jpl----
Using mc I see /mnt/smb with temporary folder and a domain folder.
At the moment the temporary path contains some.dar archives. There
is nothing at all in the domain folder other than an empty /set2 folder.
Certainly nothing yet appeared on the destination share of the LAN.
So, DAR *is* aggregating its backups of my server ON the server.
There is only one reason that can make dar write on your server : the share is not mounted correctly.
Normally, the script could detcet it, but it seems the rpm lacks creation of one directory.
Please :
- on your server, delete all directories under /mnt/smb (be sure the share is not mounted, ie after a reboot)
- create the directory /mnt/smb/smbmount-failure
This will prevent dar to do backups on the server itself.
I don't know at what point or when it will transfer them to the given
destination drive ie over the LAN.
Never, because the temporary directory should be on the destination system, not on the server (and would be in case of correct mount of the share).
At the end of the allotted hour DAR *did* actually stop;~)
There are ten and a half .dar archives sitting in the domain path area
under the /set2 folder.
Good in itself. If the share had been mounted, all where ok and the backup session would be correct.
There is *nothing* on the target drive across
the LAN but I don't know if that is because they are *now* in transit
or whether DAR might not have been able to write on the target(?).
There are not in transit. The explenation is the same : they would have been on the target if the shared had been correctly mounted.