Great stuff - glad that the fix was good with your problem. Glad I could help,
---Tim On 1/25/09, Didier Misson <[email protected]> wrote: > Tim Chipman a écrit : > > check your config file for the specific server in question > > > > I found this same behaviour, it is if you have a null path at end of > > stanza of paths to backup > > > > so what it is literally telling you, is that it finished the first > > (real, desired) work > > but failed on the (unwanted, null) work > > > > hence the confusion > > > > In my case, I think the null field was appended via the web interface, > > by accident, when I was doing initial config / setup of paths to be > > backed up. At first I thought it was an rsync issue, but I had > > identical behaviour with "tar" as well. Lots of fun! :-) > > > > Took a few weeks before the answer jumped out at me.. > > > > -Tim > > Tim, it's OK now ! > > You are right ;-) > > I had checked and suppress some folders and keep only "/etc" BEFORE > write on the ML... > > but NEVER I think to remove this stupid empty line at the bottom of the > folders list on the Xfer page ! ... > > Now I click on "delete" and suppress the line, and all is normal. > BackupPC finish correctly. No error message ;-) > > > Thank a lot for your very fast (and intersting) reply ;-) > > > I make a note on my blog (en français) about this problem and the > solution, because I search a long time and it can be useful for other > > ;-) > > > http://didier.misson.net/blog/2009/01/26/backuppc-backup-aborted > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Didier Misson <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I'm new on this mailing list. > >> > >> I use BackupPc since several months on an Ubuntu 8.04 server. > >> No problem with it. > >> I backup 2 Debian Etch servers : fine ;-) > >> > >> But these backups are very slow because my backup server is at home on > >> an ADSL line 6Mbps ... > >> If a crash occurs (I hope no), I will need to restore at the upload > >> speed of 640 Kbps... :-( very long ! > >> > >> > >> So, we decide to install BackupPc on our secondary server (hosted by OVH). > >> > >> ================================================ > >> > >> I try to backup our main server, on the BackupPc running on the > >> secondary server. > >> > >> Both servers are : > >> > >> Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 > >> > >> Linux ks12345.kimsufi.com 2.6.27.10-grsec-xxxx-grs-ipv6-64 > >> > >> > >> > >> Due to problem when I try to install BackupPc on the secondary server > >> (and BackupPC too old in Debian), I add "Backup Port" on the apt source > >> list on this secondary server. > >> > >> Here is the version : > >> > >> ~$ aptitude show backuppc > >> Package: backuppc > >> State: installed > >> Automatically installed: no > >> Version: 3.1.0-4~bpo40+1 <----- > >> Priority: optional > >> Section: utils > >> .. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> I ALWAYS have the same problem : > >> > >> - backup seem to run correctly : all files are seen in the log and are > >> backup > >> - at the end of the backup, a message "Done: 1837 files, 43529611 bytes > >> Backup aborted ()" > >> > >> and... the backup aborted just at the END ! > >> > >> So : > >> - it always keep the partial first backup it try to make > >> - as no successfull backup, each time BackupPc try to make a FULL backup > >> again... very long ! > >> > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> Here is the log : > >> > >> Contents of file /backup/pc/ks12345.kimsufi.com/XferLOG.bad.z, modified > >> 2009-01-25 22:44:01 > >> > >> full backup started for directory /etc > >> Running: /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -l root ks28853.kimsufi.com /usr/bin/rsync > >> --server --sender --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group -D --links > >> --hard-links --times --block-size=2048 --recursive --ignore-times . /etc/ > >> Xfer PIDs are now 15588 > >> Got remote protocol 29 > >> Negotiated protocol version 28 > >> Xfer PIDs are now 15588,15589 > >> create d 755 0/0 4096 . > >> create 600 0/0 0 .pwd.lock > >> same 644 0/0 588 GeoIP.conf.default > >> same 644 0/0 611 Net > >> create d 755 0/0 4096 X11 > >> create d 755 0/0 4096 X11/Xresources > >> same 644 0/0 319 X11/Xresources/x11-common > >> same 755 0/0 3944 X11/Xsession > >> create d 755 0/0 4096 X11/Xsession.d > >> same 644 0/0 1869 > >> X11/Xsession.d/20x11-common_process-args > >> ... > >> > >> ... > >> create d 755 0/0 4096 vim > >> same 644 0/0 2318 vim/vimrc > >> same 644 0/0 774 vim/vimrc.tiny > >> create d 755 0/0 4096 w3m > >> same 644 0/0 1185 w3m/config > >> same 644 0/0 44 w3m/mailcap > >> same 644 0/0 4221 wgetrc > >> create d 755 0/0 4096 xml > >> same 644 0/0 475 xml/catalog > >> same 644 0/0 360 xml/catalog.old > >> same 644 0/0 517 xml/xml-core.xml > >> same 644 0/0 381 xml/xml-core.xml.old > >> Done: 1837 files, 43529611 bytes > >> > >> Backup aborted () <======= no error code !!! > >> > >> Not saving this as a partial backup since it has fewer files than the > >> prior one (got 1837 and 1837 files versus 140628) > >> > >> > >> > >> The problem is that this message "Backup aborted" has NO error code ! > >> So how can I search on the net to see what error and what solution ? > > > -- > Didier > > http://didier.misson.net/blog > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > SourcForge Community > SourceForge wants to tell your story. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
