ReadyNAS Pro Pioneer - Cannot allocate memory failure

Update:  These changes appeared to have helped significantly.  The backup ran for nearly 6 hours, however there was an errror message again.  Zipped log file will be PM'd.

When I compare the file quantity on the source to the backup it was 7 files short (~4MB worth) out of the 101,147 total files.

I think I am close to having a successful backup, but I can't locate the error message to see if there was/is a problem.

Thanks for all of the help.

All the backup job logs I can see are from late December.

Which backup job number are you using?

Number 5 at that time.

I forgot to check my email for the error list, this is what I got:

cp: cannot create regular file '/job_005//backup/./Andrew\'s PC/MY DOCUMENTS on PIII-933 (Andrew)/Genealogy/Philip Hamel\'s side of the family (Hamel, Champagne, Cloutier, Beauchamp, Lacombe)/Scanned Images/1880FE~3.BMP': File exists

cp: cannot create regular file '/job_005//backup/./Andrew\'s PC/MY DOCUMENTS on PIII-933 (Andrew)/Genealogy/Barbara (Horne) Hamel\'s side of the family (Horne, Mazeski, McIntosh, Skinner)/Scanned Images/2001-1~2.JPG': File exists

cp: cannot create regular file '/job_005//backup/./Andrew\'s PC/MY DOCUMENTS on PIII-933 (Andrew)/Genealogy/Barbara (Horne) Hamel\'s side of the family (Horne, Mazeski, McIntosh, Skinner)/Scanned Images/1928-1~1.JPG': File exists

cp: cannot create regular file '/job_005//backup/./Andrew\'s PC/MY DOCUMENTS on PIII-933 (Andrew)/Genealogy/Barbara (Horne) Hamel\'s side of the family (Horne, Mazeski, McIntosh, Skinner)/Scanned Images/1987-0~2.JPG': File exists

cp: cannot create regular file '/job_005//backup/./Andrew\'s PC/MY DOCUMENTS on PIII-933 (Andrew)/Genealogy/Barbara (Horne) Hamel\'s side of the family (Horne, Mazeski, McIntosh, Skinner)/Scanned Images/2001-1~1.JPG': File exists

cp: cannot create regular file '/job_005//backup/./Andrew\'s PC/MY DOCUMENTS on PIII-933 (Andrew)/Genealogy/Barbara (Horne) Hamel\'s side of the family (Horne, Mazeski, McIntosh, Skinner)/Scanned Images/2001-1~3.JPG': File exists

Which oddly enough adds up to 6 files, 1 short of the 7 differential.

I have since removed this files and I am running another complete backup to test, previous changes.  Backup started at 4:12 PM EST, so should be finished between 10 and 11.  More to come

Previous backup attempt also had errors because the offending files when copied and then deleted were transferred to the recycle bin.  I removed them from the recycle bin and reran backup this morning with complete success after 6 hours.

One other backup related question... is it okay to use (read/write) the fileserver while the backup is running?

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greenleaf-noho wrote:

 

 

One other backup related question... is it okay to use (read/write) the fileserver while the backup is running?

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I've had backups fail when files are deleted on the source while the backup is running (though whether that happens might depend on the specific backup protocol being used).  So updating files is best avoided.

There are no issues if the files are simply being read.