Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup failed: error 31

[Dominic Raferd]

On 13/12/2011 14:31, Jean Pierre Dentone wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm trying to get a backup of a 3TB partition and it failed with this error
>
> Exception '[Errno 31] Too many links:
> '/rdiff/newarsvrfs01/htdocs/chase.archinetonline.com/chasedata/project_89381''
> raised of class 'exceptions.OSError':
>
> This has been working ok for a while and then we had a problem with the
> RAID being degrated. we fixed the raid issue and the backups never
> worked again. I have even tried to do a fresh backup on a new
> partition/location but we get the same error
>
> any ideas what the problem could be? we havent changed anything on our
> backup server.
>
> PS: Im using rdiff-backup 1.2.8

Try running rdiff-backup with --no-eas option (unless you need extended 
attributes), and see if this helps.

Dominic
http://www.timedicer.co.uk: File Recovery from Whenever