I have no experience with VSS. Is there any howto regarding its use with Backuppc? I did some search on Google but I had no luck.
Thanks Dejan > I think that using VSS is the best solution to this. Maybe a feature for > v3.2 should be integration with a script to do a VSS, mount it, and back > up > the shadow, then either delete the shadow or not depending on user's > choice. > > On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 1:28 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >> > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I have around 30 users that are backed up with Backuppc, and today >> >> another user complained that the Inbox file from Thunderbird is >> EMPTY, >> that is, >> >> it >> >> had only one (new) email message. This is the second time that I see >> >> this >> >> problem and on two different PC's. From the log file: >> >> >> >> 2008-10-16 09:01:55 incr backup started back to 2008-10-14 18:00:05 >> >> (backup #15) for directory thunderbird >> >> 2008-10-16 09:29:51 incr backup 16 complete, 43 files, 3342512878 >> bytes, >> >> 46 xferErrs (0 bad files, 0 bad shares, 46 other) >> >> 2008-10-16 09:29:51 removing incr backup 13 >> >> 2008-10-16 09:39:20 restore started below directory thunderbird to >> host >> >> cpu-026 >> >> 2008-10-16 09:39:26 restore failed (Unable to read 4 bytes) >> >> >> >> >> >> The user was using Thunderbird, replying to an email and at 09:32 she >> >> called saying that her Inbox is empty. As the log file shows, I tried >> to >> >> recover but I get the error "Unable to read 4 bytes" which is another >> >> issue. I did recovery through downloading a zip file. >> >> >> >> XferLOG shows that the file Inbox.msf is missing, but it does not >> >> mention >> >> Inbox file (Inbox.msf is the index file of Inbox where all the >> messages >> >> are stored). >> >> >> >> Remote[2]: file has vanished: "/Application >> >> Data/Thunderbird/Profiles/t71wkovc.default/Mail/.../Inbox.msf" (in >> >> thunderbird) >> >> >> >> I guess that backuppc started to copy Inbox file (does backuppc locks >> >> the >> >> file during the copy?) and then when new email arrived Thunderbird >> could >> >> not access Inbox and thereforr new Inbox file was born with only one >> new >> >> email inside. >> >> >> >> Is there workaround this problem or users with Thunderbird have to do >> >> manual backup? >> >> >> >> Why the restore failed? I tried on other PC's and it gave me the same >> >> error. >> >> >> >> Regards >> > >> > You have not provided enough information, but I'll take a guess >> anyway... >> > >> > You are backing up windows PC's using rsyncd and the user has >> > thunderbird open during the backup. >> > >> > I must admit, I haven't experienced this problem with that >> environment, >> > though our thunderbird users use IMAP4, so even if it did happen, they >> > wouldn't lose any email. >> > >> > To solve your problem, you would probably need to close thunderbird >> > during the backup, or else use the windows snapshot (VSS) and then >> > backup the snapshot... >> > >> > Also, the problem with restore is likely rsyncd has write disabled, >> > check the rsyncd.conf file for the correct settings. >> > >> > Those are pretty much the only things I can think of/guess that might >> be >> > relevant to your environment. If not, please provide additional >> > information. >> > >> > Regards, >> > Adam >> >> >> Thanks for your reply. >> >> Yes, you guessed my environment correctly. I use rsyncd for WinXP, and >> my >> users have POP3 access to emails. >> >> It's clear now that I have to use windows snapshot (whatever that might >> be, haven't used it before). >> >> I was trying to find where is the settings for rsyncd write >> configuration, >> but no luck. 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