On 4/13/2011 7:24 PM, Manu Poletti wrote: > 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?
Is there an 'on-access' virus scanner on the Windows boxes. Sometimes they will block or slow access to the point that the backup times out. -- Les Mikesell [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/
