On Wed, 2010-11-10 at 08:46 -0500, B. Alexander wrote: > I checked and apparently it is getting an ALRM signal because it is > timing out. However, I do not understand why it is taking 20 hours to > back up this small amount of data. My $Conf{ClientTimeout} = 72000; > and the data that is being backed up is: > > 49M /boot > 142M /lib/modules > 148M /home > 5.8M /etc > 6.7M /var/backups > 93M /var/cache/apt > 139M /var/lib/apt > 25M /var/lib/dpkg > 12M /root > 15M /var/log > 49M /usr/local
One thing I do to identify a file causing problems with a backup is to use the "tree" command (see your package manager) on the running backup: cd /var/lib/backuppc/pc/HOSTNAME tree NEW The last file will be the file currently backing up. Regards, Tyler -- "If God had intended us not to masturbate he would've made our arms shorter." -- George Carlin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Next 800 Companies to Lead America's Growth: New Video Whitepaper David G. Thomson, author of the best-selling book "Blueprint to a Billion" shares his insights and actions to help propel your business during the next growth cycle. Listen Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/SAP-dev2dev _______________________________________________ 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/