[BackupPC-users] Rsync client on WinXP - debugging tips requested
Hi,
I'm having trouble getting a backup to complete successfully. I am
using BackupPC v2.1.2 on a Debian Sarge (3.1) box, and attempting to use
the rsync XferMethod to back up a WinXP box running Cygwin, rsync
v2.6.6, and sshd (OpenSSH_4.3p2). I'm hoping to get some pointers and
suggestions on how to go about debugging this further. I'll apologize
in advance for the forthcoming novella.
When I attempt a backup, it fails reliably with:
2006-04-13 23:05:37 host: finish: removing in-process file Program
Files/3DO/Support/Autorun.BMP
2006-04-13 23:05:37 host: Child is aborting
2006-04-13 23:05:37 host: Parent read EOF from child: fatal error!
2006-04-13 23:05:37 host: Sending csums, cnt = 49673, phase = 1
2006-04-13 23:05:37 host: Done: 140 files, 1285853 bytes
2006-04-13 23:05:38 host: Got fatal error during xfer (Child exited
prematurely)
I've also noticed that it leaves zombie rsync.exe and corresponding
sshd.exe processes on my WinXP box.
I've tried to modify rsync on the client and recompile with various
suggested changes I found on the 'net, but nothing has had an impact so
far. For instance, Craig Barratt mentioned an issue with signals and
msleep() back in 2003, and I tried that workaround described in
http://www.mail-archive.com/rsync@lists.samba.org/msg07402.html just in
case. At one point I also tried rsync v2.6.7, but I backed down again
since it made no positive impact. I've read through the likely-looking
sections in the docs, and read the FAQs on sourcegforge.net.
I set $Conf{XferLogLevel} = 3; and $Conf{RsyncLogLevel} = 3; in my
config.pl. I've added my own debug logging down in
.../lib/BackupPC/Xfer/Rsync.pm, just to verify that the correct command
line and options are being used. It all looks great to me. The command
being issued by BackupPC is:
/usr/bin/ssh -q -x -l user host /usr/bin/rsync --server --sender
--numeric-ids --perms --owner --group --devices --links --times
--block-size=2048 --recursive --exclude=/Documents\\\ and\\\ Settings
--exclude=/MSOCache --exclude=/RECYCLER --exclude=/System\\\ Volume\\\
Information --exclude=/temp --exclude=/tmp --exclude=/WINDOWS/Temp
--exclude=/WINDOWS/\\\$\\\* --timeout=600 --ignore-times . /cygdrive/c/
I've verified that I can log in via ssh as 'user' to 'host', which is
also evidenced by the fact that I get a file list and do get 140 files.
I've futzed with ClientTimeout in my config.pl as well as the
--timeout option to rsync, but haven't had any impact beyond cutting
backups off early if I set a very short timeout.
I've verified that I have plenty of disk space (60GB) on the Linux
box, permissions appear correct, CGI user appears correct, correct
config.pl files are being read. Whether the Windows firewall is on or
off seems to make no difference, and no dropped packets show up in the
firewall log. I am running an iptables-based firewall script on the
Linux box, but haven't seen anything in the logs. I tried various
exclusion lists (and no exclusions) in the rsync command. I know, much
of this seems like a stretch to try, but when you're stuck...
Searching the 'net has turned up a number of individuals with
similar-sounding issues, but no solutions that seem to fit me thus far.
I've also not seen any broad proclamations that what I am attempting
cannot be done, so I am determined to keep trying.
I've got perl 5.8.4 on the Linux box, and installed File::RsyncP
v0.52. There are a couple of things in the perldoc that disturb me:
It is compatible with Rsync 2.5.5(protocol version 26).
- Does this mean precisely what it says? Or should I reasonably expect
that rsync versions after 2.5.5 should work as well?
File::RsyncP does not yet implement server functionality (acting
like the remote end of a connection or a daemon). Since the protocol is
relatively symmetric this is not difficult to add, so it should appear
in a future version.
- Is this a dated comment? Does anyone know if this is still true?
One thing I have not been able to figure out so far, is how to get
more info from rsync. Since I've never used rsync before, it may well
be a D'Oh! thing I am doing, I dunno. For instance, I can verify ssh
operation by issuing a manual command from the Linux box, but I don't
see how to issue a manual 'rsync --server --sender ...' command from the
WinXP box. In fact, I'm not even sure it's possible, because I don't
understand the underlying operation of rsync over ssh.
For those of you who have read this far (my hat's off to your
stamina), thank you in advance for any suggestions or pointers you can
provide.
Brian
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FRED capitainealbator at yahoo.fr writes: 1/ If I make an apt-get search backuppc, I only have the choice to install version 2.1.1-2 how could I install the last version 2.1.2 ? Do I need to modify my sources.list? use apt-get to install the app and its dependencies, then pull the latest down and update it (it should read your config settings). i think i've got a 2.1.2 package somewhere, email me off list if you still need it (dfallin at css1 net) 2/ When I install backuppc, Installation runs well but if I do a dpkg-reconfigure backuppc, I've got this message: * Stopping backuppc... No process in pidfile `/var/lib/backuppc/log/BackupPC.pid' found running; none killed. did you run 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure'? i've not used that but if all else fails, just manually stop the service first (sudo /etc/init.d/backuppc stop), then run the reconfigure --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
[BackupPC-users] Email Reminders for Retired Machine
I have retired a machine and set $Conf{FullPeriod} = -2, but despite this, I
continue receiving no recent backups email reminders. Can these reminders be
disabled?
K
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[BackupPC-users] Back Up a Single File Type
Hi
All
I'm using Rsync to backup my servers and was wondering how I would
specify backing up only zip files in my config.
For example here is my tree structure
/Folder1
|
-Files
-Temp
| |
| - File1.zip
| - File2.doc
| - File3.zip
| - File4.exe
|
-Hello
If my config file had a share name like this:
$Conf{RsyncShareName} = ['/Folder1/Temp'];
How do I only backup the zip files in this location?
Could I use this combination in the config?
'--exclude', '*.*',
'--include', '*.zip',
Reading this would say, exclude all files in the /Folder1/Temp folder and then include all zip files found in the /Folder1/Temp folder. Is this valid?
Thanks
Mark
Re: [BackupPC-users] Email Reminders for Retired Machine
I have retired a machine and set $Conf{FullPeriod} = -2, but despite this,
I
continue receiving no recent backups email reminders. Can these
reminders be
disabled?
Set this also
$Conf{EMailNotifyOldBackupDays} = 365.0;
Thus it will only email once a year, you could probably use -1 to
disable completely.
i don't know about the -1, but setting to 365 will simply hold it off
for a year, then it will mail every day. 1 worked for me. :-)
(actually, i just checked, and after a year i set it to 1500, so i'm
good for a few more.)
paul
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Back Up a Single File Type
Mark Wass wrote:
Hi
All
I'm using Rsync to backup my servers and was wondering how I would
specify backing up only zip files in my config.
For example here is my tree structure
/Folder1
|
-Files
-Temp
| |
| - File1.zip
| - File2.doc
| - File3.zip
| - File4.exe
|
-Hello
If my config file had a share name like this:
$Conf{RsyncShareName} = ['/Folder1/Temp'];
How do I only backup the zip files in this location?
Could I use this combination in the config?
'--exclude', '*.*',
'--include', '*.zip',
Reading this would say, exclude all files in the /Folder1/Temp folder and then include all zip files found in the /Folder1/Temp folder. Is this valid?
You should only need to do something like this.
$Conf{BackupFilesOnly}
= [ '*.zip' ];
Try that.
Les
Re: [BackupPC-users] Email Reminders for Retired Machine
Paul Fox wrote:
I have retired a machine and set $Conf{FullPeriod} = -2, but despite this,
I
continue receiving no recent backups email reminders. Can these
reminders be
disabled?
Set this also
$Conf{EMailNotifyOldBackupDays} = 365.0;
Thus it will only email once a year, you could probably use -1 to
disable completely.
i don't know about the -1, but setting to 365 will simply hold it off
for a year, then it will mail every day. 1 worked for me. :-)
(actually, i just checked, and after a year i set it to 1500, so i'm
good for a few more.)
After reading the config file it will send a backup email after 365
days, then keep sending based on the following setting
#
# Minimum period between consecutive emails to a single user.
# This tries to keep annoying email to users to a reasonable
# level. Email checks are done nightly, so this number is effectively
# rounded up (ie: 2.5 means a user will never receive email more
# than once every 3 days).
#
$Conf{EMailNotifyMinDays} = 2.5;
Thus every 3 days after the first year.
So i guess doing...
$Conf{EMailNotifyOldBackupDays} = 365.0;
$Conf{EMailNotifyMinDays} = 365;
should mean...
Only notify after 365 days if a backup has not been done,
then only send additional notifications every 365 days there after.
There's probably a cleaner way though.
Regards,
Les
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RE: [BackupPC-users] Unexpected end of tar archive (SOLVED)
Hi all, This is an update to a previous topic. I was having trouble using SMB to back up locked files that were larger than 2GB. The backup would fail with the message Unexpected end of tar archive, and there were all these weird foreign characters in the backup log. Craig kindly pointed out the coding changes that were necessary to fix the bug in smbclient (which is a part of Samba). I've filed a bug with the Samba guys (https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3592) I have tested the solution and it does indeed work. Here is the patch applied to clitar.c: 561c561 static int padit(char *buf, int bufsize, int padsize) --- static int padit(char *buf, int bufsize, SMB_BIG_UINT padsize) Second, if anyone wants the package for Debian Sarge that I compiled, it is available here at present: http://s35.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2UXCHHUN6A33E0KYUBIGELML0T After this link expires, email me and I'll be happy to send it to you directly. If you do install this package, you'll want to set smbclient to hold so that it doesn't get upgraded by accident in future: # echo smbclient hold|dpkg --set-selections Thanks, Craig, for your help in resolving this one, as well as for a great piece of software. My backups are working perfectly now, and I don't need ANY client-side software to make this happen! Justin Best 503.906.7611 Voice 561.828.0496 Fax --- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
[BackupPC-users] Multiple host/directory configuration question
Hello,
I've got backuppc running successfully tunnelling ssh
with rsync; seem's to be an awsome application.
My question is if I have multiple hosts with various
different mount points, how do I specify them in
config.pl and hosts file? For example, target_host1
gets [/data, /home, /etc] backed up, and
target_host2 gets [/usr/local, /opt] backed up.
How do you specify this when there's only one instance
of $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [/data, /home, /etc];?
How would I do ie:
$Conf{RsyncShareName} = [/data, /home, /etc];
(target_host1)
and:
$Conf{RsyncShareName} = [/usr/local /opt];
(target_host2)
Is this possible?
Thanks,
Jim
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[BackupPC-users] Re: Multiple host/directory configuration question
Ok,
my config.pl/hosts (after install) were placed in the
conf/ dir. The pc/target_host-x/ directories have all
the data I backed up in it. I didn't realize I could
copy the config.pl from the conf/ dir to each
pc/target_hostx/ directories and specify the options
for each host. Thanks, I'll try that.
Jim
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Hello,
I've got backuppc running successfully tunnelling
ssh
with rsync; seem's to be an awsome application.
My question is if I have multiple hosts with various
different mount points, how do I specify them in
config.pl and hosts file? For example,
target_host1
gets [/data, /home, /etc] backed up, and
target_host2 gets [/usr/local, /opt] backed up.
How do you specify this when there's only one
instance
of $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [/data, /home, /etc];?
How would I do ie:
$Conf{RsyncShareName} = [/data, /home, /etc];
(target_host1)
and:
$Conf{RsyncShareName} = [/usr/local /opt];
(target_host2)
Is this possible?
Thanks,
Jim
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