Le 10.03.2013 18:16, Les Mikesell a écrit : > On Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 4:01 AM, ashka <shellgrat...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I'm using BackupPC 3.2.1 and I'm having a lot of trouble with a server : >> the BackupPC_dump process takes something close to 10Gb of RAM. >> In addition, the backup process keeps dying like that : >> >> 2013-03-07 02:00:03 full backup started for directory / (baseline backup >> #540) >> 2013-03-07 05:20:48 Got fatal error during xfer (Child exited prematurely) >> 2013-03-07 05:20:53 Backup aborted (Child exited prematurely) >> >> I can't do any full backup nor a incremental one. > If you are using rsync, both ends will hold the directory contents of > the whole tree in RAM during the transfer for comparison. If you have > millions of files you may not have enough ram for that. If the > files on the target are split under a few top-level directories, you > might be able to use several separate 'shares' instead of starting at > the root. Or you might switch to tar, although there are some > disadvantages in tracking files correctly in the incrementals. > > Also, if you haven't already checked you might want to be sure that no > other backups are running at the same time as the one having problems. > > Thanks for your answer.
>Also, if you haven't already checked you might want to be sure that no >other backups are running at the same time as the one having problems. Is there a nice way to achieve that with BackupPC ? -- ashka ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-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/
