[Bacula-users] Differentials Jobs referencing obsolete Full Job

[Bennett, Silas (GE Infrastructure)]

Hi All,

 

I am using Bacula 1.36.2:

 

Looking at the bacula console output, my daily differentials seem to be referencing an old Full back up job. The line in question reads.

 

Backup Level:        Differential, since=2005-08-15 01:05:02

 

I have not been able to find the reason for this, but I have a hunch. The mail server on our engineering network has been unable to relay or deliver mail for a while now due to policy/political issues. Bacula does spit out a warning message at the end of each job stating that the mail system terminated in error.

 

Is it possible that Bacula's Diff jobs are purposefully not referencing a "Good" Full backup because of the mail warning?

 

Also, is the special "Scratch" pool implemented in version 1.36.2, or is it on of the features that is present in the documentation, but missing in the stable version of the code?

 

Just for completeness here is my bacula-dir.conf:

 

 

#
# Default Bacula Director Configuration file
#
#  The only thing that MUST be changed is to add one or more
#   file or directory names in the Include directive of the
#   FileSet resource.
#
#  For Bacula release 1.36.2 (28 February 2005) -- debian 3.1
#
#  You might also want to change the default email address
#   from root to your address.  See the "mail" and "operator"
#   directives in the Messages resource.
#

 

Director {                            # define myself
  Name = jet-dir
  DIRport = 9101                # where we listen for UA connections
  QueryFile = "/etc/bacula/scripts/query.sql"
  WorkingDirectory = "/var/lib/bacula"
  PidDirectory = "/var/run/bacula"
  Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 1
  Password = "XXXXXXXXXXXX"         # Console password
  Messages = Daemon
}

 

JobDefs {
  Name = "DefaultJob"
  Type = Backup
  Client = jet-fd
  FileSet = "ALL"
  Storage = TAPE
  Messages = Standard
  Pool = Default
  Full Backup Pool = "Full"
  Differential Backup Pool = "Diff"
  Priority = 10
}

 

#
# Define the main nightly save backup job
#   By default, this job will back up to disk in /tmp
Job {
  Name = "WeeklyFull"
  Level = Full
  JobDefs = "DefaultJob"
  FileSet = "ALL"
  Schedule = "Weekly"
#  RunBeforeJob = "/etc/bacula/scripts/mtx-changer /dev/sg1 unload"
  Pool = "Full"
#  RunAfterJob = "/etc/bacula/scripts/mtx-changer /dev/sg1 unload"
  Write Bootstrap = "/var/lib/bacula/WeeklyFull.bsr"
}

 

Job {
  Name = "DailyDiff"
  Level = Differential
  JobDefs = "DefaultJob"
  FileSet = "ALL"
  Schedule = "WeekDays"
#  RunBeforeJob = "/etc/bacula/scripts/mtx-changer /dev/sg1 unload"
  Pool = "Diff"
#  RunAfterJob = "/etc/bacula/scripts/mtx-changer /dev/sg1 unload"
  Write Bootstrap = "/var/lib/bacula/DailyDiff.bsr"
}

 

# Backup the catalog database (after the nightly save)
Job {
  Name = "BackupCatalog"
  JobDefs = "DefaultJob"
  Level = Full
  FileSet="Catalog"
  Storage = "TAPE"
  Schedule = "WeeklyCycleAfterBackup"
#  RunBeforeJob = "/etc/bacula/scripts/mtx-changer /dev/sg1 unload"
  # This creates an ASCII copy of the catalog
  RunBeforeJob = "/etc/bacula/scripts/make_catalog_backup -u<user> -p<password>"
  # This deletes the copy of the catalog
  RunAfterJob  = "/etc/bacula/scripts/delete_catalog_backup"
#  RunAfterJob = "/etc/bacula/scripts/mtx-changer /dev/sg1 unload"
  Full Backup Pool = "Catalog"
  Pool = "Catalog"
  Write Bootstrap = "/var/lib/bacula/BackupCatalog.bsr"
  Priority = 11                   # run after main backup
}

 

# Standard Restore template, to be changed by Console program
Job {
  Name = "RestoreFiles"
  Type = Restore
  Client=jet-fd
  FileSet="ALL"
  Storage = TAPE
  Pool = "Full"
  Messages = Standard
  Where = /tmp/bacula-restores
}

 

### Block Added by Silas on 08-05-2005 ###
FileSet {
  Name = "Raid"
  Include {
    Options {
      signature = MD5
      aclsupport = yes
    }

 

    File = /home
  }
}

 

FileSet {
  Name = "Var"
  Include {
    Options {
      signature = MD5
      aclsupport = yes
    }

 

    File = /var
  }
}

 

FileSet {
  Name = "Boot"
  Include {
    Options {
      signature = MD5
      aclsupport = yes
    }

 

    File = /boot
  }
}

 

FileSet {
  Name = "Root"
  Include {
    Options {
      signature = MD5
      aclsupport = yes
    }

 

    File = /
  }

 

  Exclude {
    File = /proc
    File = /sys
    File = /tmp
  }
}

 

FileSet {
  Name = "ALL"
  Include {
    Options {
      signature = MD5
      aclsupport = yes
    }

 

    File = /
    File = /home
    File = /var
    File = /boot
  }

 

  Exclude {
    File = /proc
    File = /sys
    File = /tmp
  }
}
##########################################

 

# This is the backup of the catalog
FileSet {
  Name = "Catalog"
  Include {
    Options {
      signature = MD5
    }
    File = /var/lib/bacula/bacula.sql
  }
}

 

#
# When to do the backups, full backup on first sunday of the month,
#  differential (i.e. incremental since full) every other sunday,
#  and incremental backups other days
Schedule {
  Name = "WeeklyCycle"
  Run = Full fri at 1:05
  Run = Differential mon-thu at 1:05
}

 

Schedule {
  Name = "Weekly"
  Run = Full sat at 1:05
}

 

Schedule {
  Name = "WeekDays"
  Run = Differential tue-fri at 1:05
}

 

# This schedule does the catalog. It starts after the WeeklyCycle
Schedule {
  Name = "WeeklyCycleAfterBackup"
  Run = Full tue-sat at 1:10
}

 

# Client (File Services) to backup
Client {
  Name = jet-fd
  Address = jet
  FDPort = 9102
  Catalog = MyCatalog
  Password = "XXXXXXXXXXXX"          # password for FileDaemon
  File Retention = 6 months            # 30 days
  Job Retention = 6 months            # 6 months
  AutoPrune = yes                     # Prune expired Jobs/Files
}

 

# Definiton of file storage device
Storage {
  Name = TAPE
  Address = jet                # N.B. Use a fully qualified name here
  SDPort = 9103
  Password = "XXXXXXXXXXXX"
  Device = Quantum-SDLT
  Media Type = SDLT
  Autochanger = yes
}

 

Storage {
  Name = DVD
  Address = jet                # N.B. Use a fully qualified name here
  SDPort = 9103
  Password = "XXXXXXXXXXXX"
  Device = Pioneer-DVD-RW
  Media Type = DVD-R
}

 

Storage {
  Name = RAID-DISK
  Address = jet                # N.B. Use a fully qualified name here
  SDPort = 9103
  Password = "XXXXXXXXXXXX"
  Device = Raid
  Media Type = FILE
}

 

Storage {
  Name = DISK
  Address = jet                # N.B. Use a fully qualified name here
  SDPort = 9103
  Password = "XXXXXXXXXXXX"
  Device = Disk
  Media Type = FILE
}

 

# Generic catalog service
Catalog {
  Name = MyCatalog
  dbname = bacula;  password = "@db_pswd@"
}

 

# Reasonable message delivery -- send most everything to email address
#  and to the console
Messages {
  Name = Standard
#
# NOTE! If you send to two email or more email addresses, you will need
#  to replace the %r in the from field (-f part) with a single valid
#  email address in both the mailcommand and the operatorcommand.
#
  mailcommand = "/usr/lib/bacula/bsmtp -h localhost -f \"\(Bacula\) %r\" -s \"Bacula: %t %e of %c %l\" %r"
  operatorcommand = "/usr/lib/bacula/bsmtp -h localhost -f \"\(Bacula\) %r\" -s\"Bacula: Intervention needed for %j\" %r"
  mail = [EMAIL PROTECTED] = all, !skipped
  operator = [EMAIL PROTECTED] = mount
  console = all, !skipped, !saved
#
# WARNING! the following will create a file that you must cycle from
#          time to time as it will grow indefinitely. However, it will
#          also keep all your messages if they scroll off the console.
#
  append = "/var/lib/bacula/log" = all, !skipped
}

 

#
# Message delivery for daemon messages (no job).
Messages {
  Name = Daemon
  mailcommand = "/usr/lib/bacula/bsmtp -h localhost -f \"\(Bacula\) %r\" -s \"Bacula daemon message\" %r"
  mail = [EMAIL PROTECTED] = all, !skipped
  console = all, !skipped, !saved
  append = "/var/lib/bacula/log" = all, !skipped
}

 

### Block added by Silas on 08-05-2005 ###
Pool {
  Name = Full
#  Media Type = SDLT
  Pool Type = Backup
  Recycle = no                       # Bacula can automatically recycle Volumes
  AutoPrune = no                     # Prune expired volumes
  Volume Retention = 365 days         # one year
  Accept Any Volume = yes             # write on any volume in the pool
#  Label Format = "Full-"
  Label Format = "Full_${NumVols}_${Month:p/2/0/r}-${Day:p/2/0/r}-${Year}"
}

 

Pool {
  Name = Diff
#  Media Type = SDLT
  Pool Type = Backup
  Recycle = yes                       # Bacula can automatically recycle Volumes
  AutoPrune = yes                     # Prune expired volumes
  Volume Retention = 14 days         # one year
  Recycle Current Volume = yes
  Accept Any Volume = no             # Write on volume in the pool in sequencial order
#  Label Format = "Diff-"
  Label Format = "Diff_${NumVols}_${Month:p/2/0/r}-${Day:p/2/0/r}-${Year}"
}

 

Pool {
  Name = Catalog
#  Media Type = SDLT
  Pool Type = Backup
  Recycle = yes                       # Bacula can automatically recycle Volumes
  AutoPrune = yes                     # Prune expired volumes
  Volume Retention = 365 days         # one year
  Recycle Current Volume = yes
  Accept Any Volume = no             # Write on volume in the pool in sequencial order
#  Label Format = "Catalog-"
  Label Format = "Catalog_${NumVols}_${Month:p/2/0/r}-${Day:p/2/0/r}-${Year}"
}

 

Pool {
  Name = Scratch
#  Media Type = SDLT
  Pool Type = Backup
}

 

Pool {
  Name = Raid
  Pool Type = Backup
  Recycle = yes                       # Bacula can automatically recycle Volumes
  AutoPrune = yes                     # Prune expired volumes
  Volume Retention = 365 days         # one year
  Accept Any Volume = yes             # write on any volume in the pool
}

 

##########################################

 

# Default pool definition
Pool {
  Name = Default
  Pool Type = Backup
  Recycle = yes                       # Bacula can automatically recycle Volumes
  AutoPrune = yes                     # Prune expired volumes
  Volume Retention = 365 days         # one year
  Accept Any Volume = yes             # write on any volume in the pool
}

 

#
# Restricted console used by tray-monitor to get the status of the director
#
Console {
  Name = jet-mon
  Password = "XXXXXXXXXXXX"
  CommandACL = status, .status
}