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Re: [BackupPC-users] archive aborts after signal ALRM

2012-12-05 09:13:43
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] archive aborts after signal ALRM
From: Timothy J Massey <tmassey AT obscorp DOT com>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2012 09:06:42 -0500
Stefan Peter <s_peter AT swissonline DOT ch> wrote on 11/18/2012 04:55:49 PM:

> On 18.11.2012 20:44, Till Hofmann wrote:
> > But now, when I'm trying to archive more clients at once, the
> process receives ALRM after exactly 20 hours.
> >
> > 2012-11-09 19:54:29 Starting archive
> > 2012-11-10 15:54:29 cleaning up after signal ALRM
> > 2012-11-11 03:16:38 Archive failed (aborted by signal=ALRM)
> >
> > I figured my system is set up to allow only 20 hours of execution
> time but I couldn't find any settings like that, all my files in /
> etc/security are untouched.
> >
>
> Have a look at the ClientTimeout in the "Backup Settings" of your
> archive host (or the $Conf{ClientTimeout} variable in
> /etc/backuppc/archive.pl).

This is the solution.  I have archives that take days to create (they're about 3TB big before compression) and I have to crank the ClientTimeout *way* high.

I've tried figuring out a way to get the archive process to reset the ClientTimeout timer while the archive is running (like backups do, I believe), but I have yet to hit on a successful way of doing it...  :(

If anyone's interested, I can share details of what I've tried, as well as accepting any suggestions to try.

Tim Massey

 
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