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snapshot_root needs to be defined before backup points
Hi.
I am using: Elkarbackup version: 2.1.0 OS: Debian Buster 10.8
I am trying to run a job, but an error ocurs every time:
[2021-09-05T15:43:08] /usr/bin/rsnapshot -c /tmp/rsnapshot.1_4.cfg sync: ERROR: /tmp/rsnapshot.1_4.cfg on line 191:
[2021-09-05T15:43:08] /usr/bin/rsnapshot -c /tmp/rsnapshot.1_4.cfg sync: ERROR: backup \
[email protected]:/mnt/pool1/Cloud/NC-DATA/NC-DATA/mine/files \
. - snapshot_root needs to be defined before backup points
[2021-09-05T15:43:08] /usr/bin/rsnapshot -c /tmp/rsnapshot.1_4.cfg sync: ERROR: ---------------------------------------------------------------------
[2021-09-05T15:43:08] /usr/bin/rsnapshot -c /tmp/rsnapshot.1_4.cfg sync: ERROR: Errors were found in /tmp/rsnapshot.1_4.cfg,
[2021-09-05T15:43:08] /usr/bin/rsnapshot -c /tmp/rsnapshot.1_4.cfg sync: ERROR: rsnapshot can not continue. If you think an entry looks right, make
[2021-09-05T15:43:08] /usr/bin/rsnapshot -c /tmp/rsnapshot.1_4.cfg sync: ERROR: sure you don't have spaces where only tabs should be.
I have catched the config file in /tmp and it is this way:
But, if I run it manually from a shell this way, it works perfectly:
sudo rsnapshot -V -c rsnapshot.1_4.cfg sync
What could be the reason?
I see your snapshot_root is a mounted volume. It could be a permission issue. Did you try the rsnapshot command as elkarbackup user?
su - elkarbackup
sudo rsnapshot -V -c rsnapshot.1_4.cfg sync
Hi.
If I run it with sudo, it works perfectly:
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo rsnapshot -V -c rsnapshot.1_4.cfg sync
Setting locale to POSIX "C"
echo 1687 > /tmp/rsnapshot.0001_0004.pid
/usr/bin/rsync -av --delete --numeric-ids --relative --delete-excluded \
--stats --rsh=/usr/bin/ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no \
[email protected]:/mnt/pool1/Cloud/NC-DATA/NC-DATA/mine/files \
/mnt/poolUSB/backups/0001/0004/.sync/.
receiving incremental file list
[...]
Number of files: 11,427 (reg: 10,576, dir: 851)
Number of created files: 2 (reg: 2)
Number of deleted files: 0
Number of regular files transferred: 2
Total file size: 26,348,011,209 bytes
Total transferred file size: 1,282,990 bytes
Literal data: 1,282,990 bytes
Matched data: 0 bytes
File list size: 61,191
File list generation time: 0.001 seconds
File list transfer time: 0.000 seconds
Total bytes sent: 996
Total bytes received: 1,555,142
sent 996 bytes received 1,555,142 bytes 54,601.33 bytes/sec
total size is 26,348,011,209 speedup is 16,931.67
touch /mnt/poolUSB/backups/0001/0004/.sync/
rm -f /tmp/rsnapshot.0001_0004.pid
/usr/bin/logger -p user.info -t rsnapshot[1687] /usr/bin/rsnapshot -V -c \
rsnaphost_config_job4.cfg sync: completed successfully
Another thing is that I cannot see the config file, as stated in the FAQ:
Is there a way to see the generated rsnapshot configuration file?
Yes. Add "config" in your Job URL: http://myelkarbackup/client/1/job/1/config
I captured the file by doing:
cat /tmp/rsnapshot.1_4.cfg
and later copying it to to a file
Any ideas?
Thanks!
Hi. Is there any news about this issue? It still happens to me. I cannot run successfully the jobs from the GUI. They always fail with the same error above mentioned. Thanks!
Well, I think I solved it.
I had to change the user who triggers the cron job from elkarbackup to root, in order to preserve the ownership and permissions of the copied files:
total 16
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 3 ene 14 2021 Daily.4
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 3 ene 26 2021 Daily.3
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 3 feb 7 2021 Daily.2
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 3 ago 1 2021 Daily.1
drwxr-xr-x 6 elkarbackup elkarbackup 6 feb 9 21:48 ..
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 3 feb 9 21:58 .sync
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 3 feb 9 21:58 Daily.0
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 8 feb 9 21:58 .
The modified crontab:
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ cat /etc/cron.d/elkarbackup
* * * * * root /usr/share/elkarbackup/bin/console elkarbackup:tick
0 0 * * 1 elkarbackup /usr/share/elkarbackup/app/console tahoe:renew_leases