OK, so what is my problem? I don't know where else to look.
I tried again on my main backup drive. I launched the BiT GUI and
clicked the snapshot icon to take a snapshot (Log-1). It seemed to work
apart for a couple of warning with 5888 and 3072 errors. But BiT went
through the complete process. Then when the next scheduled snapshot was
due BIT got stuck again on compare with previous snapshot for an hour
(Log-2). I then killed the python process and launched the BiT GUI and
clicked the snapshot icon to take another snapshot and it worked again
(Log-3). So it seems killing the python BiT process and taking another
snapshot via the BiT GUi works but the scheduled snapshot doesn't. Also,
I don't think the problem is that it's taking too long to compare
snapshots because when I start a snapshot from the GUi it completes in
about 30mins.
Log-1:
Jan 15 14:36:21 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Lock
Jan 15 14:36:21 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Include folders: ['/boot',
'/srv', '/VAULT/Documents', '/home/Gxxxx', '/etc', '/usr/local', '/usr/lib',
'/usr/share']
Jan 15 14:36:21 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Ignore folders: []
Jan 15 14:36:21 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Last snapshots: {}
Jan 15 14:36:21 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: [KDE4Plugin.Systray.run]
Jan 15 14:36:21 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Compare with old snapshot:
20100113-130225
Jan 15 14:36:22 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: [KDE4Plugin.Systray.run]
begin loop
Jan 15 14:37:08 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): WARNING: Command "rsync -aEAX -i
--dry-run --chmod=Fa-w,D+w --whole-file --delete
--exclude="/media/Backup/TPX60s"
--exclude="/home/Gxxxx/.local/share/backintime" --include="/boot/"
--include="/srv/" --include="/VAULT/Documents/" --include="/VAULT/"
--include="/home/Gxxxx/" --include="/home/" --include="/etc/"
--include="/usr/local/" --include="/usr/" --include="/usr/lib/"
--include="/usr/share/" --exclude="*.backup*" --exclude="*~"
--exclude="/home/Gxxxx/.local/share/Trash/" --exclude="/home/Gxxxx/.gvfs"
--exclude="/VAULT/Documents/WebSite" --exclude="/VAULT/Downloads"
--include="/boot/**" --include="/srv/**" --include="/VAULT/Documents/**"
--include="/home/Gxxxx/**" --include="/etc/**" --include="/usr/local/**"
--include="/usr/lib/**" --include="/usr/share/**" --exclude="*" /
"/media/Backup/TPX60s/backintime/20100113-130225/backup/"" returns 5888
Jan 15 14:37:08 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Create hard-links
Jan 15 14:37:36 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Command "cp -al
"/media/Backup/TPX60s/backintime/20100113-130225/backup/"*
"/media/Backup/TPX60s/backintime/new_snapshot/backup/"" returns 0
Jan 15 14:37:36 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Call rsync to take the
snapshot
Jan 15 14:50:45 suntp001 rsyslogd: -- MARK --
Jan 15 14:51:30 suntp001 smartd[4593]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], SMART Usage
Attribute: 194 Temperature_Celsius changed from 137 to 127
Jan 15 14:55:38 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): WARNING: Command "rsync -aEAX -v
--delete-excluded --chmod=Fa-w,D+w --whole-file --delete
--exclude="/media/Backup/TPX60s"
--exclude="/home/Gxxxx/.local/share/backintime" --include="/boot/"
--include="/srv/" --include="/VAULT/Documents/" --include="/VAULT/"
--include="/home/Gxxxx/" --include="/home/" --include="/etc/"
--include="/usr/local/" --include="/usr/" --include="/usr/lib/"
--include="/usr/share/" --exclude="*.backup*" --exclude="*~"
--exclude="/home/Gxxxx/.local/share/Trash/" --exclude="/home/Gxxxx/.gvfs"
--exclude="/VAULT/Documents/WebSite" --exclude="/VAULT/Downloads"
--include="/boot/**" --include="/srv/**" --include="/VAULT/Documents/**"
--include="/home/Gxxxx/**" --include="/etc/**" --include="/usr/local/**"
--include="/usr/lib/**" --include="/usr/share/**" --exclude="*" /
"/media/Backup/TPX60s/backintime/new_snapshot/backup/"" returns 3072
Jan 15 14:55:38 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Save permissions
Jan 15 14:57:15 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: [smart remove] keep all >=
20100114-000000
Jan 15 14:57:15 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: [smart remove] keep first >=
20100104-000000 and < 20100111-000000
Jan 15 14:57:15 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: [smart remove] keep first >=
20091228-000000 and < 20100104-000000
Jan 15 14:57:15 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: [smart remove] keep
snapshots: ['20100115-143621']
Jan 15 14:57:15 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: [smart remove] remove
snapshot: 20100113-130225
Jan 15 14:57:34 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Command "chmod -R a+rwx
"/media/Backup/TPX60s/backintime/20100113-130225"" returns 0
Jan 15 14:57:46 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Command "rm -rfv
"/media/Backup/TPX60s/backintime/20100113-130225"" returns 0
Jan 15 14:57:46 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: [smart remove] remove
snapshot: 20100112-142528
Jan 15 14:58:30 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Command "chmod -R a+rwx
"/media/Backup/TPX60s/backintime/20100112-142528"" returns 0
Jan 15 14:59:12 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Command "rm -rfv
"/media/Backup/TPX60s/backintime/20100112-142528"" returns 0
Jan 15 14:59:12 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: [smart remove] remove
snapshot: 20100112-121613
Jan 15 14:59:45 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Command "chmod -R a+rwx
"/media/Backup/TPX60s/backintime/20100112-121613"" returns 0
Jan 15 15:00:01 suntp001 /usr/sbin/cron[23862]: (Gxxxx) CMD (nice -n 19
/usr/bin/backintime --backup-job >/dev/null 2>&1)
Jan 15 15:00:05 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): WARNING: A backup is already
running
Jan 15 15:00:24 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Command "rm -rfv
"/media/Backup/TPX60s/backintime/20100112-121613"" returns 0
Jan 15 15:00:25 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: [smart remove] remove
snapshot: 20100112-090001
Jan 15 15:00:57 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Command "chmod -R a+rwx
"/media/Backup/TPX60s/backintime/20100112-090001"" returns 0
Jan 15 15:01:31 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Command "rm -rfv
"/media/Backup/TPX60s/backintime/20100112-090001"" returns 0
Jan 15 15:01:31 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Keep min free disk space:
200 Mb
Jan 15 15:01:33 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: [KDE4Plugin.Systray.run] end
loop
Jan 15 15:01:33 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Unlock
Log-2:
Jan 15 16:00:03 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Lock
Jan 15 16:00:03 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Include folders: ['/boot',
'/srv', '/VAULT/Documents', '/home/Gxxxx', '/etc', '/usr/local', '/usr/lib',
'/usr/share']
Jan 15 16:00:03 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Ignore folders: []
Jan 15 16:00:03 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Last snapshots: {}
Jan 15 16:00:03 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: [KDE4Plugin.Systray.run]
Jan 15 16:00:04 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Compare with old snapshot:
20100115-143621
Jan 15 16:00:04 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: [KDE4Plugin.Systray.run]
begin loop
Log-3
Jan 15 16:26:19 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Lock
Jan 15 16:26:19 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Include folders: ['/boot',
'/srv', '/VAULT/Documents', '/home/Gxxxx', '/etc', '/usr/local', '/usr/lib',
'/usr/share']
Jan 15 16:26:19 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Ignore folders: []
Jan 15 16:26:19 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Last snapshots: {}
Jan 15 16:26:19 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: [KDE4Plugin.Systray.run]
Jan 15 16:26:19 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Compare with old snapshot:
20100115-143621
Jan 15 16:26:19 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: [KDE4Plugin.Systray.run]
begin loop
Jan 15 16:28:33 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): WARNING: Command "rsync -aEAX -i
--dry-run --chmod=Fa-w,D+w --whole-file --delete
--exclude="/media/Backup/TPX60s"
--exclude="/home/Gxxxx/.local/share/backintime" --include="/boot/"
--include="/srv/" --include="/VAULT/Documents/" --include="/VAULT/"
--include="/home/Gxxxx/" --include="/home/" --include="/etc/"
--include="/usr/local/" --include="/usr/" --include="/usr/lib/"
--include="/usr/share/" --exclude="*.backup*" --exclude="*~"
--exclude="/home/Gxxxx/.local/share/Trash/" --exclude="/home/Gxxxx/.gvfs"
--exclude="/VAULT/Documents/WebSite" --exclude="/VAULT/Downloads"
--include="/boot/**" --include="/srv/**" --include="/VAULT/Documents/**"
--include="/home/Gxxxx/**" --include="/etc/**" --include="/usr/local/**"
--include="/usr/lib/**" --include="/usr/share/**" --exclude="*" /
"/media/Backup/TPX60s/backintime/20100115-143621/backup/"" returns 5888
Jan 15 16:28:33 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Create hard-links
Jan 15 16:28:55 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Command "cp -al
"/media/Backup/TPX60s/backintime/20100115-143621/backup/"*
"/media/Backup/TPX60s/backintime/new_snapshot/backup/"" returns 0
Jan 15 16:28:55 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Call rsync to take the
snapshot
Jan 15 16:38:26 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): WARNING: Command "rsync -aEAX -v
--delete-excluded --chmod=Fa-w,D+w --whole-file --delete
--exclude="/media/Backup/TPX60s"
--exclude="/home/Gxxxx/.local/share/backintime" --include="/boot/"
--include="/srv/" --include="/VAULT/Documents/" --include="/VAULT/"
--include="/home/Gxxxx/" --include="/home/" --include="/etc/"
--include="/usr/local/" --include="/usr/" --include="/usr/lib/"
--include="/usr/share/" --exclude="*.backup*" --exclude="*~"
--exclude="/home/Gxxxx/.local/share/Trash/" --exclude="/home/Gxxxx/.gvfs"
--exclude="/VAULT/Documents/WebSite" --exclude="/VAULT/Downloads"
--include="/boot/**" --include="/srv/**" --include="/VAULT/Documents/**"
--include="/home/Gxxxx/**" --include="/etc/**" --include="/usr/local/**"
--include="/usr/lib/**" --include="/usr/share/**" --exclude="*" /
"/media/Backup/TPX60s/backintime/new_snapshot/backup/"" returns 5888
Jan 15 16:38:26 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Save permissions
Jan 15 16:39:46 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: [smart remove] keep all >=
20100114-000000
Jan 15 16:39:46 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: [smart remove] keep first >=
20100104-000000 and < 20100111-000000
Jan 15 16:39:46 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: [smart remove] keep first >=
20091228-000000 and < 20100104-000000
Jan 15 16:39:46 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: [smart remove] keep
snapshots: ['20100115-162619', '20100115-143621']
Jan 15 16:39:46 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Keep min free disk space:
200 Mb
Jan 15 16:39:48 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: [KDE4Plugin.Systray.run] end
loop
Jan 15 16:39:48 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Unlock
--
BiT continually stuck on Comparing snapshot...and permission problems
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/506876
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Bug description:
I'm posting this as requested by Dan on the Answers section
https://answers.launchpad.net/backintime/+question/97137
BiT seems to have stopped working for me on a fresh installation of openSUSE
11.2. It seems to create the first snapshot fine but thereafter just gets stuck
on Comparing snapshot. I have it configured to take a snapshot once every hour.
I have the default excludes and tried adding .gvfs as an exclude (as mentioned
in another thread) but couldn't.
When I run BiT from the terminal as "backintime -b" it seems to run fine except
I get a lot of permission denied errors. See output below.
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INFO: Lock
INFO: Include folders: ['/boot', '/srv', '/VAULT/Documents', '/home', '/etc',
'/usr/local', '/usr/lib', '/usr/share']
INFO: Ignore folders: []
INFO: Last snapshots: {}
INFO: [KDE4Plugin.Systray.run]
INFO: [KDE4Plugin.Systray.run] begin loop
INFO: Compare with old snapshot: 20100112-090001
rsync: opendir "/boot/lost+found" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: opendir "/etc/audisp" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: opendir "/etc/audit" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: opendir "/etc/cups/ssl" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: opendir "/etc/news" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: opendir "/etc/ppp" failed: Permission denied (13)
...etc
I also get...
rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred (see previous errors) (code
23) at main.c(1039) [sender=3.0.6]
WARNING: Command "rsync -aEAX -i --dry-run --chmod=Fa-w,D+w --whole-file
--delete --exclude="/media/Backup/TPX60s"
--exclude="/home/Gxxxx/.local/share/backintime" --include="/boot/"
--include="/srv/" --include="/VAULT/Documents/" --include="/VAULT/"
--include="/home/" --include="/etc/" --include="/usr/local/" --include="/usr/"
--include="/usr/lib/" --include="/usr/share/" --exclude="*.backup*"
--exclude="*~" --include="/boot/**" --include="/srv/**"
--include="/VAULT/Documents/**" --include="/home/**" --include="/etc/**"
--include="/usr/local/**" --include="/usr/lib/**" --include="/usr/share/**"
--exclude="*" / "/media/Backup/TPX60s/backintime/20100112-090001/backup/""
returns 5888
Then lots more permission denied errors
INFO: Create hard-links
INFO: Command "cp -al
"/media/Backup/TPX60s/backintime/20100112-090001/backup/"*
"/media/Backup/TPX60s/backintime/new_snapshot/backup/"" returns 0
INFO: Call rsync to take the snapshot
rsync: opendir "/boot/lost+found" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: opendir "/etc/audisp" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: opendir "/etc/audit" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: opendir "/etc/cups/ssl" failed: Permission denied (13)
rsync: send_files failed to open "/boot/backup_mbr": Permission denied (13)
rsync: send_files failed to open "/boot/grub/device.map": Permission denied (13)
rsync: send_files failed to open "/boot/grub/device.map.old": Permission denied
(13)
rsync: send_files failed to open "/boot/grub/menu.lst": Permission denied (13)
rsync: send_files failed to open "/boot/grub/menu.lst.old": Permission denied
(13)
rsync: send_files failed to open "/etc/.pwd.lock": Permission denied (13)
rsync: send_files failed to open "/etc/at.deny": Permission denied (13)
rsync: send_files failed to open "/etc/autofs_ldap_auth.conf": Permission
denied (13)
rsync: send_files failed to open "/etc/cron.deny": Permission denied (13)
...etc..
And then completes wit
rsync: send_files failed to open "/usr/share/omc/svcinfo.d/syslog.xml":
Permission denied (13)
rsync error: some files/attrs were not transferred (see previous errors) (code
23) at main.c(1039) [sender=3.0.6]
WARNING: Command "rsync -aEAX -v --delete-excluded --chmod=Fa-w,D+w
--whole-file --delete --exclude="/media/Backup/TPX60s"
--exclude="/home/Gxxxx/.local/share/backintime" --include="/boot/"
--include="/srv/" --include="/VAULT/Documents/" --include="/VAULT/"
--include="/home/" --include="/etc/" --include="/usr/local/" --include="/usr/"
--include="/usr/lib/" --include="/usr/share/" --exclude="*.backup*"
--exclude="*~" --include="/boot/**" --include="/srv/**"
--include="/VAULT/Documents/**" --include="/home/**" --include="/etc/**"
--include="/usr/local/**" --include="/usr/lib/**" --include="/usr/share/**"
--exclude="*" / "/media/Backup/TPX60s/backintime/new_snapshot/backup/"" returns
5888
INFO: Save permissions
INFO: [smart remove] keep all >= 20100111-000000
INFO: [smart remove] keep first >= 20100104-000000 and < 20100111-000000
INFO: [smart remove] keep first >= 20091228-000000 and < 20100104-000000
INFO: [smart remove] keep snapshots: ['20100112-121613', '20100112-090001',
'20100111-141531']
INFO: Keep min free disk space: 200 Mb
INFO: [KDE4Plugin.Systray.run] end loop
INFO: Unlock
Why am I getting these permission errors and what are those WARNINGS?
This is the what's logged in the syslog from BiT started by the Cron job.
Jan 12 11:00:01 suntp001 /usr/sbin/cron[11440]: (Gxxxx) CMD (nice -n 19
/usr/bin/backintime --backup-job >/dev/null 2>&1)
Jan 12 11:00:01 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Lock
Jan 12 11:00:01 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Include folders: ['/boot',
'/srv', '/VAULT/Documents', '/home', '/etc', '/usr/local', '/usr/lib',
'/usr/share']
Jan 12 11:00:01 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Ignore folders: []
Jan 12 11:00:01 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Last snapshots: {}
Jan 12 11:00:01 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: [KDE4Plugin.Systray.run]
Jan 12 11:00:02 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: Compare with old snapshot:
20100112-090001
Jan 12 11:00:02 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): INFO: [KDE4Plugin.Systray.run]
begin loop
Jan 12 11:15:59 suntp001 su: (to root) Gxxxx on /dev/pts/4
Jan 12 11:16:00 suntp001 su: (to root) Gxxxx on /dev/pts/4
Jan 12 11:26:04 suntp001 smartd[2752]: Device: /dev/sda [SAT], SMART Usage
Attribute: 194 Temperature_Celsius changed from 148 to 144
Jan 12 11:45:54 suntp001 rsyslogd: -- MARK --
Jan 12 12:00:01 suntp001 /usr/sbin/cron[13050]: (Gxxxx) CMD (nice -n 19
/usr/bin/backintime --backup-job >/dev/null 2>&1)
Jan 12 12:00:02 suntp001 backintime (Gxxxx): WARNING: A backup is already
running
Notice that a hour passes and a warning is thrown that BiT is already running.
Nothing really happened during that hour and the whole time the tray icon just
showed Comparing with snapshot 20100112-090001.
If you require any other info or log output let me know.
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