Data backup error

Since last week my data backup fails with Pre backup scripts status: ERROR

This is what messages log says:

Jun  5 07:43:48 mynethserver esmith::event[20810]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/actions/generic_template_expand SUCCESS [0.292395]
Jun  5 07:43:49 mynethserver esmith::event[20810]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-config/S40nethserver-dc-pre-backup SUCCESS [0.669101]
Jun  5 07:43:49 mynethserver esmith::event[20810]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-config/S40nethserver-mail-shrmbx-cfgbackup SUCCESS [0.014874]
Jun  5 07:43:49 mynethserver esmith::event[20810]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-config/S40nethserver-sssd-backup-tdb SUCCESS [0.008996]
Jun  5 07:43:50 mynethserver esmith::event[20810]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-config/S50nethserver-backup-config-list-packages SUCCESS [1.298417]
Jun  5 07:43:50 mynethserver esmith::event[20810]: Event: pre-backup-config SUCCESS
Jun  5 07:43:56 mynethserver esmith::event[21303]: Event: post-backup-config
Jun  5 07:43:56 mynethserver esmith::event[21303]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/post-backup-config/S40nethserver-dc-post-backup SUCCESS [0.03245]
Jun  5 07:43:56 mynethserver esmith::event[21303]: Event: post-backup-config SUCCESS
Jun  5 07:43:56 mynethserver esmith::event[20799]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-data/S20nethserver-backup-config-predatabackup SUCCESS [9.152735]
Jun  5 07:43:57 mynethserver kernel: duc[21327]: segfault at 7feea34c3d60 ip 00007fee517f1706 sp 00007fff4b19da58 error 4 in libc-2.17.so[7fee516a5000+1b8000]
Jun  5 07:43:57 mynethserver esmith::event[20799]: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-data/S20nethserver-restore-data-duc-index: line 47: 21327 Segmentation fault      /usr/bin/duc index $INDEX_DIR --database=$DB_FILE
Jun  5 07:43:57 mynethserver esmith::event[20799]: Path /root not found in database
Jun  5 07:43:57 mynethserver esmith::event[20799]: Requested path not found
Jun  5 07:43:57 mynethserver esmith::event[20799]: Path /usr/share/nextcloud/config/config.php not found in database
Jun  5 07:43:57 mynethserver esmith::event[20799]: Requested path not found
Jun  5 07:43:57 mynethserver esmith::event[20799]: Path /var/lib/collectd not found in database
Jun  5 07:43:57 mynethserver esmith::event[20799]: Requested path not found
Jun  5 07:43:57 mynethserver esmith::event[20799]: Path /var/lib/nethserver not found in database
Jun  5 07:43:57 mynethserver esmith::event[20799]: Requested path not found
Jun  5 07:43:57 mynethserver esmith::event[20799]: Path /var/lib/sogo/backups not found in database
Jun  5 07:43:57 mynethserver esmith::event[20799]: Requested path not found
Jun  5 07:43:57 mynethserver esmith::event[20799]: Path /var/spool/amavisd/.spamassassin not found in database
Jun  5 07:43:57 mynethserver esmith::event[20799]: Requested path not found
Jun  5 07:43:57 mynethserver esmith::event[20799]: Path /var/www/html/freepbx not found in database
Jun  5 07:43:57 mynethserver esmith::event[20799]: Requested path not found
Jun  5 07:43:57 mynethserver esmith::event[20799]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-data/S20nethserver-restore-data-duc-index SUCCESS [0.959957]
Jun  5 07:44:05 mynethserver esmith::event[20799]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-data/S50mysql-dump-tables SUCCESS [7.743312]
Jun  5 07:44:05 mynethserver esmith::event[20799]: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-data/S50nethserver-ibays-dump-acls: line 24: getfacl: command not found
Jun  5 07:44:05 mynethserver esmith::event[20799]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-data/S50nethserver-ibays-dump-acls FAILED: 127 [0.004168]
Jun  5 07:44:05 mynethserver esmith::event[20799]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-data/S70mount-cifs SUCCESS [0.219644]
Jun  5 07:44:05 mynethserver esmith::event[20799]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-data/S70mount-nfs SUCCESS [0.217766]
Jun  5 07:44:06 mynethserver esmith::event[20799]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-data/S70mount-usb SUCCESS [0.155373]
Jun  5 07:44:06 mynethserver esmith::event[20799]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-data/S70mount-webdav SUCCESS [0.159597]
Jun  5 07:44:17 mynethserver esmith::event[20799]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-data/S80nethserver-sogo-backup-users SUCCESS [11.388148]
Jun  5 07:44:17 mynethserver esmith::event[20799]: Event: pre-backup-data FAILED

It seems that duc is having problems, try to clean the cache:

rm -f /var/cache/duc/*

Thank you, but didn’t seem to work.

Tried
~]# rm -f /var/cache/duc/*
~]# /sbin/e-smith/backup-data

More log messages :

Jun  5 10:30:52 mynethserver esmith::event[25174]: Event: pre-backup-data
Jun  5 10:30:52 mynethserver esmith::event[25199]: Event: pre-backup-config
Jun  5 10:30:52 mynethserver esmith::event[25199]: expanding /etc/backup-config.d/nethserver-sssd.include
Jun  5 10:30:52 mynethserver dbus[1677]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.timedate1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.timedate1.service'
Jun  5 10:30:52 mynethserver dbus-daemon: dbus[1677]: [system] Activating via systemd: service name='org.freedesktop.timedate1' unit='dbus-org.freedesktop.timedate1.service'
Jun  5 10:30:52 mynethserver systemd: Starting Time & Date Service...
Jun  5 10:30:52 mynethserver dbus[1677]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.timedate1'
Jun  5 10:30:52 mynethserver dbus-daemon: dbus[1677]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.timedate1'
Jun  5 10:30:52 mynethserver systemd: Started Time & Date Service.
Jun  5 10:30:52 mynethserver esmith::event[25199]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/actions/generic_template_expand SUCCESS [0.43774]
Jun  5 10:30:53 mynethserver nmbd[2767]: [2018/06/05 10:30:53.195675,  0] ../source3/libsmb/nmblib.c:873(send_udp)
Jun  5 10:30:53 mynethserver nmbd[2767]:  Packet send failed to 192.168.122.255(137) ERRNO=Operation not permitted
Jun  5 10:30:53 mynethserver nmbd[2767]: [2018/06/05 10:30:53.195812,  0] ../source3/nmbd/nmbd_packets.c:179(send_netbios_packet)
Jun  5 10:30:53 mynethserver nmbd[2767]:  send_netbios_packet: send_packet() to IP 192.168.122.255 port 137 failed
Jun  5 10:30:53 mynethserver nmbd[2767]: [2018/06/05 10:30:53.195864,  0] ../source3/nmbd/nmbd_namequery.c:245(query_name)
Jun  5 10:30:53 mynethserver nmbd[2767]:  query_name: Failed to send packet trying to query name NOBLE-HOUSE<1d>
Jun  5 10:30:53 mynethserver nmbd[2767]: [2018/06/05 10:30:53.196457,  0] ../source3/libsmb/nmblib.c:873(send_udp)
Jun  5 10:30:53 mynethserver nmbd[2767]:  Packet send failed to 192.168.122.255(138) ERRNO=Operation not permitted
Jun  5 10:30:53 mynethserver esmith::event[25199]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-config/S40nethserver-dc-pre-backup SUCCESS [0.60056]
Jun  5 10:30:53 mynethserver esmith::event[25199]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-config/S40nethserver-mail-shrmbx-cfgbackup SUCCESS [0.014674]
Jun  5 10:30:53 mynethserver esmith::event[25199]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-config/S40nethserver-sssd-backup-tdb SUCCESS [0.0087]
Jun  5 10:30:54 mynethserver esmith::event[25199]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-config/S50nethserver-backup-config-list-packages SUCCESS [1.205658]
Jun  5 10:30:54 mynethserver esmith::event[25199]: Event: pre-backup-config SUCCESS
Jun  5 10:31:00 mynethserver esmith::event[25625]: Event: post-backup-config
Jun  5 10:31:00 mynethserver esmith::event[25625]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/post-backup-config/S40nethserver-dc-post-backup SUCCESS [0.029812]
Jun  5 10:31:00 mynethserver esmith::event[25625]: Event: post-backup-config SUCCESS
Jun  5 10:31:00 mynethserver esmith::event[25174]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-data/S20nethserver-backup-config-predatabackup SUCCESS [8.698015]
Jun  5 10:31:01 mynethserver systemd: Created slice User Slice of sogo.
Jun  5 10:31:01 mynethserver systemd: Starting User Slice of sogo.
Jun  5 10:31:01 mynethserver systemd: Started Session 458 of user sogo.
Jun  5 10:31:01 mynethserver systemd: Starting Session 458 of user sogo.
Jun  5 10:31:01 mynethserver systemd: Created slice User Slice of asterisk.
Jun  5 10:31:01 mynethserver systemd: Starting User Slice of asterisk.
Jun  5 10:31:01 mynethserver systemd: Started Session 459 of user asterisk.
Jun  5 10:31:01 mynethserver systemd: Starting Session 459 of user asterisk.
Jun  5 10:31:01 mynethserver systemd: Removed slice User Slice of asterisk.
Jun  5 10:31:01 mynethserver systemd: Stopping User Slice of asterisk.
Jun  5 10:31:01 mynethserver systemd: Removed slice User Slice of sogo.
Jun  5 10:31:01 mynethserver systemd: Stopping User Slice of sogo.
Jun  5 10:31:01 mynethserver esmith::event[25174]: fatal error: out of memory
Jun  5 10:31:01 mynethserver esmith::event[25174]: Path /root not found in database
Jun  5 10:31:01 mynethserver esmith::event[25174]: Requested path not found
Jun  5 10:31:01 mynethserver esmith::event[25174]: Path /usr/share/nextcloud/config/config.php not found in database
Jun  5 10:31:01 mynethserver esmith::event[25174]: Requested path not found
Jun  5 10:31:01 mynethserver esmith::event[25174]: Path /var/lib/collectd not found in database
Jun  5 10:31:01 mynethserver esmith::event[25174]: Requested path not found
Jun  5 10:31:01 mynethserver esmith::event[25174]: Path /var/lib/nethserver not found in database
Jun  5 10:31:01 mynethserver esmith::event[25174]: Requested path not found
Jun  5 10:31:01 mynethserver esmith::event[25174]: Path /var/lib/sogo/backups not found in database
Jun  5 10:31:01 mynethserver esmith::event[25174]: Requested path not found
Jun  5 10:31:01 mynethserver esmith::event[25174]: Path /var/spool/amavisd/.spamassassin not found in database
Jun  5 10:31:01 mynethserver esmith::event[25174]: Requested path not found
Jun  5 10:31:01 mynethserver esmith::event[25174]: Path /var/www/html/freepbx not found in database
Jun  5 10:31:01 mynethserver esmith::event[25174]: Requested path not found
Jun  5 10:31:01 mynethserver esmith::event[25174]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-data/S20nethserver-restore-data-duc-index SUCCESS [0.928276]
Jun  5 10:31:08 mynethserver esmith::event[25174]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-data/S50mysql-dump-tables SUCCESS [7.258978]
Jun  5 10:31:08 mynethserver esmith::event[25174]: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-data/S50nethserver-ibays-dump-acls: line 24: getfacl: command not found
Jun  5 10:31:08 mynethserver esmith::event[25174]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-data/S50nethserver-ibays-dump-acls FAILED: 127 [0.005621]
Jun  5 10:31:09 mynethserver esmith::event[25174]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-data/S70mount-cifs SUCCESS [0.177867]
Jun  5 10:31:09 mynethserver esmith::event[25174]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-data/S70mount-nfs SUCCESS [0.161223]
Jun  5 10:31:09 mynethserver esmith::event[25174]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-data/S70mount-usb SUCCESS [0.154355]
Jun  5 10:31:09 mynethserver esmith::event[25174]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-data/S70mount-webdav SUCCESS [0.21899]
Jun  5 10:31:20 mynethserver esmith::event[25174]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-data/S80nethserver-sogo-backup-users SUCCESS [10.854568]
Jun  5 10:31:20 mynethserver esmith::event[25174]: Event: pre-backup-data FAILED

It worked :slight_smile: But you have now another issue: missing dependency.
Are you sure you don’t have problems on disks?

By the way, you can try fixing with:

yum install acl

I think that duc has more problems, or the system has not enough memory.

Ok that did seems to fix it, at least now starting the backup manually takes very long time and Dashboard say it’s running [START - STEP - etc… ]
I think I accidently removed acl with
yum autoremove

Although it does seem to work now, still something strange is happening with the duc thing it think.
Here’s what it says now :

Jun  5 13:00:53 mynethserver esmith::event[1205]: Action: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-data/S20nethserver-backup-config-predatabackup SUCCESS [8.762742]
Jun  5 13:00:54 mynethserver kernel: duc[1693]: segfault at 1f700000020 ip 00007f6b96021418 sp 00007fff26a9b730 error 4 in libc-2.17.so[7f6b95fa5000+1b8000]
Jun  5 13:00:54 mynethserver esmith::event[1205]: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup-data/S20nethserver-restore-data-duc-index: line 47:  1693 Segmentation fault      /usr/bin/duc index $INDEX_DIR --database=$DB_FILE

But I do not think it’s the memory, since my server has got 64Gb RAM. Ok 22Gb is used by KVM but still aught to be enough, no?