Re: [ovirt-users] backup-engine 3.6.4.1-1 Files Compressor still broken in Centos 6.7? Work around

Been trying to run a complete backup on a fresh install to get rid of that annoying alert.

engine-backup --scope=all Kept failing with the error: 2016-04-17 04:05:31 8742: Creating temp folder /tmp/engine-backup.ymrXeYZay1/tar 2016-04-17 04:05:31 8742: OUTPUT: - Files 2016-04-17 04:05:31 8742: Backing up files to /tmp/engine-backup.ymrXeYZay1/tar/files 2016-04-17 04:05:31 8742: FATAL: Failed backing up /etc/ovirt-engine

Research shows a bug reported on version 3.6.0 related to the tar options https://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/48596/3/packaging/bin/engine-backup.sh https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282397 But a grep of the script shows the changes have been made [root@engine1 iso]# grep cpSs /usr/share/ovirt-engine/bin/engine-backup.sh [root@engine1 iso]# grep cpS /usr/share/ovirt-engine/bin/engine-backup.sh tar -C "${dir}" -cpS"${ARCHIVE_COMPRESS_OPTION}"f "${file}" . >> "${tar_log}" 2>&1 tar -C / --files-from - -cpS"${FILES_COMPRESS_OPTION}"f "${target}" || logdie "Failed backing up ${paths}" Verified I had a new version (just re-installed ovirt-engine today) ovirt-engine-3.6.4.1-1.el6.noarch Linux engine1.attlocal.net 2.6.32-573.22.1.el6.x86_64 #1 SMP Wed Mar 23 03:35:39 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux # ovirt-engine-backup - oVirt engine backup and restore utility # Copyright (C) 2013-2016 Red Hat, Inc. Then I noticed there is an option to turn off –files-compressor. Doing this I was able to get a complete backup. [root@engine1 iso]# engine-backup --mode=backup --scope=files --file=/mnt/h97m/backup_files_20160417 --log=/root/backup_files_20160417.log --files-compressor=None Backing up: Notifying engine - Files Packing into file '/mnt/h97m/backup_files_20160417' Notifying engine Done.