We use BackupPC on Ubuntu Hardy to backup a number of Windows XP hosts using smb. It has worked faultlessly for at last 2 years; until a week ago when the hosts stopped being backed up. Now none except localhost that uses the tar transfer method work.
When A backup runs it seems to stall very soon (a few seconds) after it starts. Some files are copied to the temporary directory at /var/lib/backuppc/pc/[hostname]/new/ but the pid's show no CPU activity after this. The backup seems to stop on a random file each time, and using windows "Computer Management" on the host I can see that the server has that one file open. After this BackupPC will just sit there doing nothing until the ClientTimeout is exceeded (20 hours). Then the backup exits with an error reported in the XferLOG "exiting after signal ALRM". I have tried running the smbclient command manually like this: sudo -u backuppc /usr/bin/smbclient \\\\[hostName]\\wk -U [userName] -N -d 10 -c tarmode\ full -Tc backup.tar This works so I assume its not the smb transport. But after that I am stuck. Any suggestions? Manu. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ 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/
