On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 12:20:20PM +0200, Michael Aram wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> thank you for your answers. I changed the backupcommand (added -q) and got
> rid of the first error. Thanks.
> 
> However unfortunately, my backupserver wasnt able to successfully backup my
> remote machine.
> 
> I have to mention, that I want to backup ~100GB over a "normal 25MBit" xDSL
> connection over the internet. It use the rsync (not rsynd) between two
> ubuntu machines.
> 
> The backup always fails after a couple of hours with signal "PIPE". I think
> the machine being backed up just resets the connection or something. How can
> I detect the reason for the problem? There is no /var/log/rsync.log or
> something on the remote machine.

[...]

> Negotiated protocol version 28
> Sent exclude: /proc
> Sent exclude: /tmp
> Xfer PIDs are now 10929,11621
> [ skipped 114214 lines ]
> sys/block/md0/dev: md4 doesn't match: will retry in phase 1; file removed
> 
> Remote[1]: rsync: read errors mapping "/sys/block/md0/dev": No data
> available (61)

You should exclude /sys and /proc from backup - these are virtual file
systems anyway. Rsync might copy your whole harddisk (block devices),
kernel image etc.

HTH!

Tino.

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