Topic: DAR2 creates read-only files?

[newburns]

It backs up perfectly with an expiry of say 5, but after 5 days, all the emails start saying this.

Connecting to /mnt/backup
Expanding /etc/dar2/Testing template
Creating /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/db.zip
Expiring old backups
Executing pre-backup event
Verbose logging is off
Performing Testing backup
No terminal found for user interaction. All questions will be assumed a negative answer (less destructive choice), which most of the time will abort the program.
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.33.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.2.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.3.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.26.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.5.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.16.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.27.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.22.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.20.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.17.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.35.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.14.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.15.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.24.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.31.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.4.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.32.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.12.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.18.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.19.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.10.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.25.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.6.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.30.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.34.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.23.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.7.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.21.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.8.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.13.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.1.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.36.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.9.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.29.dar : Read-only file system
ERROR removing file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.28.dar : Read-only file system
Error while saving data: Error opening file /mnt/backup/rplumbing-local.rburnsplumbing.com/Testing/2010.02.19.1.dar : Read-only file system

I'm using SME 8.0 beta 4, and I didn't want to use the regular Backup features because I needed to exclude all the .wtv files. Anything I can do? Through WinSCP I cant change the permission of the /mnt/backup/ file, it gives an error. I can't view the files through putty either. When I change the mount point, I don't get an error, but I can't change the permissions, say through WinSCP. Not real fluent on Linux or SME so take it easy on me.
http://www.rburnsplumbing.com

[cactus]

Please keep in mind that SME Server 8.x is still beta and therefore contribs developers refrain from reworking their contribs. Once a RC is released this will change. You are advised not to use SME Server 8.x in production.

I'm using SME 8.0 beta 4, and I didn't want to use the regular Backup features because I needed to exclude all the .wtv files. Anything I can do?

Explain to what medium you are backing up and how it is mounted. It seems that it was somehow possible to write the files there in the past.
I use dar2 backup as well (on SME Server 7) and have no issues. Looking at the output I suspect something has changed in between making it impossible for the backup to access the other files. Did you modify their ownership/permissions perhaps?

[newburns]

Alright, I did what was in the USB wiki. I plugged in usb. Deleted all partitions on /dev/sdc.
created new primary partition, didn't change any sector numbers, so im guessing it uses the whole drive. Made a mnt directory called backup. Went into fstab file through winscp, and put a mount option for /dev/sdc1 to mount to /mnt/backup. Configured dar2 to do a daily backup with expiry of 5, excluding .wtv files to the /mntbackup (no password) It was doing backups i believe for 5 days. Not sure, because i cannot view whats in company_backup. So then I umounted sdc1. Remounted to a new /mnt file called dar2. change fstab to say the same. Used putty under root, and typed in "mount -a". It mounted, and allowed me to see the sets of dar files in it. I tried to then do a DAR2 job with same settings, but to /mnt/dar2. Thats when I got the emails again. So then I tried to change permissions to the /mnt/dar2 file and got errors. Then I went into /dev/sdc1 and change permissions there, but no luck. So with some new instructions, I will reformat if I have to. Doesn't matter, I do have other backups through workstations. But I would like to have a daily backup. And although its a 500gb harddrive, I didnt want to run out of space, so I did Expiry 5, and its up to 77gb. Makes me feel I should have done expiry 10, but I feel my files will grow soon, and so will my backups

[cactus]

Please show us the mount commands... I guess the clue might be in them.

[newburns]

#------------------------------------------------------------
# BE CAREFUL WHEN MODIFYING THIS FILE! It is updated automatically
# by the SME server software. A few entries are updated during
# the template processing of the file and white space is removed,
# but otherwise changes to the file are preserved.
# For more information, see http://www.e-smith.org/custom/ and
# the template fragments in /etc/e-smith/templates/etc/fstab/.
#
# copyright (C) 2002 Mitel Networks Corporation
#------------------------------------------------------------
/dev/main/root          /                       ext3    usrquota,grpquota        1 1
/dev/md1                /boot                   ext3    defaults        1 2
tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
sysfs                   /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
proc                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
/dev/main/swap          swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
/dev/sdb1               /mnt/newdisk            ext3    usrquota,grpquota 1 2
/dev/sdc1               /mnt/backup          ext3    usrquota,grpquota 1 2

What else do you need, this is my fstab file

so when i did my umount, i used the pane usb disk. Its not competely functional in SME 8 beta 4, but it does the umount. When i do df -h the drive is gone. then when i do mount -a, its back at 77g used

[newburns]

Just got a positive email from remounting the usb disk under a diff mount point, and setting up the new DAR2 setting to the new mnt point. However, I checked USB disk in my server manager, and it now says that my usb disk, /dev/sdc1 is ext2? any idea? also, i dont know how to do a print screen with this logitech dinovo mini keyboard, or else i would show u how usb disk is halfway working.