Yes, I am modifying TopDir and LogDir and yes, I WAS running a pre-3.2 
version of BackupPC.  I just updated to 3.2.1 and this fixed the 
problem.  Links are now being created correctly in my cpool directory.

Problem solved, thanks.

On 11/07/2011 01:16 AM, Les Mikesell wrote:
> 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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