Re: [Duplicity-talk] Source of message 'Attempt 1 failed. OSError: Insufficient free space on the filesystem'

[edgar . soldin]

On July 11, 2024 10:45:21 PM GMT+02:00, Jeffrey Walton via Duplicity-talk 
<duplicity-talk@nongnu.org> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,

hi Jeffrey,

answering inline

> Our nightly backup script is failing. According to journalctrl, we see:
>
> Jul 11 20:25:25 localhost daily-backup[11141]: Wiki database size is
> 78,637,039 bytes
> Jul 11 20:27:00 localhost daily-backup[11323]: Local and Remote
> metadata are synchronized, no sync needed.
> Jul 11 20:27:00 localhost daily-backup[11323]: Last inc backup left a
> partial set, restarting.
> Jul 11 20:27:00 localhost daily-backup[11323]: Last full backup date:
> Mon Jan  1 05:12:16 2024
> Jul 11 20:27:00 localhost daily-backup[11323]: RESTART: The first
> volume failed to upload before termination.
> Jul 11 20:27:00 localhost daily-backup[11323]:          Restart is
> impossible...starting backup from beginning.
> Jul 11 20:28:37 localhost daily-backup[11323]: Local and Remote
> metadata are synchronized, no sync needed.
> Jul 11 20:28:37 localhost daily-backup[11323]: Last full backup date:
> Mon Jan  1 05:12:16 2024
> Jul 11 20:28:57 localhost daily-backup[11323]: Attempt 1 failed.
> OSError: Insufficient free space on the filesystem.
> Jul 11 20:29:29 localhost daily-backup[11323]: Attempt 2 failed.
> OSError: Insufficient free space on the filesystem.
> Jul 11 20:30:02 localhost daily-backup[11323]: Attempt 3 failed.
> OSError: Insufficient free space on the filesystem.
> Jul 11 20:30:34 localhost daily-backup[11323]: Attempt 4 failed.
> OSError: Insufficient free space on the filesystem.
> Jul 11 20:31:06 localhost daily-backup[11323]: Giving up after 5
> attempts. OSError: Insufficient free space on the filesystem.
> Jul 11 20:31:06 localhost daily-backup[11141]: Failed to backup VM to
> Remote Backup Storage
> Jul 11 20:31:06 localhost systemd[1]: daily-backup.service: Main
> process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
>
> My question is, is the message "Attempt 1 failed. OSError:
> Insufficient free space on the filesystem" (and friends) coming from
> Duplicity?

yes

> And if it is Duplicity, is the message referring to the local
> filesystem or remote filesystem?

local

> Thanks in advance.

1. which duplicity version?
2. what does 'df -h' say?
3. what's the output of 'duplicity collection-status ...'?

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