Steve Blackwell wrote at about 08:49:23 -0400 on Wednesday, August 12, 2009:
 > Backuppc has been behaving strangely lately. This is another instance.
 > 
 > This is part of the log file for host steve:
 > 
 > 2009-08-12 01:00:06 full backup started for directory /
 > 2009-08-12 01:00:06 full backup started for directory /
 > 2009-08-12 05:00:06 Rename /media/disk/pc/steve/new
 > -> /media/disk/pc/steve/151 failed 
 > 2009-08-12 05:00:06 full backup complete, 388335 files, 0 bytes, 2
 > xferErrs (0 bad files, 0 bad shares, 2 other) 
 > 2009-08-12 05:00:06 full backup 151 complete, 388335 files, 0 bytes, 2
 > xferErrs (0 bad files, 0 bad shares, 2 other)
 > 
 > Apart from the fact that the backup seems to have started twice (Maybe
 > just logged twice?) everything looks OK but then
 > 
 > In the server log file I get this:
 > 
 > 2009-08-12 01:00:06 Started full backup on steve (pid=2644, share=/)
 > 2009-08-12 01:06:15 BackupPC_nightly now running BackupPC_sendEmail
 > 2009-08-12 01:06:16 Finished  admin1  (BackupPC_nightly 128 255)
 > 2009-08-12 01:06:36 Finished  admin  (BackupPC_nightly -m 0 127)
 > 2009-08-12 01:06:36 Pool nightly clean removed 0 files of size 0.00GB
 > 2009-08-12 01:06:36 Pool is 0.00GB, 0 files (0 repeated, 0 max chain, 0
 > max links), 1 directories 
 > 2009-08-12 01:06:36 Cpool nightly clean removed 0 files of size 0.00GB
 > 2009-08-12 01:06:36 Cpool is 111.15GB, 364467 files (21648 repeated, 10
 > max chain, 793 max links), 4369 directories 
 > 2009-08-12 02:00:00 Next wakeup is 2009-08-12 03:00:00 
 > 2009-08-12 03:00:01 Next wakeup is 2009-08-12 04:00:00 
 > 2009-08-12 04:00:00 Next wakeup is 2009-08-12 05:00:00 
 > 2009-08-12 05:00:01 Next wakeup is 2009-08-12 06:00:00 
 > 2009-08-12 05:00:06 Finished full backup on steve 2009-08-12 05:00:06
 > Running BackupPC_link steve (pid=8901) 
 > 2009-08-12 05:00:08 BackupPC_link got error -3 when calling
 > MakeFileLink(/media/disk/pc/steve/151/f%2f/froot/f.gconf/fdesktop/fgnome/faccessibility/fkeyboard/f%25gconf.xml,
 > b32585c3cc30b7ebb556d335a08554e3, 1)
 > 
 > followed by 100,000+ of the same error on different files
 > 
 > What is going on here?
 > 

Error -3 means that calling the perl function link (between a file in
the pool and a name in the pc tree) failed.

Try manually doing something like the following from the command line:
link b32585c3cc30b7ebb556d335a08554e3 
/media/disk/pc/steve/151/f%2f/froot/f.gconf/fdesktop/fgnome/faccessibility/fkeyboard/f%25gconf.xml


Potential reasons:
- Files are on different filesystems
- File system you are using doesn't allow hard links (what filesystem
  are you using)
- Pool file somehow got erased before MakeFileLink was called or pc
  tree got erased
- File system full (?)

I guess I would ask what have you changed lately either for BackupPC
specifically or on your setup in general?

 > Thanks,
 > Steve
 > 
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