfortunately after spitting out some > > routine-looking > > > > > > > > > output in the first few seconds it's now been running in > > silence > > > > > for > > > > > > > > > nearly 12 hours. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It's getting CPU time and I don't see any errors in syslog, > > so I'm > > > > > > > > > assuming that it's doing something. But I don't have any > > idea what > > > > > > > > > it's doing, if it's working correctly, or how much longer > > it's > > > > > likely > > > > > > > > > to take. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Is it normal that a regression takes this long? /backup is > > > > > currently > > > > > > > > > at 527 GB. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Walt > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at > > rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org > > > > > > > > > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > > > > > > > > > Wiki URL: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > > > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org > > > > > > > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > > > > > > > Wiki URL: > > > > > > > > > http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org > > > > > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > > > > > Wiki URL: > > > > > http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki > > > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:56 2019 Using rdiff-backup version 1.2.8 > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Unable to import win32security module. Windows > > ACLs > > > not supported by filesystem at / > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 escape_dos_devices not required by filesystem > > at / > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Detected abilities for source (read only) file system: > > > Access control lists On > > > Extended attributes On > > > Windows access control lists Off > > > Case sensitivity On > > > Escape DOS devices Off > > > Escape trailing spaces Off > > > Mac OS X style resource forks Off > > > Mac OS X Finder information Off > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Making directory > > /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0 > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Touching > > /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/5-_ a.snapshot.gz > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Deleting > > /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/5-_ a.snapshot.gz > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Touching > > /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/uniᄉ > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Deleting > > /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/uniᄉ > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Touching > > /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/:\" > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Deleting > > /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/:\" > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Touching > > /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/A > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Deleting > > /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/A > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Touching > > /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/foo > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Deleting > > /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/foo > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Making directory > > /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/hl > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Touching > > /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/hardlinked_file1 > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Hard linking > > /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/hl/hardlinked_file2 to > > /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/hardlinked_file1 > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Unable to import win32security module. Windows > > ACLs > > > not supported by filesystem at > > /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0 > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Touching > > /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/dir_inc_check > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Deleting > > /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/dir_inc_check > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Touching > > /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/regfile > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Deleting > > /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/regfile > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Touching > > /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/high_perms_file > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Touching > > /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/high_perms_dir > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Deleting > > /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/high_perms_file > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Deleting > > /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/high_perms_dir > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Touching > > /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/symlinked_file1 > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Deleting > > /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/symlinked_file2 > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Deleting > > /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0/symlinked_file1 > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 escape_dos_devices not required by filesystem > > at /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0 > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Deleting > > /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0 > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Removing directory > > /backup/scruffy/rdiff-backup-data/rdiff-backup.tmp.0 > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Detected abilities for destination (read/write) file system: > > > Ownership changing Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 > > Fatal Error: It appears that a previous rdiff-backup session with process > > > id 4351 is still running. If two different rdiff-backup processes write > > > the same repository simultaneously, data corruption will probably > > > result. To proceed with regress anyway, rerun rdiff-backup with the > > > --force option. > > > On > > > Hard linking On > > > fsync() directories On > > > Directory inc permissions On > > > High-bit permissions On > > > Symlink permissions Off > > > Extended filenames On > > > Windows reserved filenames Off > > > Access control lists On > > > Extended attributes On > > > Windows access control lists Off > > > Case sensitivity On > > > Escape DOS devices Off > > > Escape trailing spaces Off > > > Mac OS X style resource forks Off > > > Mac OS X Finder information Off > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Mon Sep 9 20:09:57 2019 Backup: must_escape_dos_devices = 0 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org > > > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > > > Wiki URL: > > http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki > > > > _______________________________________________ > > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org > > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > > Wiki URL: > > http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki > _______________________________________________ > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
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