On Tuesday 27 September 2005 10:40, Arno Lehmann wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On 26.09.2005 22:32, Aleksandar Milivojevic wrote:
> > Just couple of thoughts.
> >
> > I've got email, with subject line saying my restore failed. Almost gave
> > me heart attack. Then I realized it was just one of the log files (size
> > probably changed while Bacula was reading it), and all the other files
> > (that I actaully cared about) were restored correctly.
> >
> > Would it be better if this was reported as warning? Or even better,
> > reported as warning during the backup?
>
> This was discussed some time ago, and it was agreed that bacula could
> handle these situations better. A warning during backup, as well as
> storing the "right" file size (that is, what bacula actually read, not
> what it stat'ed before) in the catalog should be the best solution.
>
> It's even possible that this is already implemented in the current beta
> version - you might want to look through the cvs tree and read the
> changes and kernstodo files there.
>
> > The former would be less confusing to the user (OK, all your files were
> > restored, but here are some warnings about them). And a lot safer too.
> > No heart attacks what you get that email with subject line saying the
> > restore failed. However it is already too late to do anything about the
> > file the error/warning is complaining about.
>
> I find the file count mismatches more problematic... but I still didn't
> investigate these closer. After all, after some time you know you
> software and get used to it and, unfortunately, forget to help imroving
> it ;-)
As far as I can tell, this count problem has something to do with counting
directories. I think I have improved the handling quite a bit in the current
CVS 1.37.40. Anyway, if the problem still exists, and if someone can narrow
the problem down to something that is easily reproducible, I will work on it
some more.
In any case, I prefer to have minor heart attacks when it produces the warning
rather than having Bacula silently ignore possible problems as older versions
did.
>
> > The later might be better time to complain (issue warning), since usually
> > something can be done about it (if needed) while the file warning is
> > about is still "safe" on the disc ;-)
>
> That's why you could restore to a temporary location and only after
> manually verifying the restored files are correct move them to the
> original locations :-)
--
Best regards,
Kern
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