Re: [BackupPC-users] BackuPC 4 hang during transfer

2017-09-19 Thread Gandalf Corvotempesta
2017-09-19 18:01 GMT+02:00 Gandalf Corvotempesta : > Removed "--inplace" from the command like and running the same backup > right now from BPC. > It's too early to be sure, but seems to go further. Let's see during the > night. Is still running. This is ok on one side, as "--inplace" may caused

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up Windows using rsync

2017-09-19 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 2:21 PM, Jeffrey West wrote: > Les, > > Thanks! I didn't realize you could edit the individual configs from the web > interface. Yes, not only that but if you have identical or near-clone systems you can copy the setup by adding them in the web interface with the syntax n

Re: [BackupPC-users] File not present in backup

2017-09-19 Thread Jenkins, Wade William
I’ve not seen this behavior persist—that I know of--but I’m still concerned about the fact that it happened. Does anyone have further thoughts? From: "Jenkins, Wade William" Date: Tuesday, August 29, 2017 at 1:54 PM To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" Cc: Craig Barra

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up Windows using rsync

2017-09-19 Thread Jeffrey West via BackupPC-users
Les, Thanks! I didn't realize you could edit the individual configs from the web interface. The syntax was wrong and it is working now. The following is what works. The RsyncShareName needed [ ] $Conf{RsyncdClientPort} = 873; $Conf{ClientNameAlias} = 'l-jwest17b.corpnet.com'; $Conf{XferMetho

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up Windows using rsync

2017-09-19 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 12:24 PM, Jeffrey West wrote: > This is what I am seeing from the web interface. > > Last status is state "idle" (backup failed) as of 9/19 09:28. > Last error is "Unknown module '/'". > Pings to l-jwest17b.corpnet.com have succeeded 50 consecutive times. > > I wonder why i

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up Windows using rsync

2017-09-19 Thread Jeffrey West via BackupPC-users
This is what I am seeing from the web interface. Last status is state "idle" (backup failed) as of 9/19 09:28. Last error is "Unknown module '/'". Pings to l-jwest17b.corpnet.com have succeeded 50 consecutive times. I wonder why it would not parse the sharename correctly. I believe the syntax is

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up Windows using rsync

2017-09-19 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 11:10 AM, Jeffrey West wrote: > I am using a pl config file just for my host which has the following in it > now. > > $Conf{RsyncdClientPort} = 873; > $Conf{ClientNameAlias} = 'l-jwest17b.corpnet.com'; > $Conf{XferMethod} = 'rsyncd'; > $conf{RsyncShareName} = 'c-drive'; > $

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackuPC 4 hang during transfer

2017-09-19 Thread Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users
(please ignore this reply - I queued it up a few hours ago on a plane ride, and it just sent now after several more useful replies to the thread) On Tuesday, September 19, 2017, Craig Barratt < cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net> wrote: > Gandalf, > > What XferMethod are you using? > > Yes, it would

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackuPC 4 hang during transfer

2017-09-19 Thread Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users
Gandalf, What XferMethod are you using? Yes, it would be interesting to see the strace output for each BackupPC_dump process when it hangs. Craig On Tuesday, September 19, 2017, Gandalf Corvotempesta < gandalf.corvotempe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Still getting the same issue. > Backup for a coupl

Re: [BackupPC-users] cygwin-rsyncd-3.1.2.1: service cygrunsrv

2017-09-19 Thread Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users
Yes, the latest cygwin-rsyncd-3.1.2.1 is only 64 bit. In addition to trying deltacopy, you could try removing the --protect-args option from $Conf{RsyncArgs}. Craig On Monday, September 18, 2017, Pascal Mosimann wrote: > Le 18. 09. 17 à 15:32, Carl Soderstrom a écrit : > >> From: Pascal Mosima

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up Windows using rsync

2017-09-19 Thread Jeffrey West via BackupPC-users
I am using a pl config file just for my host which has the following in it now. $Conf{RsyncdClientPort} = 873; $Conf{ClientNameAlias} = 'l-jwest17b.corpnet.com'; $Conf{XferMethod} = 'rsyncd'; $conf{RsyncShareName} = 'c-drive'; $Conf{FullAgeMax} = '8'; $Conf{RsyncdUserName} = 'backup'; $Conf{Rsyncd

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackuPC 4 hang during transfer

2017-09-19 Thread Gandalf Corvotempesta
Yes, running this right now on both: server and client. 2017-09-19 18:00 GMT+02:00 Les Mikesell : > On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 10:47 AM, Gandalf Corvotempesta > wrote: >> 2017-09-19 17:41 GMT+02:00 Les Mikesell : >>> If your client rsyncd is configured to write a log file you should be >>> able to s

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackuPC 4 hang during transfer

2017-09-19 Thread Gandalf Corvotempesta
2017-09-19 16:51 GMT+02:00 Gandalf Corvotempesta : > /usr/local/bin/rsync_bpc --bpc-top-dir /var/backups/backuppc > --bpc-host-name myhost --bpc-share-name everything --bpc-bkup-num 1 > --bpc-bkup-comp 3 --bpc-bkup-prevnum -1 --bpc-bkup-prevcomp -1 > --bpc-bkup-inode0 7047290 --bpc-attrib-new --bpc

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackuPC 4 hang during transfer

2017-09-19 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 10:47 AM, Gandalf Corvotempesta wrote: > 2017-09-19 17:41 GMT+02:00 Les Mikesell : >> If your client rsyncd is configured to write a log file you should be >> able to see the invocation there. Just guessing, I'd say there is >> probably something wrong in your excludes an

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackuPC 4 hang during transfer

2017-09-19 Thread Gandalf Corvotempesta
2017-09-19 17:41 GMT+02:00 Les Mikesell : > If your client rsyncd is configured to write a log file you should be > able to see the invocation there. Just guessing, I'd say there is > probably something wrong in your excludes and you are wandering into > the /sys, /proc, or /dev directories and h

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackuPC 4 hang during transfer

2017-09-19 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 9:51 AM, Gandalf Corvotempesta wrote: > I can't get rsync command from the client system, as "ps aux" doesn't > show the command invocation by the server. If your client rsyncd is configured to write a log file you should be able to see the invocation there. Just guessin

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up Windows using rsync

2017-09-19 Thread Michael Stowe
On 2017-09-19 05:55, Jeffrey West wrote: Yes, I am looking for a way that is does not connect on port 22, but instead connects to port 873 and just uses rsync to do the transfer. My machine has rsync running and listening on port 873 C:\Users\jeffrey.west>netstat -an | grep 873 TCP0.0.0.

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackuPC 4 hang during transfer

2017-09-19 Thread Ray Frush
Gandalf- Hopefully, someone with more rsyncd experience can step in and help. I haven't used the rsyncd method for 3-4 years, and don't have any current examples to help you with. Good luck! -- Ray Frush On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 9:32 AM, Gandalf Corvotempesta < gandalf.corvotempe...@gmail.com>

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackuPC 4 hang during transfer

2017-09-19 Thread Gandalf Corvotempesta
rsyncd is running on all servers, as i'm able to backup them properly with plain rsync or rsnapshot. Only BPC is freezing. I don't use SSH at all, i'm directly connecting to rsyncd via rsync. 2017-09-19 17:19 GMT+02:00 Ray Frush : > Gandalf- > > It looks like you're using the "rsyncd" method vs "

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackuPC 4 hang during transfer

2017-09-19 Thread Ray Frush
Gandalf- It looks like you're using the "rsyncd" method vs "rsync" is that correct? I don't have experience using the 'rsyncd' method, so my ability to continue troubleshooting ends here. The main thing that jumps out at me is to check that rsyncd is actually running on your clients, and that y

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up Windows using rsync

2017-09-19 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Sep 19, 2017 at 7:59 AM, Jeffrey West wrote: > > Changing the method to rsyncd made some progress. It now connects on port > 873. I am now getting this error > > Last error is "Unknown module '/'". > > $Conf{XferMethod} = 'rsyncd'; > > $conf{RsyncShareName} = 'C'; Something is wrong in

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackuPC 4 hang during transfer

2017-09-19 Thread Gandalf Corvotempesta
I can't get rsync command from the client system, as "ps aux" doesn't show the command invocation by the server. BackupPC is running the following: /usr/bin/perl /usr/local/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_dump -i myhost spawing two identical processes: /usr/local/bin/rsync_bpc --bpc-top-dir /var/backups/b

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackuPC 4 hang during transfer

2017-09-19 Thread Ray Frush
Gandalf- As a troubleshooting step, collect the actual running rsync commands from the client system, and from the BackupPC server (found in the Xferlog). Post them here to get a wider audience. Try running an rsync manually using the same parameters, and see if it works. My guess is not, and t

Re: [BackupPC-users] RefCntFsck

2017-09-19 Thread Gandalf Corvotempesta
Ok, so this is expected. Thank you. 2017-09-19 14:39 GMT+02:00 Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users : > If a backup fails or is aborted, BackupPC_refCntUpdate is run on the last > two backups, independent of the $Conf{RefCntFsck} setting. > > Craig > > > On Tuesday, September 19, 2017, Gandalf Corvote

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up Windows using rsync

2017-09-19 Thread Jeffrey West via BackupPC-users
Changing the method to rsyncd made some progress. It now connects on port 873. I am now getting this error A command for l-jwest17b.corpnet.com is on the command queue (will run soon). Last status is state "idle" (backup failed) as of 9/19 08:56. Last error is "Unknown module '/'". Pings to

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up Windows using rsync

2017-09-19 Thread Jeffrey West via BackupPC-users
Yes, I am looking for a way that is does not connect on port 22, but instead connects to port 873 and just uses rsync to do the transfer. My machine has rsync running and listening on port 873 C:\Users\jeffrey.west>netstat -an | grep 873 TCP0.0.0.0:8730.0.0.0:0

Re: [BackupPC-users] RefCntFsck

2017-09-19 Thread Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users
If a backup fails or is aborted, BackupPC_refCntUpdate is run on the last two backups, independent of the $Conf{RefCntFsck} setting. Craig On Tuesday, September 19, 2017, Gandalf Corvotempesta < gandalf.corvotempe...@gmail.com> wrote: > refCnt is also run on backup #1 (that in my case is the inc

Re: [BackupPC-users] RefCntFsck

2017-09-19 Thread Gandalf Corvotempesta
refCnt is also run on backup #1 (that in my case is the incremental that i've aborted). is this correct ? I had a similiar issue with the alpha version, where an fsck was always executed, but AFAIK this bug was fixed when BPC 4 was released as stable. 2017-09-19 14:11 GMT+02:00 Gandalf Corvotempe

[BackupPC-users] RefCntFsck

2017-09-19 Thread Gandalf Corvotempesta
Can someone explain me the meaning of $Conf{RefCntFsck} = 1; ? If I understood properly, based on docs, $Conf{RefCntFsck} = 1 will run a refCnt process if the latest backup is full. In my case, I have a single full backup and i've aborted an incremental one, then refCnt is run on the full backup.

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackuPC 4 hang during transfer

2017-09-19 Thread Gandalf Corvotempesta
Still getting the same issue. Backup for a couple of host are impossible, bpc hangs (at different progresses) and doesn't continue anymore. No load on backup server and on source server. Simply, bpc doesn't transfer. 2017-09-18 15:38 GMT+02:00 Gandalf Corvotempesta : > 2017-09-18 14:30 GMT+02:00