Re: [BackupPC-users] The infamous "backuppc_link got error -4"

2012-01-06 Thread hansbkk
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 10:59 PM, Jim Durand wrote: > Hey guys! Doing my best to get up to speed with Backuppc, pretty > impressive so far. Logs are filled with “backuppc_link got error -4” > errors, and from the research I have done it seems that because my TopDir > (/mnt/sdb1) and the cpool loca

Re: [BackupPC-users] tar is needed, but deleted files not needed

2012-01-06 Thread Les Mikesell
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 12:19 PM, Daniel wrote: > > I have started using backuppc at first with rsync, but backing up servers > with millions of small files took very much time (days). This would be > normal, but the incremental backups took almost the same time, which is not > normal. Rsync incre

[BackupPC-users] tar is needed, but deleted files not needed

2012-01-06 Thread Daniel
Hi! I have started using backuppc at first with rsync, but backing up servers with millions of small files took very much time (days). This would be normal, but the incremental backups took almost the same time, which is not normal. I have then read that I should use tar as backup method, because

Re: [BackupPC-users] The infamous "backuppc_link got error -4"

2012-01-06 Thread Les Mikesell
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 9:59 AM, Jim Durand wrote: > Hey guys! Doing my best to get up to speed with Backuppc, pretty impressive > so far. Logs are filled with “backuppc_link got error -4” errors, and from > the research I have done it seems that because my TopDir (/mnt/sdb1) and the > cpool locati

Re: [BackupPC-users] The infamous "backuppc_link got error -4"

2012-01-06 Thread Steve
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Steve wrote: > If you haven't stumbled on it yet, read this: > http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/backuppc/index.php?title=Change_archive_directory > > Particularly if you have a version prior to 3.2, look in the section > "Changing the name of the archive direc

Re: [BackupPC-users] The infamous "backuppc_link got error -4"

2012-01-06 Thread Steve
If you haven't stumbled on it yet, read this: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/backuppc/index.php?title=Change_archive_directory Particularly if you have a version prior to 3.2, look in the section "Changing the name of the archive directory". A. On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Jim Durand

[BackupPC-users] The infamous "backuppc_link got error -4"

2012-01-06 Thread Jim Durand
Hey guys! Doing my best to get up to speed with Backuppc, pretty impressive so far. Logs are filled with "backuppc_link got error -4" errors, and from the research I have done it seems that because my TopDir (/mnt/sdb1) and the cpool location (/home/users/backuppc/data/cpool) are on different files