Mine stopped working when the backuppc server performed and auto update and changed the samba client.
I used Ariel Sanguinetti's solution to fix it. --------- just in case this helps someone, I've to downgrade samba to 4.1.6 by doing: apt-get install samba=2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2 samba-common=2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2 samba-common-bin=2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2 samba-libs=2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2 python-samba=2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2 samba-dsdb-modules=2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2 samba-vfs-modules=2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2 libldb1=1:1.1.16-1 python-ldb=1:1.1.16-1 backuppc smbclient=2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2 libsmbclient=2:4.1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2 --------------- Then I turned off auto upgrade. ma -----Original Message----- From: terryls [mailto:backuppc-fo...@backupcentral.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 8:00 AM To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [BackupPC-users] Windows backups fail, Linux backups complete What could cause Windows servers to suddenly fail backups while Linux servers continue to backup? Windows servers have a mix of firewall off/on, have a mix of updates on/off... I have restored the configuration files on the backup server from a date prior to the issue, I can get different results by changing ClientNameAlias, etc, but never completes. usually one of the following errors: tar:712 Total bytes received: 537930050 No files dumped for share C$ Error logs usually indicate the following: full backup started for share 2016-05-10 02:48:53 Got fatal error during xfer (tar:712 Total bytes received: 11365692394) 2016-05-10 02:48:58 Backup aborted (tar:712 Total bytes received: 11365692394) Ubuntu 14.04 SMB backup method. Thank you +---------------------------------------------------------------------- |This was sent by tschm...@utk.edu via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +---------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Mobile security can be enabling, not merely restricting. Employees who bring their own devices (BYOD) to work are irked by the imposition of MDM restrictions. Mobile Device Manager Plus allows you to control only the apps on BYO-devices by containerizing them, leaving personal data untouched! https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/304595813;131938128;j _______________________________________________ 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mobile security can be enabling, not merely restricting. Employees who bring their own devices (BYOD) to work are irked by the imposition of MDM restrictions. Mobile Device Manager Plus allows you to control only the apps on BYO-devices by containerizing them, leaving personal data untouched! https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/304595813;131938128;j _______________________________________________ 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/