I was able to get backuppc to work. I had forgotten to add /var/lib/backuppc to my excluded files.
newsboy wrote: > I had been using backuppc for about a year without any problems. I upgraded > to karmic from jaunty and I started having problems. I have been fighting > with this for weeks and today I completely removed backuppc along with the > config files and reinstalled. I am still running into the same problems. > > Logs are as follows: > > 2009-11-29 19:03:21 full backup started for directory / > 2009-11-29 19:51:14 Got fatal error during xfer (Tar exited with > error 512 () status) > 2009-11-29 19:51:19 Backup aborted (Tar exited with error 512 > () status) > 2009-11-29 19:51:19 Saved partial dump 1 > > Contents of file /var/lib/backuppc/pc/localhost/XferLOG.1.z, modified > 2009-11-29 19:51:19 (Extracting only Errors) > > Running: sudo /bin/tar -c -v -f - -C /home/newsboy --totals > --exclude=./proc --exclude=./dev --exclude=./tmp --exclude=./mnt > --exclude=./media --exclude=./sys --exclude=./lost+found --exclude=./usr/src > --exclude=./var/lib --exclude=./var/tmp --exclude=./var/cache > --exclude=./var/spool --exclude=./var/run --exclude=./var/lock > --exclude=./var/games --exclude=./home/*/.Trash > --exclude=./home/*/.mozilla/*/*/Cache > --exclude=./home/*/.mozilla/*/*/Cache.Trash ./ > full backup started for directory /home/newsboy > > Here is the output of ./BackupPC_dump -v -f localhost > tarExtract: Got file './etc/cups/thnuclnt.convs', mode 0644, size > 91, type 0 > create 644 0/0 > 91 etc/cups/thnuclnt.convs > ./etc/dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/ > ./etc/dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/debug > ./etc/dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/resolvconf > ./etc/dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/avahi-autoipd > ./etc/dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/samba > ./etc/dhcp3/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/ > ./etc/dhcp3/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/zzz_avahi-autoipd > ./etc/dhcp3/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/debug > ./etc/dhcp3/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/rfc3442-classless-routes > ./etc/dhcp3/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/ntpdate > Total bytes written: 22378383360 (21GiB, 7.5MiB/s) > /bin/tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors > Tar exited with error 512 () status > > > A little bit later output from the same command... > > > > tarExtract: Got file './etc/dhcp3/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/ntpdate', mode > 0644, size 802, type 0 > create 644 0/0 > 802 etc/dhcp3/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/ntpdate > tarExtract: Done: 0 errors, 869 filesExist, 149190240 sizeExist, > 128046419 sizeExistComp, 218062 filesTotal, 22169152421 sizeTotal > Got fatal error during xfer (Tar exited with error 512 () > status) > cmdSystemOrEval: about to system /bin/ping -c 1 localhost > cmdSystemOrEval: finished: got output PING newsboy-desktop > (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. > 64 bytes from newsboy-desktop (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 > time=0.071 ms > > > If I use a small users home directory as a test to see if everything is > working ok I am able to successful complete a backup. Which is leading me to > think that this has something to do with the files I'm encountering in a full > system backup. +---------------------------------------------------------------------- |This was sent by [email protected] via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to [email protected]. +---------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Join us December 9, 2009 for the Red Hat Virtual Experience, a free event focused on virtualization and cloud computing. Attend in-depth sessions from your desk. Your couch. Anywhere. http://p.sf.net/sfu/redhat-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
