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| author | Alexander Strachan <astrachan@gitlab.com> | 2019-08-05 13:59:21 +0000 |
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| committer | Achilleas Pipinellis <axil@gitlab.com> | 2019-08-05 13:59:21 +0000 |
| commit | 221f309dd6b3033f608615cdd28958a85c44d427 (patch) | |
| tree | 91a57d4feff4cd1457468c39b321fd0314ef55f6 /doc/raketasks | |
| parent | d4d911e9a92ae3507f27661401cd9a55bfc8e4b0 (diff) | |
| download | gitlab-ce-221f309dd6b3033f608615cdd28958a85c44d427.tar.gz | |
Resolve "Update troubleshooting for gzip error in backup docs"
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diff --git a/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md b/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md index 0d86df04367..f8da09e5fe1 100644 --- a/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md +++ b/doc/raketasks/backup_restore.md @@ -960,3 +960,22 @@ want to run the chown against your custom location instead of [reconfigure GitLab]: ../administration/restart_gitlab.md#omnibus-gitlab-reconfigure [restart GitLab]: ../administration/restart_gitlab.md#installations-from-source + +### Backup fails to complete with Gzip error + +While running the backup, you may receive a gzip error: + +```sh +sudo /opt/gitlab/bin/gitlab-rake gitlab:backup:create +Dumping ... +... +gzip: stdout: Input/output error + +Backup failed +``` + +If this happens, check the following: + +1. Confirm there is sufficent diskspace for the gzip operation. +1. If NFS is being used, check if the mount option `timeo` is set. The default is `600`, and changing this to smaller values have resulted in this error. + |