Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup PC and backup progress

[Nick S. <nic...@gm...>]

On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 12:54 PM, Nick Smith <nic...@gm...> wrote:
> one thing i use that i recently figured out is the lsof command in
> linux, it lists all the open files that the system has open.
> so i run a command like lsof | grep /storage/backuppc and it will list
> all the files currently open and filter them by the path
> that my backups go to, because from what ive found there is no
> progress meter of any kind and all i see is network activity,
> so i run that command and it will show me what file its currently
> working on.  large files like SQL databases can take forever to
> backup. (over the internet anyway)
>
> HTH
>
> On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Seann Clark <nom...@ts...> wrote:
>> All,
>>
>>    I am new to the list and rather new to BackupPC. So far I have had
>> good experience with the program, and like what I see so far with using
>> it. The backups are easy, and I have in mind to tune it in with AMANDA
>> to tape backup the old archives, but I haven't gotten that far with that
>> portion yet, since I am still working on total size I need for my
>> network. I am wondering if anyone has any other idea's on a physical
>> storage medium that is used. I am sure DVD's, CD's and maybe Blueray
>> (expensive still but 25GB a single layer disc isn't bad for a backup).
>>
>>    Another question I have is is there any good way to have a backup
>> progress estimate so I know what the status of the backup is. This would
>> be handy for systems (like my laptop) that don't seem to backup, but yet
>> the backup still is marked as 'in progress' for days, even if the laptop
>> is powered off. I haven't ready anything about fail thresholding, and
>> since I am using SMB for the laptops, I am sure I could get a file
>> count, and then base off the file count a basic estimate of progress.
>> Has anyone tried this with the program?
>>
>>    I have scoured the WIKI for tricks and tips like these, but alas,
>> haven't found them yet. Any feedback would be appreciated.
>>

There is also another program i found BackupPC_zcat that will let you
look through the Xferlog.z file in the /path/to/storage/pc/Xferlog.Z
file
which might let you know whats going on as well. on ubuntu its at
/usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_zcat
regular zcat will not work for this file.

HTH