I have seen similar problems, and they were hardware-related. Have you eliminated problems with the network connections? Have you checked the network interfaces on both computers for errors? Try connecting both computers together using different cables and a different switch.

Peter

Kameleon wrote:
Update:

We moved the backuppc server to the same room as the client server and on the same switch. The backup still failed, but got alot further. The error is the same as last time:

Read EOF:
Tried again: got 0 bytes
Child is aborting
Can't write 33792 bytes to socket
Sending csums, cnt = 250243, phase = 1
Done: 26416 files, 31698685174 bytes
Got fatal error during xfer (aborted by signal=PIPE)
Backup aborted by user signal
Saving this as a partial backup


So I ran the exact command as the backuppc user that it uses according to the log file and ran it manually. Then I straced the pid on the client machine and got this:

select(1, [0], [], NULL, {45, 57000})   = 0 (Timeout)
select(1, [0], [], NULL, {60, 0})       = 0 (Timeout)
select(1, [0], [], NULL, {60, 0})       = 0 (Timeout)
select(1, [0], [], NULL, {60, 0})       = 0 (Timeout)
select(1, [0], [], NULL, {60, 0})       = 0 (Timeout)
select(1, [0], [], NULL, {60, 0})       = 0 (Timeout)
select(1, [0], [], NULL, {60, 0})       = 0 (Timeout)
select(1, [0], [], NULL, {60, 0})       = 0 (Timeout)
select(1, [0], [], NULL, {60, 0})       = 0 (Timeout)
select(1, [0], [], NULL, {60, 0})       = 1 (in [0], left {29, 170000})
read(0, "", 4)                          = 0
write(2, "rsync: connection unexpectedly c"..., 72) = -1 EPIPE (Broken pipe)
--- SIGPIPE (Broken pipe) @ 0 (0) ---
rt_sigaction(SIGUSR1, {0x1, [], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGUSR2, {0x1, [], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0
write(2, "rsync error: errors with program"..., 83) = -1 EPIPE (Broken pipe)
--- SIGPIPE (Broken pipe) @ 0 (0) ---
rt_sigaction(SIGUSR1, {0x1, [], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGUSR2, {0x1, [], 0}, NULL, 8) = 0
gettimeofday({1259860374, 861962}, NULL) = 0
select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {0, 100000}) = 0 (Timeout)
gettimeofday({1259860374, 961981}, NULL) = 0
exit_group(13)                          = ?
Process 13532 detached

It still appears the problem is on the remote server since it is exiting. The client server is a Dell poweredge so I would hope it wasn't hardware related. Anything else I can check before I give it a swift kick in the pants?

Donny B.

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:56 PM, Kameleon <kameleo...@gmail.com <mailto:kameleo...@gmail.com>> wrote:

    I did some more testing watching top and such on both backuppc
    server and the client. Both had plenty of memory and such. The
    thing we are thinking is possibly the cable or switch between the
    two. Tomorrow we plan to relocate the backuppc server from it's
    current location and plug it directly in via crossover cable to
    the server. That will eliminate the networking gear all except the
    network intercafe cards.

    Thanks for the input.



    On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 3:10 PM, Les Mikesell
    <lesmikes...@gmail.com <mailto:lesmikes...@gmail.com>> wrote:

        Kameleon wrote:
        > I do apologize. The backuppc server is Ubuntu 9.10 and the
        server being
        > backed up is Centos 5.4. I have changed everything back to
        rsync and
        > tried a manual full backup (since that is what it was
        attempting to do
        > when it failed) I ran strace on the PID of rsync on the
        remote server
        > being backed up. The last few lines of the output are below.
        [...]
        >  read(0,
        >
        
"\256\374O\362\350\224\30\3101(Y\"8\3279z\300nt\10*\367\26+\355\364\245W)/\224\301"...,
        > 8184) = 8184
        > select(1, [0], [], NULL, {60, 0})       = 1 (in [0], left
        {60, 0})
        > read(0,
        >
        
"\314\326\4\242P\345\3\332\245b\317\363\4\253'\307\3056Y\307X\313\364I\5\3746\fH\340\212w"...,
        > 8184) = 1056
        > select(1, [0], [], NULL, {60, 0})       = 1 (in [0], left
        {58, 296000})
        > read(0, "", 8184)                       = 0
        > select(2, NULL, [1], [1], {60, 0})      = 1 (out [1], left
        {60, 0})
        > write(1, "O\0\0\10rsync: connection unexpected"..., 83) = -1
        EPIPE
        > (Broken pipe)

        Looks like something is wrong on the target side, dropping the
        connection.  File system problems?  Out of memory?  Are both
        machines on
        the same LAN or could there be a problem with networking equipment
        between them?


        > Backuppc shows the following error when it fails:
        >
        > 2009-12-02 14:17:58 full backup started for directory /;
        updating partial #4
        > 2009-12-02 14:24:59 Aborting backup up after signal PIPE
        > 2009-12-02 14:25:00 Got fatal error during xfer (aborted by
        signal=PIPE)

        This doesn't tell you anything except that the other end died.


        > remote machine: rsync  version 3.0.6  protocol version 30
        > backuppc: rsync  version 3.0.6  protocol version 30

        Backuppc doesn't use the rsync binary on the server side - it
        has its
        own implementation in perl.  But it looks like things started
        OK and
        then either the remote side quite or the network connection
        had a problem.


        --
          Les Mikesell
           lesmikes...@gmail.com <mailto:lesmikes...@gmail.com>

        
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