nssbackup

Backup fail all the times

Asked by jpiebrig

Hello,

I am with Lucid 10.04 and I am a beginner. I have installed NSSBackup from Synaptic and the launchpad/nssbackup-team.ppa repository. I get version 0.2.1

I can get any bakcup because it always fails quite at the same moment :

I set NSSBackup like that :
General : No change
Inclure : No change
Exclure : Only var/cache suppressed
Destination : External USB HDD 2.5" (with 410 Go free space)
Schedule : No schedule

I save my profile and then I click on : Make a backup now

After a few minutes, the backup begins and I can see the file "files.tar.gz" growing until it reeches about 4 Go and then it stops and I get the following message :

(Not So) Simple Backup
[Default Profile]
An error occured during the backup :
Unable to make a proper backup. TAR terminated with errors.

Don't understand what happend.

Thanks

Jean-Pierre

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robert leleu (robert-jean-leleu) said : 		#1

Je la 13/07/2010 18:28-------- Origina mesaĝo-------- jpiebrig skribis
(esperanto estas la unua internacia lingvo):
>
> New question #117615 on NSsbackup:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/nssbackup/+question/117615
>
> Hello,
>
> I am with Lucid 10.04 and I am a beginner. I have installed NSSBackup from Synaptic and the launchpad/nssbackup-team.ppa repository. I get version 0.2.1
>
> I can get any bakcup because it always fails quite at the same moment :
>
> I set NSSBackup like that :
> General : No change
> Inclure : No change
> Exclure : Only var/cache suppressed
> Destination : External USB HDD 2.5" (with 410 Go free space)
> Schedule : No schedule
>
> I save my profile and then I click on : Make a backup now
>
> After a few minutes, the backup begins and I can see the file "files.tar.gz" growing until it reeches about 4 Go and then it stops and I get the following message :
>
> (Not So) Simple Backup
> [Default Profile]
> An error occured during the backup :
> Unable to make a proper backup. TAR terminated with errors.
>
> Don't understand what happend.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jean-Pierre
 I had the same problem, and solved it by setting the maximum file size
at 2 Go. In my case I save on a USB key, FAT32..... This problem is
due to file systeme limitations.

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jpiebrig (jpiebrig-info) said : 		#2

Tahk you for that.
But where do I set up the file size,. I don't find anything in NSSBackup.

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jpiebrig (jpiebrig-info) said : 		#3

Robert,

My file "files.tar.gz" should be about 40/45 Go after the backup, that is far over 4 Go
But you are thrue, I had a HDD which was formated in NTFS and I had not this problem.
May be I should save all that is in this HDD and formated it in NTFS.

Jean-Pierre

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Jean-Peer Lorenz (peer.loz) said : 		#4

Use the configuration GUI. On the general settings page you can set the compression to None and select any desired split size.
HTH

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jpiebrig (jpiebrig-info) said : 		#5

It is gray and I have no access to that settings

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jpiebrig (jpiebrig-info) said : 		#6

Sorry Robert, I have found. Need to set to "no compression".

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jpiebrig (jpiebrig-info) said : 		#7

I have formated my HDD in NTFS and there is no problem. The backup is not finish but "files.tar.gz" is about 25 Go and it is going on.

Thanks Robert.

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jpiebrig (jpiebrig-info) said : 		#8

And also thanks Jean-Peer...