Also check if your /mnt /media have something monted on them like external usb devices, dvds or cds. Cheers, Pedro
On Thursday 13 August 2009 11:34:26 Tino Schwarze wrote: > 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. > > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pedro M. S. Oliveira Pólo Tecnológico de Lisboa IT Consultant Estrada do Paço do Lumiar, Lote 1 Email: pedro.olive...@dri.pt Sala 14 – 1600-546 Lisboa URL: http://www.dri.pt http://www.linux-geex.com Telefone: +351 21 715 30 55 Fax: +351 21 715 30 57 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/