reoback problems on debian 3.1

[Ovidiu]

hello,

I successfully installed and configured reoback. I made a testrun (manually) and everything worked fine. The backup was made, everything ok.
Then I noticed that when reoback ran as cronjob it kind of "hung" - the cronjob was set for 3 o'clock and late i nteh evenign I noticed a high CPU load. I checked and found out tar was still running.
My first idea was that maybe the reason was that I had configured reoback to backup / with just a few exceptions. So I reconfigured and specified each directory separately and did a testrun again. It run fine, a little smoother, basically a full backup took 1 1/2 hours the transfer itsself 30mins... but today I just noticed tar was still running... and reoback.pl and run_reoback.sh are also running.

So here I am - what can I check, how can I enable some logging to find out why it does not run when used with cron?

here is my cronjob: 3 3 * * * /etc/reoback/run_reoback.sh | mail -s "reoback" postmaster@mydomain

[falko]

What's in /etc/reoback/run_reoback.sh? Did you use full paths for all commands in that script? The PATH variable might be different in a cron job and on the shell.

[Ovidiu]

basically this is its content, except for the shebang...

# Location of the configuration file.
config="/etc/reoback/settings.conf"

# Change to reflect where REOBack is installed
reoback="/usr/bin/reoback.pl"

# Do not modify this line.
$reoback $config

I started the manual run like this: reoback.pl /etc/reoback/settings.conf ... maybe I should change the run_reoback.sh from full path to this ?

[falko]

You can try and add a PATH variable at the beginning of the run_reoback.sh script (in line 2, right after the shebang), e.g.

PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin

[Ovidiu]

the run_reoback.sh look like this now:

#!/bin/sh
PATH=/usr/bin
################################################## ##########################
# REOBack - run_reoback.sh
# $Id: run_reoback.sh,v 1.4 2002/03/23 14:45:42 techno91 Exp $
################################################## ##########################
#

I also re-enabled the cronjob so I will report back tomorrow with the result of this modification.

[Ovidiu]

first feedback:

Performing full backup via FTP
Last full backup: Mon May 7 03:03:01 2007

Archiving in progress...

Working on root_folder...
Archiving root_folder...
Transferring archive: h898552.serverkompetenz.net-root_folder-full--.1.tgz...FAILED! :

Working on bin...
Archiving bin...
Transferring archive: h898552.serverkompetenz.net-bin-full--.1.tgz...FAILED! :

Working on boot...
Archiving boot...
Transferring archive: h898552.serverkompetenz.net-boot-full--.1.tgz...FAILED! :

Working on etc...
Archiving etc...
Transferring archive: h898552.serverkompetenz.net-etc-full--.1.tgz...FAILED! :

Working on home...
Archiving home...
Transferring archive: h898552.serverkompetenz.net-home-full--.1.tgz...FAILED! :

Working on lib...
Archiving lib...
Transferring archive: h898552.serverkompetenz.net-lib-full--.1.tgz...FAILED! :

Working on root...
Archiving root...
Transferring archive: h898552.serverkompetenz.net-root-full--.1.tgz...FAILED! :

Working on sbin...
Archiving sbin...
Transferring archive: h898552.serverkompetenz.net-sbin-full--.1.tgz...FAILED! :

Working on usr...
Archiving usr...
Transferring archive: h898552.serverkompetenz.net-usr-full--.1.tgz...FAILED! :

Working on var...
Archiving var...
Transferring archive: h898552.serverkompetenz.net-var-full--.1.tgz...FAILED! :

All local archives were removed.
Total transfer time: 7.00 seconds(s).
Overall backup time: 4.48 minute(s).

second one :-)

- original message -
Subject: Cron <root@h898552> /etc/reoback/run_reoback.sh | mail -s "reoback" postmaster@web-designerz.de
From: root@h898552.serverkompetenz.net (Cron Daemon)
Date: 07.05.2007 01:07

Can't exec "date": No such file or directory at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 42.
Can't exec "date": No such file or directory at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 43.
Can't exec "date": No such file or directory at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 44.
Use of uninitialized value in scalar chomp at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 407.
Use of uninitialized value in scalar chomp at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 408.
Use of uninitialized value in scalar chomp at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 409.
Can't exec "cat": No such file or directory at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 422.
Use of uninitialized value in split at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 422.
Use of uninitialized value in addition (+) at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 425.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 80.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 81.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 82.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 588.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 588.
readline() on closed filehandle PROC at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 199.
Cannot open Local file /var/lib/reoback/backups/h898552.serverkompetenz.net-root_folder-full--.1.tgz: No such file or directory at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 229
readline() on closed filehandle PROC at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 857.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 588.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 588.
readline() on closed filehandle PROC at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 199.
Cannot open Local file /var/lib/reoback/backups/h898552.serverkompetenz.net-bin-full--.1.tgz: No such file or directory at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 229
readline() on closed filehandle PROC at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 857.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 588.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 588.
readline() on closed filehandle PROC at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 199.
Cannot open Local file /var/lib/reoback/backups/h898552.serverkompetenz.net-boot-full--.1.tgz: No such file or directory at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 229
readline() on closed filehandle PROC at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 857.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 588.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 588.
readline() on closed filehandle PROC at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 199.
Cannot open Local file /var/lib/reoback/backups/h898552.serverkompetenz.net-etc-full--.1.tgz: No such file or directory at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 229
readline() on closed filehandle PROC at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 857.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 588.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 588.
readline() on closed filehandle PROC at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 199.
Cannot open Local file /var/lib/reoback/backups/h898552.serverkompetenz.net-home-full--.1.tgz: No such file or directory at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 229
readline() on closed filehandle PROC at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 857.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 588.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 588.
readline() on closed filehandle PROC at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 199.
Cannot open Local file /var/lib/reoback/backups/h898552.serverkompetenz.net-lib-full--.1.tgz: No such file or directory at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 229
readline() on closed filehandle PROC at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 857.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 588.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 588.
readline() on closed filehandle PROC at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 199.
Cannot open Local file /var/lib/reoback/backups/h898552.serverkompetenz.net-root-full--.1.tgz: No such file or directory at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 229
readline() on closed filehandle PROC at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 857.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 588.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 588.
readline() on closed filehandle PROC at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 199.
Cannot open Local file /var/lib/reoback/backups/h898552.serverkompetenz.net-sbin-full--.1.tgz: No such file or directory at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 229
readline() on closed filehandle PROC at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 857.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 588.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 588.
readline() on closed filehandle PROC at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 199.
Cannot open Local file /var/lib/reoback/backups/h898552.serverkompetenz.net-usr-full--.1.tgz: No such file or directory at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 229
readline() on closed filehandle PROC at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 857.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 588.
Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 588.
readline() on closed filehandle PROC at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 199.
Cannot open Local file /var/lib/reoback/backups/h898552.serverkompetenz.net-var-full--.1.tgz: No such file or directory at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 229
readline() on closed filehandle PROC at /usr/bin/reoback.pl line 857.

looks like I need to include all the paths falko quoted above, right?

[falko]

Originally Posted by Tenaka

looks like I need to include all the paths falko quoted above, right?

Yes, correct.

[Ovidiu]

no luck. the cron job started this morning at 3:00 am and is still running.

[falko]

Any error messages?
What exactly is in your script now?

[Ovidiu]

I put the whole path into it like you quoted above. there were no error messages, as I had to kill the still runnign scripts. they were consuming too much cpu-time

you also have details regarding this in a PM