On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 9:18 AM, Philip Parsons (Velindre - Medical
Physics) <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I’ve got the email client working and it will email me if a backup hasn’t
> been performed, but is it possible to get backuppc to email me when there
> have been transfer errors?
>
No, individual file errors are common/normal when backing up live
systems where files are open.
> I’ve had a few errors saying ‘File size change – truncating ..’ can I ask,
> what is the behaviour of backuppc in this instance? It looks like it’s just
> skipping the files. Is that correct? Will they just be tried again at the
> next scheduled backup? Is it possible to get backuppc to try the backup
> again during the same backup period?
>
Depending on the change and the xfer method you may get the file
length at the start of the copy or you may get an error that is
discarded. With smb/tar xfers, the files taken on the next
incremental will be based on the file timestamp so changes like copies
that preserve an old timestamp, zip extraction, etc. can be missed.
With rsync/rsyncd the contents of the files are checked so any change
should be detected. It won't make a 2nd try in the same backup run.
--
Les Mikesell
[email protected]
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