Hi everybody,
I installed backuppc on a fairly up-to-date ubuntu 8.10 machine to
backup it and a few other machines on my home LAN.
I'm using a fairly large (1.5T) eSATA external disk (formatted ext3) for
the data pool.
My data pool is essentially static, but, all the same, every time I
backup the pool decreases dramatically, just like it copied over the
same files instead of using links.
It also takes a very long time (>>24h) to back up my localhost (~600Gb).
Is this normal?
It shouldn't be according to the docs (IFF I understand it correctly!).
Can someone please advise about just what to check to ascertain my setup
is correct? (I strongly suspect it isn't, but I can't understand what's
wrong).
It is now doing the second full backup of the localhost (the largest)
and before starting I had ~44% free, now (after more than one day) it is
at 73%:
before:
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mauro@heimdall:~$ df
File system blocchi di 1K Usati Disponib. Uso% Montato su
/dev/sda8 76928448 15822816 57197824 22% /
tmpfs 1027916 0 1027916 0% /lib/init/rw
varrun 1027916 900 1027016 1% /var/run
varlock 1027916 0 1027916 0% /var/lock
udev 1027916 2880 1025036 1% /dev
tmpfs 1027916 104 1027812 1% /dev/shm
lrm 1027916 2004 1025912 1%
/lib/modules/2.6.27-14-generic/volatile
/dev/sda7 9614116 8122452 1003292 90% /home
/dev/sdc1 307663800 256980960 35054408 88% /srv
/dev/sdd2 448882144 371743628 59040652 87% /srv/Store
/dev/sde1 1442145212 595568000 773320412 44% /media/BackupPC
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now:
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-mauro@heimdall:/lib/modules/2.6.27-8-generic$ df
File system blocchi di 1K Usati Disponib. Uso% Montato su
/dev/sda8 76928448 15665808 57354832 22% /
tmpfs 1027916 0 1027916 0% /lib/init/rw
varrun 1027916 900 1027016 1% /var/run
varlock 1027916 0 1027916 0% /var/lock
udev 1027916 2880 1025036 1% /dev
tmpfs 1027916 104 1027812 1% /dev/shm
lrm 1027916 2004 1025912 1%
/lib/modules/2.6.27-14-generic/volatile
/dev/sda7 9614116 8370368 755376 92% /home
/dev/sdc1 307663800 256981028 35054340 88% /srv
/dev/sdd2 448882144 371743628 59040652 87% /srv/Store
/dev/sde1 1442145212 996767156 372121256 73% /media/BackupPC
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... and I can swear almost nothing changed in the filesystems to be
backed-up!
Also the "statos display is highly suspicious:
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BackupPC Server Status
General Server Information
* The servers PID is 20032, on host heimdall, version 3.1.0, started
at 3/26 22:47.
* This status was generated at 3/30 23:33.
* The configuration was last loaded at 3/28 14:27.
* PCs will be next queued at 3/31 01:00.
* Other info:
o 0 pending backup requests from last scheduled wakeup,
o 0 pending user backup requests,
o 0 pending command requests,
o Pool is 0.00GB comprising 0 files and 0 directories (as of
3/30 01:00),
o Pool hashing gives 0 repeated files with longest chain 0,
o Nightly cleanup removed 0 files of size 0.00GB (around 3/30
01:00),
o Pool file system was recently at 73% (3/30 23:32), today's
max is 73% (3/30 22:57) and yesterday's max was 51%.
Currently Running Jobs
Host Type User Start Time Command PID Xfer PID
localhost <http://localhost/backuppc/index.cgi?host=localhost> full
backuppc <mailto:backuppc> 3/29 15:00 BackupPC_dump localhost
19367
19380, 19379
Failures that need attention
Host Type User Last Try Details Error Time Last
error (other than
no ping)
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I also have another strange problem: The "BackupPC Pool Size" graphs are
missing; I mean: I see the grid and the labels, but not the actual graph.
I do not want to send an excessive amount of data, but I'm obviously
ready to send any data needed.
What did I broke?
Please advise.
Best Regards
Mauro
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