Re: [BackupPC-users] tarExtract: Unexpected end of tar archive
On 7/2/21 7:01 PM, Phil Kennedy wrote: If memory serves, the crux of the issue was that smbclient (well, samba in general) changed the way verbose output was handled. The tar errors (unexpected end of file) resulted from a samba not reporting the same number of files (specifically, reporting 0 files backed up as verbose output was broken) backed up versus the actual number of files moved. There is a workaround to get samba going again, but I can't seem to recreate the search terms I used to find the fix. (Apologies if I'm confusing a separate issue with the one OP brought up.) ~Phil You got the right issue. There is an open bug report, https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/issues/404 -- Tim Evans | 5 Chestnut Court 443-394-3864| Owings Mills, MD 21117 ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] tarExtract: Unexpected end of tar archive
If memory serves, the crux of the issue was that smbclient (well, samba in general) changed the way verbose output was handled. The tar errors (unexpected end of file) resulted from a samba not reporting the same number of files (specifically, reporting 0 files backed up as verbose output was broken) backed up versus the actual number of files moved. There is a workaround to get samba going again, but I can't seem to recreate the search terms I used to find the fix. (Apologies if I'm confusing a separate issue with the one OP brought up.) ~Phil On Fri, Jul 2, 2021, 6:37 PM Tim Evans wrote: > On 7/2/21 6:12 PM, backu...@kosowsky.org wrote: > > Tim Evans wrote at about 16:35:27 -0400 on Friday, July 2, 2021: > > > On 7/2/21 2:15 PM, Ademir Rodrigues wrote: > > > > Hello i'm new user here. > > > > > > > > I am with problem in my installation, some hosts appear with error > > > > "tarExtract: Unexpected end of tar archive" > > > > > > > > Exist some log that i can the backup in live view, to help me the > better > > > > identify what is causing the error? > > > > > > Review of the archives for this list will show you SMB backups with > > > BackupPC are highly unreliable. Numerous of reports like yours have > > > passed on the list without response. It seems apparent the developers > > > don't intend to fully support SMB backups. > > > > > > > Non-sequitur much? > > The OP is talking about Tar backups and you bring in SMB backups which > > is an entirely different method... > > UM, SMB backups use the Samba utility "smbtar'. This error occurs at > the very end of a backup as Linux's 'tar' is unpacking the backups > created by 'smbtar'. > > > -- > Tim Evans |5 Chestnut Court > 443-394-3864|Owings Mills, MD 21117 > > > ___ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ > ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] tarExtract: Unexpected end of tar archive
On 7/2/21 6:12 PM, backu...@kosowsky.org wrote: Tim Evans wrote at about 16:35:27 -0400 on Friday, July 2, 2021: > On 7/2/21 2:15 PM, Ademir Rodrigues wrote: > > Hello i'm new user here. > > > > I am with problem in my installation, some hosts appear with error > > "tarExtract: Unexpected end of tar archive" > > > > Exist some log that i can the backup in live view, to help me the better > > identify what is causing the error? > > Review of the archives for this list will show you SMB backups with > BackupPC are highly unreliable. Numerous of reports like yours have > passed on the list without response. It seems apparent the developers > don't intend to fully support SMB backups. > Non-sequitur much? The OP is talking about Tar backups and you bring in SMB backups which is an entirely different method... UM, SMB backups use the Samba utility "smbtar'. This error occurs at the very end of a backup as Linux's 'tar' is unpacking the backups created by 'smbtar'. -- Tim Evans |5 Chestnut Court 443-394-3864|Owings Mills, MD 21117 ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] tarExtract: Unexpected end of tar archive
Tim Evans wrote at about 16:35:27 -0400 on Friday, July 2, 2021: > On 7/2/21 2:15 PM, Ademir Rodrigues wrote: > > Hello i'm new user here. > > > > I am with problem in my installation, some hosts appear with error > > "tarExtract: Unexpected end of tar archive" > > > > Exist some log that i can the backup in live view, to help me the better > > identify what is causing the error? > > Review of the archives for this list will show you SMB backups with > BackupPC are highly unreliable. Numerous of reports like yours have > passed on the list without response. It seems apparent the developers > don't intend to fully support SMB backups. > Non-sequitur much? The OP is talking about Tar backups and you bring in SMB backups which is an entirely different method... BTW, most if not all the SMB backup issues, btw, are Windows issues or due to incompatible or unstable versions of SMB (and the corresponding versions of smbclient) -- none of which have anything directly to do with backuppc. As a long time user of backuppc, I have found the developer (Craig) to be incredibly responsive and the code itself to be very reliable. The vast, vast majority of issues are user-configuration, user-error, or stability or access issues on the target disk or machine. Actual bugs in backuppc are extraordinarily rare and even then tend to affect rare, edge cases. Finally, this is an open source backup. If you have personal issues with SMB (or other areas) that you feel are not being addressed, you are more than welcome to contribute constructively. ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] tarExtract: Unexpected end of tar archive
On 7/2/21 2:15 PM, Ademir Rodrigues wrote: Hello i'm new user here. I am with problem in my installation, some hosts appear with error "tarExtract: Unexpected end of tar archive" Exist some log that i can the backup in live view, to help me the better identify what is causing the error? Review of the archives for this list will show you SMB backups with BackupPC are highly unreliable. Numerous of reports like yours have passed on the list without response. It seems apparent the developers don't intend to fully support SMB backups. -- Tim Evans |5 Chestnut Court 443-394-3864|Owings Mills, MD 21117 ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
