Steve Blackwell wrote at about 08:49:23 -0400 on Wednesday, August 12, 2009: > Backuppc has been behaving strangely lately. This is another instance. > > This is part of the log file for host steve: > > 2009-08-12 01:00:06 full backup started for directory / > 2009-08-12 01:00:06 full backup started for directory / > 2009-08-12 05:00:06 Rename /media/disk/pc/steve/new > -> /media/disk/pc/steve/151 failed > 2009-08-12 05:00:06 full backup complete, 388335 files, 0 bytes, 2 > xferErrs (0 bad files, 0 bad shares, 2 other) > 2009-08-12 05:00:06 full backup 151 complete, 388335 files, 0 bytes, 2 > xferErrs (0 bad files, 0 bad shares, 2 other) > > Apart from the fact that the backup seems to have started twice (Maybe > just logged twice?) everything looks OK but then > > In the server log file I get this: > > 2009-08-12 01:00:06 Started full backup on steve (pid=2644, share=/) > 2009-08-12 01:06:15 BackupPC_nightly now running BackupPC_sendEmail > 2009-08-12 01:06:16 Finished admin1 (BackupPC_nightly 128 255) > 2009-08-12 01:06:36 Finished admin (BackupPC_nightly -m 0 127) > 2009-08-12 01:06:36 Pool nightly clean removed 0 files of size 0.00GB > 2009-08-12 01:06:36 Pool is 0.00GB, 0 files (0 repeated, 0 max chain, 0 > max links), 1 directories > 2009-08-12 01:06:36 Cpool nightly clean removed 0 files of size 0.00GB > 2009-08-12 01:06:36 Cpool is 111.15GB, 364467 files (21648 repeated, 10 > max chain, 793 max links), 4369 directories > 2009-08-12 02:00:00 Next wakeup is 2009-08-12 03:00:00 > 2009-08-12 03:00:01 Next wakeup is 2009-08-12 04:00:00 > 2009-08-12 04:00:00 Next wakeup is 2009-08-12 05:00:00 > 2009-08-12 05:00:01 Next wakeup is 2009-08-12 06:00:00 > 2009-08-12 05:00:06 Finished full backup on steve 2009-08-12 05:00:06 > Running BackupPC_link steve (pid=8901) > 2009-08-12 05:00:08 BackupPC_link got error -3 when calling > MakeFileLink(/media/disk/pc/steve/151/f%2f/froot/f.gconf/fdesktop/fgnome/faccessibility/fkeyboard/f%25gconf.xml, > b32585c3cc30b7ebb556d335a08554e3, 1) > > followed by 100,000+ of the same error on different files > > What is going on here? >
Error -3 means that calling the perl function link (between a file in the pool and a name in the pc tree) failed. Try manually doing something like the following from the command line: link b32585c3cc30b7ebb556d335a08554e3 /media/disk/pc/steve/151/f%2f/froot/f.gconf/fdesktop/fgnome/faccessibility/fkeyboard/f%25gconf.xml Potential reasons: - Files are on different filesystems - File system you are using doesn't allow hard links (what filesystem are you using) - Pool file somehow got erased before MakeFileLink was called or pc tree got erased - File system full (?) I guess I would ask what have you changed lately either for BackupPC specifically or on your setup in general? > Thanks, > Steve > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus > on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ 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/