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Old 10-22-2010
backup of filesystem

we are doing daily backup of some filesystem of our servers. If in any case we cannot perform backup,what would be the probable reason? Say the IP is reachable? any thing that we need to take a look at on the server side?

server -----to backup server----

thanks
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Old 10-22-2010
Could you detail:
The operating system you are backing up.
The backup software youre using.
Whether the backup software is a network based application.
What type of device you are backing up to.
What type of filesystems your system has.
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Old 10-22-2010
are you using NDMP? or rsync? or doing a disk replication (copying disk blocks, and not file based)?
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Old 10-22-2010
As already mentioned, not knowing your OS/architecture nor backup product, it will be difficult to answer...
On the server I understand you run a client no? It does happen that clients blow off their mind some times... more seriously without more information you cannot expect any good response...
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