Rainer Schwarze
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Q: Mavericks: Backup: Stuck at "prepare" after a few successful backups

Hi,

 

after a few backups (two or three) the backup is stuck at the preparation phase. In the console logs I found these lines:

 

06.07.14 05:31:17,660 com.apple.backupd[20453]: Starting automatic backup

06.07.14 05:31:17,675 com.apple.backupd[20453]: Backing up to /dev/disk2s2: /Volumes/ExtHD03/Backups.backupdb

06.07.14 05:31:17,930 mds[76]: (Warning) QueryTask: Haven't sent anything for 60 seconds; try despite not having received RTS notification.

06.07.14 05:31:17,930 mds[76]: (Warning) QueryTask: Haven't sent anything for 60 seconds; try despite not having received RTS notification.

06.07.14 05:31:17,931 mds[76]: (Warning) QueryTask: Haven't sent anything for 60 seconds; try despite not having received RTS notification.

 

 

The backup before that logged that:

 

06.07.14 04:30:16,675 com.apple.backupd[18686]: Starting automatic backup

06.07.14 04:30:17,024 com.apple.backupd[18686]: Backing up to /dev/disk2s2: /Volumes/ExtHD03/Backups.backupdb

06.07.14 04:30:18,118 serveradmin[18695]: SCNetworkReachabilityCreateWithAddress[Pair] called with invalid address family 1

06.07.14 04:30:21,096 serveradmin[18716]: servermgr_swupdate[INF]: Verifying Software Update catalog configuration.

06.07.14 04:30:21,100 serveradmin[18716]: servermgr_swupdate[INF]: Verifying Software Update catalog configuration.

06.07.14 04:30:21,101 serveradmin[18716]: servermgr_swupdate[WRN]: Missing or invalid language for product items request.  Using default "en".

06.07.14 04:30:25,037 serveradmin[18793]: SCNetworkReachabilityCreateWithAddress[Pair] called with invalid address family 1

06.07.14 04:30:28,204 serveradmin[18830]: servermgr_swupdate[INF]: Verifying Software Update catalog configuration.

06.07.14 04:30:28,207 serveradmin[18830]: servermgr_swupdate[INF]: Verifying Software Update catalog configuration.

06.07.14 04:30:28,207 serveradmin[18830]: servermgr_swupdate[WRN]: Missing or invalid language for product items request.  Using default "en".

06.07.14 04:30:28,239 serveradmin[18831]: servermgr_swupdate[INF]: Verifying Software Update catalog configuration.

06.07.14 04:30:35,458 com.apple.backupd[18686]: Will copy (50,9 MB) from Server HD

 

I assume that the servermgr lines are not really relevant.

 

What do the lines with "mds[76]: (Warning) QueryTask..." mean?

Can I find more details about that?

Can this be the reason for the backup problem?

 

 

I was trying to do backup with a Time Capsule before, but after some time it won't even do a single backup (stuck at prepare). Now I did a fresh install with Mavericks and attached a fresh 1TB HD (SATA) with a USB HD dock. Interestingly the same happens: Some backups work, but then it is stuck at "prepare".

 

I have a macmini4.1 server. I installed OS X Server (3.1.2) and macports with samba3. Also the second disk in the mac mini server contains a lot of files which are shared by SMB to Windows clients.

 

Thanks in advance and best wishes,

Rainer

Posted on Jul 6, 2014 2:38 AM

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  • by Rainer Schwarze,

    Rainer Schwarze Rainer Schwarze Jul 11, 2014 2:33 PM in response to dwbrecovery
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    Jul 11, 2014 2:33 PM in response to dwbrecovery

    dwbrecovery wrote:

     

    Last thought, the problematic pdf, are the permissions the same on both systems.    You've done well to track this problem down to this file.

     

    Permissions are the same. No ACL set.

     

    mdls gives slightly different results - whether this is due to the 10.9.3 / 10.9.4 difference or the different computing power will be known after I upgrade the 10.9.3 to 10.9.4. (Although - since the PDF importer file was identical, I tend to believe in the computing power difference.)

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