Re: [BackupPC-users] Why is the backup not being queued?
also sprach martin f krafft [2011.02.02.1607 +0100]:
> One of the hosts' last full backup is now 8.2 days old, while it's
> incremental backup is 0.9 days old.
>
> BackupPC just woke up, but it did not schedule the host,
A colleague suggests this is because backuppc only schedules a host
once a day (or maybe once per IncrPeriod), because otherwise you
might have a situation where an incremental backup runs and is
immediately followed by a full backup.
Therefore, the logic could be that backuppc wakes up and only acts
on the hosts that have IncrAge expired. Then it looks at FullAge and
runs a full backup only if FullAge is expired.
After hearing this, looking back into the docs was more obvious:
https://backup.madduck.net/index.cgi?action=view&type=docs#item__conf_fullperiod_
Minimum period in days between full backups. A full dump will only
be done if at least this much time has elapsed since the last full
dump, and at least $Conf{IncrPeriod} days has elapsed since the
last successful dump.
So problem solved. Thanks Hanspeter.
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Why is the backup not being queued?
On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 06:20:15PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Robin Lee Powell > [2011.02.02.1757 +0100]: > > There's a log for each client, which you can see by accessing > > the client in the GUI (it'll be the top-most "LOG File" link) > > and a log for the server as a whole. > > Oh, of course, sorry. But there is nothing in that log file > hinting at any reason why the backup did not get scheduled or > didn't run at 15:00 or 16:00 > > 2011-02-01 20:41:51 removing full backup 128 > 2011-02-02 17:00:21 full backup started for directory / (baseline backup > #143) I got nothin'. I've often wished for a way to get BackupPC to be more verbose in the logs. -Robin -- http://singinst.org/ : Our last, best hope for a fantastic future. Lojban (http://www.lojban.org/): The language in which "this parrot is dead" is "ti poi spitaki cu morsi", but "this sentence is false" is "na nei". My personal page: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/rlp/ -- Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d ___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Why is the backup not being queued?
also sprach Robin Lee Powell [2011.02.02.1757 +0100]: > There's a log for each client, which you can see by accessing the > client in the GUI (it'll be the top-most "LOG File" link) and a log > for the server as a whole. Oh, of course, sorry. But there is nothing in that log file hinting at any reason why the backup did not get scheduled or didn't run at 15:00 or 16:00 2011-02-01 20:41:51 removing full backup 128 2011-02-02 17:00:21 full backup started for directory / (baseline backup #143) Thanks for your time, -- martin | http://madduck.net/ | http://two.sentenc.es/ "imagine if every thursday your shoes exploded if you tied them the usual way. this happens to us all the time with computers, and nobody thinks of complaining." -- jeff raskin spamtraps: madduck.bo...@madduck.net digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current) -- Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Why is the backup not being queued?
On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 05:53:33PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Robin Lee Powell [2011.02.02.1720 > +0100]: > > > 2011-02-02 15:00:00 Next wakeup is 2011-02-02 16:00:00 > > > 2011-02-02 16:00:00 Next wakeup is 2011-02-02 17:00:00 > > > 2011-02-02 17:00:00 Next wakeup is 2011-02-02 18:00:00 > > > 2011-02-02 17:00:21 Started full backup on seamus.madduck.net > > > (pid=22484, share=/) > > > > > > Now the backup of the host started. I am trying to understand why it > > > wasn't scheduled at 15:00 already. The last full backup age had > > > already passed FullPeriod by that time. > > > > Check the server log, see if any nightly jobs were running. > > That *is* the server log, accessed through the website. I am not > aware of any other logs. There's a log for each client, which you can see by accessing the client in the GUI (it'll be the top-most "LOG File" link) and a log for the server as a whole. -Robin -- http://singinst.org/ : Our last, best hope for a fantastic future. Lojban (http://www.lojban.org/): The language in which "this parrot is dead" is "ti poi spitaki cu morsi", but "this sentence is false" is "na nei". My personal page: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/rlp/ -- Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d ___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Why is the backup not being queued?
also sprach Robin Lee Powell [2011.02.02.1720 +0100]: > > 2011-02-02 15:00:00 Next wakeup is 2011-02-02 16:00:00 > > 2011-02-02 16:00:00 Next wakeup is 2011-02-02 17:00:00 > > 2011-02-02 17:00:00 Next wakeup is 2011-02-02 18:00:00 > > 2011-02-02 17:00:21 Started full backup on seamus.madduck.net (pid=22484, > > share=/) > > > > Now the backup of the host started. I am trying to understand why it > > wasn't scheduled at 15:00 already. The last full backup age had > > already passed FullPeriod by that time. > > Check the server log, see if any nightly jobs were running. That *is* the server log, accessed through the website. I am not aware of any other logs. -- martin | http://madduck.net/ | http://two.sentenc.es/ "toleranz heißt, die fehler der anderen entschuldigen. takt heißt, sie nicht bemerken." -- arthur schnitzler spamtraps: madduck.bo...@madduck.net digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current) -- Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Why is the backup not being queued?
On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 05:11:50PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Robin Lee Powell [2011.02.02.1704 > +0100]: > > What does the host log say? > > Nothing, really: > > 2011-02-02 15:00:00 Next wakeup is 2011-02-02 16:00:00 > 2011-02-02 16:00:00 Next wakeup is 2011-02-02 17:00:00 > 2011-02-02 17:00:00 Next wakeup is 2011-02-02 18:00:00 > 2011-02-02 17:00:21 Started full backup on seamus.madduck.net (pid=22484, > share=/) > > Now the backup of the host started. I am trying to understand why it > wasn't scheduled at 15:00 already. The last full backup age had > already passed FullPeriod by that time. Check the server log, see if any nightly jobs were running. -Robin -- http://singinst.org/ : Our last, best hope for a fantastic future. Lojban (http://www.lojban.org/): The language in which "this parrot is dead" is "ti poi spitaki cu morsi", but "this sentence is false" is "na nei". My personal page: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/rlp/ -- Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d ___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Why is the backup not being queued?
also sprach Robin Lee Powell [2011.02.02.1704 +0100]: > What does the host log say? Nothing, really: 2011-02-02 15:00:00 Next wakeup is 2011-02-02 16:00:00 2011-02-02 16:00:00 Next wakeup is 2011-02-02 17:00:00 2011-02-02 17:00:00 Next wakeup is 2011-02-02 18:00:00 2011-02-02 17:00:21 Started full backup on seamus.madduck.net (pid=22484, share=/) Now the backup of the host started. I am trying to understand why it wasn't scheduled at 15:00 already. The last full backup age had already passed FullPeriod by that time. -- martin | http://madduck.net/ | http://two.sentenc.es/ "wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attraction of others." -- oscar wilde spamtraps: madduck.bo...@madduck.net digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current) -- Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Why is the backup not being queued?
On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 04:54:57PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Robin Lee Powell [2011.02.02.1628 > +0100]: > > > What could be the reason for this? > > > > Most likely the disk is too full. > > Nope. The disk is at 67%. And if it were too full, I would have > received an e-mail. Next most likely is dumpPre commands failing. What does the host log say? -Robin -- http://singinst.org/ : Our last, best hope for a fantastic future. Lojban (http://www.lojban.org/): The language in which "this parrot is dead" is "ti poi spitaki cu morsi", but "this sentence is false" is "na nei". My personal page: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/rlp/ -- Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d ___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Why is the backup not being queued?
also sprach Robin Lee Powell [2011.02.02.1628 +0100]: > > What could be the reason for this? > > Most likely the disk is too full. Nope. The disk is at 67%. And if it were too full, I would have received an e-mail. -- martin | http://madduck.net/ | http://two.sentenc.es/ gentoo: the performance placebo. spamtraps: madduck.bo...@madduck.net digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/sig-policy/999bbcc4/current) -- Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Why is the backup not being queued?
On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 04:07:41PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote: > Hello, > > I have a BackupPC configured with FullPeriod at 7.97 and daily > incremental backups, no blackout periods, hourly wakeup, and > 2 consecutive backups permitted. > > One of the hosts' last full backup is now 8.2 days old, while it's > incremental backup is 0.9 days old. > > BackupPC just woke up, but it did not schedule the host, nor any > other host. Nor did it schedule anything the hour before. But there > are hosts, whose FullAge and IncrAge are larger than the FullPeriod > and IncrPeriod settings. > > What could be the reason for this? Most likely the disk is too full. -Robin -- http://singinst.org/ : Our last, best hope for a fantastic future. Lojban (http://www.lojban.org/): The language in which "this parrot is dead" is "ti poi spitaki cu morsi", but "this sentence is false" is "na nei". My personal page: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/rlp/ -- Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d ___ 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/
