Re: [Xen-users] XCP VM-export error and very slow via VM Protection policy

[Ian Campbell <Ian.Campbell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jonathon,

You'll likely have better luck with XCP questions on the xen-api@ list.

Ian.

On Tue, 2012-12-18 at 13:24 +0000, Jonathon Royle wrote:
> I have recently upgraded to XCP 1.6 (clean install and VM
> export/import) but I am finding that archive element of VM Protection
> Policy is regularly failing with error âInternal error: Failure
> (âCompression via zcat failed: exit code 1â)â
> 
>  
> 
> I have several Protection Policies which archive to a nfs share, some
> archive every time some just weekly but this behaviour seems to be
> consistent for them all.  Typically only one completes.  I have looked
> in messages and xensource.log and whilst I can see the export being
> started I cannot find anything more concrete on reasons for failure
> 
>  
> 
> Example
> 
>  
> 
> Dec 18 09:04:32 tottington xapi: [ info|tottington|7220235
> UNIX /var/xapi/xapi||cli] xe vm-export password=null
> vm=cfc3a8b4-8630-c362-3ab1-96e6bddec71d
> filename=/tmp/4ad35422-bd7c-499b-af64-1c5a206e50b9/WinXP-1e117f74-93b0-86/20121218-0904.xva
>  compress=true username=root
> 
>  
> 
> I have also manually started the task (same syntax) and whilst the job
> started it failed within 15 mins âINTERNAL_ERROR:
> [ Unix.Unix_error(56, "write", "") ]â. 
> 
>  
> 
> I then manually started an export via XenCenter which ran to
> completion with no issues and so much quicker (36 mins vs 4hrs and
> still going)!  (one difference is via cifs rather than nfs share to
> same remote volume)
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> Regards,
> 
>  
> 
> Jon
> 
>  
> 
> 



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