Hi Steve,

Am 15.11.2012 19:07, schrieb Steve:
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Markus <universe AT truemetal DOT org> 
> wrote:
>> Any suggestions on what I could do or what could go wrong here?
>
> Since your things are working well on all other machines, try a backup
> on the "trouble" machine of just one directory (or a few) and see if
> that works "normally".  If it does, your guess about the large size of
> the backup makes sense; just break that client up into multiple
> separate backups and you should be fine.  Backuppc can still consider
> it all under one client if you setup aliasing correctly.

thanks for the instant feedback. I forgot to mention that: I tried to 
just backup /etc on that client and it worked like a charm.

I've also just read a thread in the archives about performance and 
people were writing about 50 hours for a full backup with 1.4 million 
files in 3 TB.

So I'm guessing what I am experiencing is kind of ... well, normal.

Your suggestion sounds great. I just found this small how-to on a forum. 
Is this how it works or is there another/better way?


"Create as many client names as you like, eg: client-share1, 
client-share2, client-share3, client-share4 (replace "client" with the 
real host name and "share" with the share names). In each 
pc/client-xxx/config.pl file, use;

$Conf{ClientNameAlias} = "client";

(where "client" is the real host name). Add any other client-specific 
settings (eg: share name). This way all 4 virtual clients will refer to 
the same real client. All backups happen independently."


Thank you!
Markus




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