I seem to be running up against a 2G limit on the files.tgz part of the backup. Here is some background on what I've looked at so far.
Ubuntu 5.10 packages installed from Ubuntu repositories
uname -a = Linux kestrel 2.6.12-10-386 #1 Sat Mar 11 16:13:17 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux
ulimit -a =
core file size (blocks, -c) 0
data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited
file size (blocks, -f) unlimited
max locked memory (kbytes, -l) unlimited
max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited
open files (-n) 1024
pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8
stack size (kbytes, -s) 8192
cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes (-u) unlimited
virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited
target fs = ext3
destination fs via ssh = ext2
I get no errors so I found this out only after my second full backup. I questioned why both fulls were exaxtly the same size and found the first full was missing a lot of files. By doing a full then immediately an incrimental backup, I've got everything I wanted to backup. 2G full + 1.4G inc.
Does anyone have any ideas where I should look so I can over come this likesize limitation. Is this an OS or FS or app or user issue?
Will
willsimpson.org
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Please try if it has been resolved with 0.10. Several people have confirmed making backups in excess of 6 Gb with it and restoring files from such backups too.
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I have sbackup 0.10.2 on Ubuntu Dapper. I just tried backing my approximately 50 GB of data to a VFAT partition last night with a resulting 4 GB file. Would it work better if I backed up to an ext3 file system?
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malmjako
Sorry, no help here, I upgraded to 10.0 and my problem was solved. I back up from a ext3 to and a ext2 filesystem. I also upgraded to a 2.6.15-26-386 kernel. I'm about to upgrade to Edgy so I hope it doesn't break.
Good luck to you.
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I seem to be running up against a 2G limit on the files.tgz part of the backup. Here is some background on what I've looked at so far.
Ubuntu 5.10 packages installed from Ubuntu repositories
uname -a = Linux kestrel 2.6.12-10-386 #1 Sat Mar 11 16:13:17 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux
ulimit -a =
core file size (blocks, -c) 0
data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited
file size (blocks, -f) unlimited
max locked memory (kbytes, -l) unlimited
max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited
open files (-n) 1024
pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8
stack size (kbytes, -s) 8192
cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes (-u) unlimited
virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited
target fs = ext3
destination fs via ssh = ext2
I get no errors so I found this out only after my second full backup. I questioned why both fulls were exaxtly the same size and found the first full was missing a lot of files. By doing a full then immediately an incrimental backup, I've got everything I wanted to backup. 2G full + 1.4G inc.
Does anyone have any ideas where I should look so I can over come this likesize limitation. Is this an OS or FS or app or user issue?
Will
willsimpson.org
I am not quite sure, where the problem is, but up to now it as only been reported on VFAT partitions. We will need to look into that.
Please try if it has been resolved with 0.10. Several people have confirmed making backups in excess of 6 Gb with it and restoring files from such backups too.
I have sbackup 0.10.2 on Ubuntu Dapper. I just tried backing my approximately 50 GB of data to a VFAT partition last night with a resulting 4 GB file. Would it work better if I backed up to an ext3 file system?
malmjako
Sorry, no help here, I upgraded to 10.0 and my problem was solved. I back up from a ext3 to and a ext2 filesystem. I also upgraded to a 2.6.15-26-386 kernel. I'm about to upgrade to Edgy so I hope it doesn't break.
Good luck to you.