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Re: [Bacula-users] Failed backup: Network send error to SD. Broken Pipe

2008-06-09 20:06:47
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Failed backup: Network send error to SD. Broken Pipe
From: Christian Nolte <ch.nolte AT noltec DOT org>
To: Josh Fisher <jfisher AT pvct DOT com>
Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:58:20 +0200
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Christian Nolte wrote:
> Christian Nolte wrote:
>> Josh Fisher wrote:
>>> Christian Nolte wrote:
>>>> John Drescher wrote:
>>>>  
>>>>>> Does no one have a clue what could be wrong with my configuration?
>>>>>> Anything that I might try to get more information about the problem?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>       
>>>>> My first guess is a faulty NIC or switch.
>>>>>     
>>>> Unfortunately I have no access to the hardware outside our company. The
>>>> system to be backed up is hosted by a provider (STRATO in Germany).
>>>>
>>>> The connection in our company is working fine. No problems with large
>>>> downloads or something like that.
>>>>
>>>> Is there a way to get further information from bacula so that I can
>>>> debug this issue?
>>>>   
>>> Yes. Run bacula-sd manually, setting the debug level to 150 and
>>> capturing debug output to a file. Something like:
>>> touch /var/lib/bacula/sdlog
>>> chown bacula /var/lib/bacula/sdlog
>>> chgrp disk /var/lib/bacula/sdlog
>>> bacula-sd -d150 -c /etc/bacula/bacula-sd.conf -u bacula -g disk
>>> &>/var/lib/bacula/sdlog
>>
>> Thanks, Josh. With your information I was able to get the storage daemon
>> log below. What puzzles me is, that this seems not to be a network issue
>> because the log indicates that there is an issue with writing the data
>> the FD sent to the SD. I just have checked the partition and there are
>> no errors in the file system. I will try another partition to store the
>> backup.
> 
>> Here is the excerpt from the logfile:
> 
>> fc6_32_build2-sd: askdir.c:351 >dird: fc6_32_build2-sd: askdir.c:357
>> Didn't get vol info vol=Full-Ext-Vol-0001: ERR=Network error on
>> bnet_recv in req_vol_info.
>> fc6_32_build2-sd: block.c:748 dir_update_volume_info terminate writing
>> -- ERROR
>> fc6_32_build2-sd: block.c:771 Leave terminate_writing_volume -- ERROR
>> fc6_32_build2-sd: append.c:220 Got write_block_to_dev error on device
>> "FileStorageExternal" (/mnt/backup-store/backups).
>> fc6_32_build2-sd:
>> fd_cmds.c:160 <filed:
> 
> I get the same error message when using an other physical device to back up:
> 
> ---
> fc6_32_build2-sd: askdir.c:351 >dird: fc6_32_build2-sd: askdir.c:357
> Didn't get vol info vol=Full-Vol-0005: ERR=Network error on bnet_recv in
> req_vol_info.
> fc6_32_build2-sd: block.c:748 dir_update_volume_info terminate writing
> -- ERROR
> fc6_32_build2-sd: block.c:771 Leave terminate_writing_volume -- ERROR
> fc6_32_build2-sd: append.c:220 Got write_block_to_dev error on device
> "FileStorage" (/mnt/backup-store2/backups).
> ---
> 
> As mentioned: Other backups work fine on the same devices. This specific
> backup *always* stops after 2,991,804,324 bytes have been written...
> 

If I run the full backup the SD does not write any bytes. I have tested
a small test set (/etc/bacula, about 34MB) and this backup does work fine.

Are there any things I could try to narrow this issue down?

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