Matthias Meyer wrote: > Brian Bettger wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> Installed BackupPC version 3.1.0 a few months ago. After creating all >> users on the server using one users profile as a template for the rest, I >> would think they'd all behave the same. Tested the rsync on all the >> laptops initially and had pretty good results. >> >> About a week later my bosses laptop, scheduled for an incremental, began >> backing up at 10:00 am and was still running when she shutdown her laptop >> at 7:00 pm. Obviously the backup failed. The previous days incrementals >> lasted only 45 minutes or so. Pretty much all default settings as seen at >> the Web GUI config for each user. >> >>>From that last incremental onward the backups begin and just keep running >>>until the user powers off. This is occurring on at least three laptops >>>now. >> >> It seems like rsync begins very strong as the CPU utilization for that >> users process runs up to 25% on the Suse 10 server, then after about >> 30~45 minutes it gradually throttles back almost to zero. >> >> I've tried excludes of the pagefile, ntuser.dat, system volume >> information, etc with no change. Updated to a newer rsync than what came >> with cygwin-rsyncd-2.6.8_0.zip on my bosses laptop... >> >> No SSH, Trusted network, just running on port 873, firewall has the port >> opened via the netsh firewall commands by running service.bat from the >> package mentioned above. >> >> It almost seems like rsync.exe is stalling on the client laptops. It's >> process shows little CPU utilization, naturally, when time runs onward it >> decreases to nearly zero. >> >> Here is a copy from the log file of a Full backup that SHOULD take no >> more than 3 hours, based on previous successful full backups of this >> laptop: >> >> 2009-08-03 06:00:03 no ping response >> 2009-08-03 12:00:00 full backup started for directory cDrive >> 2009-08-03 19:00:31 Got fatal error during xfer (Child exited >> prematurely) 2009-08-03 19:00:39 Backup aborted (lost network connection >> during backup) 2009-08-03 20:00:03 no ping response >> >> At 19:00 hours my boss finally shutdown for the night. >> >> I could REALLY use some help and or pointers to get this back to the >> peppy speed it once used to have. >> >> Your thoughts and suggestions? > > Maybee your boss had a lot of new (big) files? > Try to activate logging (add -vvv to the RsyncArgs) and check if always > the same file is the last before abort. > I have had a similiar problem with a very big outlook.pst in combination > with a network interruption. > > br > Matthias What's about IP traffic on port 873? Check it with e.g. IPTraf. br Matthias -- Don't Panic
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