On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 12:20:20PM +0200, Michael Aram wrote: > Hello all, > > thank you for your answers. I changed the backupcommand (added -q) and got > rid of the first error. Thanks. > > However unfortunately, my backupserver wasnt able to successfully backup my > remote machine. > > I have to mention, that I want to backup ~100GB over a "normal 25MBit" xDSL > connection over the internet. It use the rsync (not rsynd) between two > ubuntu machines. > > The backup always fails after a couple of hours with signal "PIPE". I think > the machine being backed up just resets the connection or something. How can > I detect the reason for the problem? There is no /var/log/rsync.log or > something on the remote machine.
[...] > Negotiated protocol version 28 > Sent exclude: /proc > Sent exclude: /tmp > Xfer PIDs are now 10929,11621 > [ skipped 114214 lines ] > sys/block/md0/dev: md4 doesn't match: will retry in phase 1; file removed > > Remote[1]: rsync: read errors mapping "/sys/block/md0/dev": No data > available (61) You should exclude /sys and /proc from backup - these are virtual file systems anyway. Rsync might copy your whole harddisk (block devices), kernel image etc. HTH! Tino. -- "What we nourish flourishes." - "Was wir nähren erblüht." www.lichtkreis-chemnitz.de www.craniosacralzentrum.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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 [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
