On Thu, Sep 04, 2008 at 12:33:15AM +1000, Adam Goryachev wrote:
> Michael Cockrell wrote:
> > I have installed backuppc recently on about 15 servers. 12 are linux
> > (different flavors) and 3 windows. The windows are using rsyncd whereas
> > the linux ones are using rsync. Everything is working great on all but
> > two servers. For some reason on two of the servers it never initiates a
> > file transfer. It seems like it just hangs while building the file list
> > and it will stay like that forever. I have yet to get a complete backup
> > of these servers. I don???t know if this has anything to do with it but
> > these are both web servers hosting php sites. If anyone has any ideas
> > please let me know.
> [...]
> BTW, your description, while probably quite accurate, lacks a lot of
> detail. Perhaps you don't know how to find additional detail, so a
> couple of clues (if you don't need them someone else might who might see
> this)...
>
> 1) Use tcpdump to see if the network is doing things, use the -s and -A
> flags depending on what protocol you are using to see more info.
>
> 2) Use wireshark to analyse the flow of data throughout the
> conversation, it can sometimes pinpoint strange IP flags or hiccups
>
> 3) Use strace, especially the -ff and -o flags are useful
Use lsof -p pid of the rsync process (on the I assume linux servers)
to see what files are open/being processed. If you are on windows look
into process explorer from sysinternals (now microsoft).
--
-- rouilj
John Rouillard
System Administrator
Renesys Corporation
603-244-9084 (cell)
603-643-9300 x 111
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge
Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes
Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world
http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/
_______________________________________________
BackupPC-users mailing list
BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net
List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users
Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net
Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
