Adam Goryachev wrote:
> One of my remote server being backed up had a very large log file, which
> was growing rather quickly (4GB growing at 2k/sec). This caused the
> backup to timeout sometimes...
>
> Anyway, see an extract of the log file which 'causes' the problem:
> Executing DumpPreUserCmd: /etc/backuppc/scripts/host1tunnel-start.sh
> incr backup started back to 2009-07-19 00:24:59 (backup #336) for
> directory cdrive
> Connected to 127.0.0.1:1515, remote version 29
> Negotiated protocol version 28
> Connected to module cdrive
> Sending args: --server --sender --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group -D
> - --links --times --block-size=2048 --recursive -D --checksum-seed=32761
> - --one-file-s
> ystem --bwlimit=26 . .
> Checksum caching enabled (checksumSeed = 32761)
> Sent exclude: PartImage
> Sent exclude: hcn/BACKUP
> Sent exclude: hcn/Backups
> Sent exclude: users/Michael
> Sent exclude: users/User1
> Xfer PIDs are now 12320
> create d 755 18/544 0 .
> create d 755 18/544 0 AVPDOS
> create d 755 18/544 0 BCBackup
> create d 755 18/544 0 BCBackup/BlueData
> etc, continues as per normal until:
> create d 755 18/544 0 Program Files/eScan/Updater
> create d 755 18/544 0 Program Files/eScan/VXP64
> create d 755 18/544 0 Program Files/eScan/Vista
> create d 755 18/544 0 Program Files/eScan/Vista/AVCBack
> create 644 18/544 17771 Program
> Files/eScan/Vista/AVCBack/avp._et
> create 644 18/544 122214 Program
> Files/eScan/Vista/AVCBack/avp._lb
> create 644 18/544 17771 Program
> Files/eScan/Vista/AVCBack/avp_ext._et
> create 644 18/544 17771 Program
> Files/eScan/Vista/AVCBack/avp_x._et
> Read EOF:
> Tried again: got 0 bytes
>
This indicates there was a problem with the connection. While trying to
synchronize "Program Files/eScan/Vista/AVCBack/avp_x.et" an End Of File
was unexpectedly encountered. The transfer was attempted again, but no
data was received. I usually see this when my SSH connection (between
my BackupPC server and the client) is interrupted. Since this was an
incremental backup...
> finish: removing in-process file Program
> Files/eScan/Vista/AVCBack/base279c._vc
> delete 644 18/544 54207 Program
> Files/eScan/Vista/AVCBack/base319c._vc
> delete 644 18/544 50464 Program
> Files/eScan/Vista/AVCBack/base649c._vc
> delete 644 18/544 165934 Program
> Files/eScan/Vista/AVCBack/fa001._vc
> delete 644 18/544 53160 Program
> Files/eScan/Vista/AVCBack/base675c._vc
> delete 644 18/544 49358 Program
> Files/eScan/Vista/AVCBack/unp037._vc
> delete 644 18/544 41666 Program
> Files/eScan/Vista/AVCBack/base772c._vc
> delete 644 18/544 50984 Program
> Files/eScan/Vista/AVCBack/base475c._vc
> delete 644 18/544 52555 Program
> Files/eScan/Vista/AVCBack/base421c._vc
> delete 644 18/544 51594 Program
> Files/eScan/Vista/AVCBack/base641c._vc
>
> - From here on, all the files in this directory are "delete" even though
> they were never removed from the system and then:
>
> delete d 755 18/544 0 System Volume Information
> delete 644 18/544 211 boot.ini
> delete 444 18/544 297072 ntldr
> delete d 755 18/544 0 RECYCLER
> delete 644 18/544 24064 Walter.doc
> delete d 755 18/544 0 hcn
> delete d 755 18/544 0 rsyncd
> delete d 755 18/544 0 myob12
> delete d 755 18/544 0 TEMP
> delete d 755 18/544 0 users
> delete d 755 18/544 0 var
> delete d 755 18/544 0 TempData
> delete 644 18/544 208 bootini.ins
> delete d 755 18/544 0 wmpub
> delete d 755 18/544 0 WINDOWS
> delete d 755 18/544 0 cygwin
> delete 644 18/544 248 back.cmd
> delete d 755 18/544 0 TempEI4
> delete 644 18/544 522 RHDSetup.log
> Child is aborting
> Done: 74 files, 4334969856 bytes
>
...it is aborted, and thrown away.
> ie, all the remaining directories are also deleted.
>
> I'm using BackupPC 3.1.0 from Debian Lenny, connecting to a windows box
> running rsyncd via SSH running on a Debian Etch box on the same subnet
> as the windows box.
>
> Linux (Backuppc) --SSH--> Linux (middle) --rsyncd--> Windows 2003 Server
>
> Obviously the windows directory itself didn't vanish especially.
>
> So, the problem is the following day, the backup will use this
> incremental as it's basis (IncrLevels = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]) and so all
> files will be re-downloaded and 'pooled' like this:
>
Why are the files being transfered if they are in the pool? Are they
pooled from another computer's backup?
> pool 644 18/544 126206 Program
> Files/eScan/Vista/AVCBack/base279c._vc
> pool 644 18/544 50441 Program
> Files/eScan/Vista/AVCBack/base280c._vc
> pool 644 18/544 49835 Program
> Files/eScan/Vista/AVCBack/base281c._vc
> pool 644 18/544 56395 Program
> Files/eScan/Vista/AVCBack/base282c._vc
> pool 644 18/544 48297 Program
> Files/eScan/Vista/AVCBack/base283c._vc
> pool 644 18/544 48586 Program
> Files/eScan/Vista/AVCBack/base284c._vc
> pool 644 18/544 49252 Program
> Files/eScan/Vista/AVCBack/base285c._vc
> pool 644 18/544 48126 Program
> Files/eScan/Vista/AVCBack/base286c._vc
> pool 644 18/544 49125 Program
> Files/eScan/Vista/AVCBack/base287c._vc
> pool 644 18/544 49124 Program
> Files/eScan/Vista/AVCBack/base288c._vc
> pool 644 18/544 50316 Program
> Files/eScan/Vista/AVCBack/base289c._vc
> pool 644 18/544 50531 Program
> Files/eScan/Vista/AVCBack/base290c._vc
> etc, same for all files until the end of the backup.
>
> Any hints/suggestions on how to resolve this would be appreciated, if
> more information is required, please let me know.
>
Well, you might refrain from backing up a large and rapidly changing log
file...
> Regards,
> Adam
>
> - --
> Adam Goryachev
> Website Managers
> www.websitemanagers.com.au
>
Chris
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