jswingchun Posted August 22, 2003 Report Share Posted August 22, 2003 I have this set up: Primary Server - Xserve with Xserve Raid Secondary Server - Xserve with Xserve Raid Backup Server - Xserve Can I run Retropsect on Backup Server and Retrospect Client on Primary and Secondary, then use Retrospect to do a "Duplicate" script to sync a folder on Secondary to a folder on Primary? I tried it, and got a bunch of "File Appears Incomplete" errors. Is this a supported configuration? I can duplicate from a folder on Primary to a folder on the Backup Server without any of these errors. Anyone done anything like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted August 26, 2003 Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 Hi What files gave you errors and when? During copy or compare? Are any of your partitions larger than 1 Terrabyte? Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jswingchun Posted August 26, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2003 Here are the entrys from the log for two separate times this blew up. The first one was during copy and the second one during compare. Both of these show "user canceled" because I canceled the backup when Retrospect went into it's "Net Retry" mode and the server I was attempting to back up froze up. 8/25/2003 2:25:34 PM: Copying Mac on Gaz_Xserve… File “NewPage5.ps” appears incomplete, path: “Mac/Commercial/NewPage5.ps”. Trouble reading files, error -24001 (user canceled). 8/25/2003 2:47:46 PM: Copying Mac on Gaz_Xserve… 8/25/2003 2:51:09 PM: Comparing Mac on Gaz_Xserve_Raid_Stripe… File “NewPage9.ps” appears incomplete, path: “Mac/Commercial/NewPage9.ps”. Trouble reading files, error -24001 (user canceled). The server is crashing hard enough that it won't even restart from the Apple menu. I have to hold down the power button. After restarting, I mount the server on the machine doing the backups and, in the finder, drive to the folder containing the bad file. I can manually copy that file to the backup machine or open the file from the server in a text editor without problems. If I leave that file on the server, the backup will choke on that file every time. In the first 50,000 files I migrated to the server, I had 6 of these files that killed backups. I removed those 6 files, and the users managed to create 2 more (at least) of these files over the weekend. I only have four users on the server so far. All of the problem files so far have been either .ps or .eps files. I am backing up a partition that is over a gig, but have moved the files to a smaller partition for testing and have had the same problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted August 27, 2003 Report Share Posted August 27, 2003 Hi Are there some funny permssions on these files? Does the backup hang no matter where you move them? How about moving them to another machine? If you stff the file, delete the original and then unstuff it does the problem continue? What do disk utilities say about these files or the disk structure? Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jswingchun Posted September 15, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2003 Sorry I didn't answer this earlier. After much troubleshooting of inconsistant behaviour on my server I found that I had a bad fiber channel card. After replacing the card, all of the files transfer fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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