[rdiff-backup-users] Exception '[Errno 28] No space left on device'

[Stephen Butler]

Hi Guys,

I've got 5 Win 7 32bit computers that are tasked to run rdiff-backup via ssh to a linux server each day at 6pm.

This has been working fine for about 6 months. Recently ONE of the Five computers started producing the following error in the log file.

A few details about the backup.

A shadow copy called B: is created for drive E:

rdiff-backup is run over ssh from windows 7 to a computer running linux

Here's the backup.log file for the relevant computer

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Previous backup seems to have failed, regressing destination now.

Exception '[Errno 28] No space left on device' raised of class '<type 'exceptions.IOError'>':

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line 32, in check_common_error

    try: return function(*args)

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/rdiff_backup/restore.py", line 468, in get_fp

    Rdiff.write_patched_fp(current_fp, delta_fp, new_fp)

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Rdiff.py", line 73, in write_patched_fp

    rpath.copyfileobj(librsync.PatchedFile(basis_fp, delta_fp), out_fp)

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 64, in copyfileobj

    outputfp.write(inbuf)

Here's output from the rdiff-backup comand

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backup command : rdiff-backup --ssh-no-compression --force -v3 --print-statistics B:/Users/Pam address@hidden::/mnt/hda1/rdiffbackup.repositorys/address@hidden

Exception '[Errno 28] No space left on device' raised of class '<type 'exceptions.IOError'>':

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/rdiff_backup/robust.py", line 32, in check_common_error

    try: return function(*args)

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/rdiff_backup/restore.py", line 468, in get_fp

    Rdiff.write_patched_fp(current_fp, delta_fp, new_fp)

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/rdiff_backup/Rdiff.py", line 73, in write_patched_fp

    rpath.copyfileobj(librsync.PatchedFile(basis_fp, delta_fp), out_fp)

  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/rdiff_backup/rpath.py", line 64, in copyfileobj

    outputfp.write(inbuf)

Previous backup seems to have failed, regressing destination now.

Exception '[Errno 28] No space left on device' raised of class '<type 'exceptions.IOError'>':

  File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 304, in error_check_Main

  File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 324, in Main

  File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 280, in take_action

  File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 337, in Backup

  File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 501, in backup_final_init

  File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 920, in checkdest_if_necessary

  File "rdiff_backup\connection.pyc", line 450, in __call__

  File "rdiff_backup\connection.pyc", line 370, in reval

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "rdiff-backup", line 30, in <module>

  File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 304, in error_check_Main

  File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 324, in Main

  File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 280, in take_action

  File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 337, in Backup

  File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 501, in backup_final_init

  File "rdiff_backup\Main.pyc", line 920, in checkdest_if_necessary

  File "rdiff_backup\connection.pyc", line 450, in __call__

  File "rdiff_backup\connection.pyc", line 370, in reval

IOError: [Errno 28] No space left on device

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