On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Stan Larson <larson.stan AT gmail DOT com> 
wrote:
> For each file being backed up, I am getting the following error in my
> LOG file and a hard link is not getting created in my cpool dir.
>
> 2011-11-04 15:31:24 BackupPC_link got error -3 when calling
> MakeFileLink(/data1/BackupPC/pc/anthonypc/0/fdocs/attrib,
> fd60fd1d996f13992833d09698b85826, 1)
>
> I am also getting the same basic message but with "error -4" instead of
> "error -3", but in smaller quantities.
>
> Background:
>
> For various reasons, I've attempted to create a second data directory on
> my BackupPC server.  The second data directory is on a different file
> system than the original data directory (both are ext3 with underlying
> LVM and software RAID 1).  The initial data directory has been in place
> for a couple of years and works with no problems.  To build the second
> data directory, I modified my config.pl file to change the TopDir and
> LogDir to point to the new data directory and the new log directory.  I
> then duplicated the exact directory structure, permissions, and
> ownership for my new data directory, including the sub-directories in
> cpool.  Backuppc comes up just fine with no errors and backs up
> clients.  Everything appears to be working OK except for the fact the
> above errors and the fact that hard links are not getting created in my
> new cpool.  I can manually create the hard links so I know the
> filesystem is OK.  Looking at the perl code, it appears that the link()
> command is what's issuing the error.
>
> Is there something I didn't do correct when creating the cpool
> sub-directories?
>
> I would really like to get this second data storage directory working.
> Any suggestions would be highly appreciated.

Backuppc can't use a 2nd data directory, so I assume you are trying to
move the location of TopDir.   Versions earlier than 3.2 can't change
this after initial installation (which has already been done in the
.deb or .rpm versions packaged for distributions).   You need to mount
the replacement partition in the old location or symlink it there.

--
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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