Re: [BackupPC-users] incremental backups taking longer than full

2008-10-31 Thread Craig Barratt
Mark writes: Using rsync between two linux servers, the full took 2.5 hours, the incremental backups are taking longer each day. 2008-10-21 23:00:01 full backup started for directory / 2008-10-22 02:32:55 full backup 0 complete, 294903 files, 203401100538 bytes, 28 xferErrs (0 bad files, 0

[BackupPC-users] Disabling incremental to enable Full

2008-10-31 Thread Alexandre - ArchivTech
Hi there, Juste asking you on question on planning execution. I'd like to disable incremental since i use rsync, and so, full backups are ok for my needs giving me the same results as incremental. But, in order to disable incremental, i set Incrperiod to 360 for incremental, and, 0.97 For full

Re: [BackupPC-users] Disabling incremental to enable Full

2008-10-31 Thread Adam Goryachev
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alexandre - ArchivTech wrote: Hi there, Juste asking you on question on planning execution. I'd like to disable incremental since i use rsync, and so, full backups are ok for my needs giving me the same results as incremental. But, in order

Re: [BackupPC-users] Disabling incremental to enable Full

2008-10-31 Thread Alexandre - ArchivTech
Well, it seem that setting incrperiod to 0 make it working correctly. Just tried with a host that didn't start, because of high incrperiod (365), i put that to 0, and on the next hour, the full started! So, i think it's ok. Thank you guys :D Le vendredi 31 octobre 2008 à 19:04 +1100, Adam

Re: [BackupPC-users] Disabling incremental to enable Full

2008-10-31 Thread Nils Breunese (Lemonbit)
Alexandre - ArchivTech wrote: I'd like to disable incremental since i use rsync, and so, full backups are ok for my needs giving me the same results as incremental. This has been debated over and over again, but really doing a mix of full and incremental backups is best for most

Re: [BackupPC-users] incremental backups taking longer than full

2008-10-31 Thread Omar Llorens Crespo Domínguez
Mark Maciolek escribió: hi, Using rsync between two linux servers, the full took 2.5 hours, the incremental backups are taking longer each day. 2008-10-21 23:00:01 full backup started for directory / 2008-10-22 02:32:55 full backup 0 complete, 294903 files, 203401100538 bytes, 28

Re: [BackupPC-users] 2 cpool files with same checksum, different (compressed content) but same zcatt'ed content?????

2008-10-31 Thread Tino Schwarze
On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 11:16:05PM -0400, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: I must be missing something on this whole compression, pooling, and checksum matter. I found 2 files in my cpool that have the same checksum (one is _0) but 'cmp' to different values. However, when I zcat them, they have

Re: [BackupPC-users] 2 cpool files with same checksum, different (compressed content) but same zcatt'ed content?????

2008-10-31 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote on 2008-10-30 23:16:05 -0400 [[BackupPC-users] 2 cpool files with same checksum, different (compressed content) but same zcatt'ed content?]: [...] I found 2 files in my cpool that have the same checksum (one is _0) but 'cmp' to different values. However,

Re: [BackupPC-users] Disabling incremental to enable Full

2008-10-31 Thread Adam Goryachev
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alexandre - ArchivTech wrote: Well, it seem that setting incrperiod to 0 make it working correctly. Just tried with a host that didn't start, because of high incrperiod (365), i put that to 0, and on the next hour, the full started! So, i

Re: [BackupPC-users] Disabling incremental to enable Full

2008-10-31 Thread Rob Owens
Alexandre - ArchivTech wrote: Hi there, Juste asking you on question on planning execution. I'd like to disable incremental since i use rsync, and so, full backups are ok for my needs giving me the same results as incremental. Just so you know, rsync full backups take quite a bit

Re: [BackupPC-users] Pool duplicates and corrupted backups

2008-10-31 Thread Rob Owens
Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: The deeper I probe into this, the more confused I get and the more I worry about data integrity on my system... Do a restore to a temporary location and then compare the original with the restore using the diff command: diff -r /path/to/original/* /path/to/restore/*

Re: [BackupPC-users] 2 cpool files with same checksum, different (compressed content) but same zcatt'ed content?????

2008-10-31 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
Holger Parplies wrote at about 12:25:08 +0100 on Friday, October 31, 2008: Hi, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote on 2008-10-30 23:16:05 -0400 [[BackupPC-users] 2 cpool files with same checksum, different (compressed content) but same zcatt'ed content?]: [...] I found 2 files in my

Re: [BackupPC-users] 2 cpool files with same checksum, different (compressed content) but same zcatt'ed content?????

2008-10-31 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
Tino Schwarze wrote at about 12:20:50 +0100 on Friday, October 31, 2008: On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 11:16:05PM -0400, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: I must be missing something on this whole compression, pooling, and checksum matter. I found 2 files in my cpool that have the same

Re: [BackupPC-users] 2 cpool files with same checksum, different (compressed content) but same zcatt'ed content?????

2008-10-31 Thread Les Mikesell
Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: Is there a (reasonably easy) way of identifying which ones have the rsync checksum seed and which ones don't??? I think you are kind of missing the point that they could both be corrupted in other ways... -- Les Mikesell [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [BackupPC-users] Disabling incremental to enable Full

2008-10-31 Thread Alexandre - ArchivTech
Hi, thank you for your answer. I want only full backup not to make it more complicated into customer head :D It's a bit hard ton make them understand what's the little difference between one and another, btw with full backup, i'm sure that all the files are checked each time, even if it takes a

[BackupPC-users] Error installing BackupPC: - Bareword compareLOGName not allowed

2008-10-31 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
OK - since my nfs doesn't seem to be working, I now tried installing BackupPC directly on my NAS device (dns-323). When I run config.pl, I get the following error message: Error loading BackupPC::Lib: Bareword compareLOGName not allowed while strict subs in use at lib/BackupPC/Lib.pm

Re: [BackupPC-users] Disabling incremental to enable Full

2008-10-31 Thread Les Mikesell
Alexandre - ArchivTech wrote: Hi, thank you for your answer. I want only full backup not to make it more complicated into customer head :D It's a bit hard ton make them understand what's the little difference between one and another, btw with full backup, i'm sure that all the files are

[BackupPC-users] email notifications

2008-10-31 Thread Lee A. Connell
I have email notifications setup in the config.pl, I got an email telling me I had some folders that were not in the hosts file, but when the backup failed for two days straight I didn't get any email notification, is there something specific I need to do? Lee Connell Ammonoosuc Computer

Re: [BackupPC-users] Duplicate files in pool with same CHECKSUM and same CONTENTS

2008-10-31 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
John Rouillard wrote at about 20:13:15 + on Thursday, October 30, 2008: On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:04:26AM -0400, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: Holger Parplies wrote at about 11:29:49 +0100 on Thursday, October 30, 2008: Hi, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote on 2008-10-30

Re: [BackupPC-users] 2 cpool files with same checksum, different (compressed content) but same zcatt'ed content?????

2008-10-31 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
Les Mikesell wrote at about 10:27:20 -0500 on Friday, October 31, 2008: Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: Is there a (reasonably easy) way of identifying which ones have the rsync checksum seed and which ones don't??? I think you are kind of missing the point that they could both be

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup_dump - Wrong User

2008-10-31 Thread James Kyle
I am having this *exact* issue. However, I run a dedicated apache server for BackupPC that I compiled myself. No modules are loaded except mod_perl and mod_unique_id is not statically compiled either. I've never had issue with starting the apache server like yourself. However, I do have

Re: [BackupPC-users] email notifications

2008-10-31 Thread Les Mikesell
Lee A. Connell wrote: I have email notifications setup in the config.pl, I got an email telling me I had some folders that were not in the hosts file, but when the backup failed for two days straight I didn’t get any email notification, is there something specific I need to do? Wait

Re: [BackupPC-users] 2 cpool files with same checksum, different (compressed content) but same zcatt'ed content?????

2008-10-31 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote on 2008-10-31 15:26:58 -0400 [Re: [BackupPC-users] 2 cpool files with same checksum, different (compressed content) but same zcatt'ed content?]: Les Mikesell wrote at about 10:27:20 -0500 on Friday, October 31, 2008: Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: Is

Re: [BackupPC-users] 2 cpool files with same checksum, different (compressed content) but same zcatt'ed content?????

2008-10-31 Thread Craig Barratt
Jeff writes: Is there a (reasonably easy) way of identifying which ones have the rsync checksum seed and which ones don't??? I'm relucant to even say, because you are heading in an unproductive direction. But here goes: a compressed file without checksums starts with 0x78 and a compressed

Re: [BackupPC-users] Error installing BackupPC: - Bareword compareLOGName not allowed

2008-10-31 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote on 2008-10-31 13:25:20 -0400 [[BackupPC-users] Error installing BackupPC: - Bareword compareLOGName not allowed]: When I run config.pl, I get the following error message: Error loading BackupPC::Lib: Bareword compareLOGName not allowed while strict

Re: [BackupPC-users] Error installing BackupPC: - Bareword compareLOGName not allowed

2008-10-31 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, I wrote on 2008-11-01 02:37:55 +0100 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Error installing BackupPC: - Bareword compareLOGName not allowed]: Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote on 2008-10-31 13:25:20 -0400 [[BackupPC-users] Error installing BackupPC: - Bareword compareLOGName not allowed]: [...] I was