On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 5:35 AM, Prem <
squirrelj AT yahoo DOT com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> While the backup in
progress and the client (i.e. VM) goes down (e.g.
> paused), the backup when resumed always tend to fail. It does not resume
> back from where it stopped and it as well hinders the subsequent backup.
>
> Appreciate some advise on how to overcome this.
If the target stops responding, backuppc is just going to go into a
very long timeout since it has no way to know what happened. In the
case of doing a full backup with rsync or rsyncd, the results will be
saved as a 'partial' backup and use as a base for the subsequent run -
although on a local network this may not actually save any time since
the files are read for comparison.
The best approach would be to use the blackout period setting to avoid
times
that the targets are likely to be paused or restarted. Or if
the timing is irregular but you know ahead of time you can manually
start one at a time when it will be able to complete.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com
