On Friday 30 September 2005 00:01, Bennett, Silas (GE Infrastructure) wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Phil Stracchino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 1:31 PM > To: Arno Lehmann > Cc: Bennett, Silas (GE Infrastructure); > bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Differentials Jobs referencing obsolete Full > Job > > >Arno Lehmann wrote: > >> Hello, > >> > >> I'll put my answer to Phil's post here... it just fits better. > >> > >> Phil, if he scenario you describe really can happen I think it would be > >> time to consider the time stamp stored in the FileSet when looking for > >> previous backups. sqlquery follows: > > > >I don't know whether I can or not; I haven't looked at the code to see. > >And at the moment I don't know that I could tell anything anyway. > > > >> Ha! Is it possible that your Full and Differential backups are actually > >> _two_ jobs, instead of one job with different levels in the schedule? > >> I've seen this from some people, and it might be that the manual doesn't > >> state it clear enough, but you must define one job and set the backup > >> level either manually when running that job, or override it in the > >> schedule. > >> > >> Bacula won't base a differential backup on a full one defined in another > >> job resource, even if they have client, fileset, and all other stuff in > >> common. > > BINGO!!! > > That is it exactly. The documentation was not clear at all on this. Thank > you very much, I would have never been able to figure that out from the > docs. > > Is there someplace to issue a bug report against the documentation?
The manual is pretty big. Perhaps you didn't look in the right place, which is very beginning of "The Job Resouce" where Level is defined. It seems pretty clear to me, though that said, there is always room to improve the doc. I won't accept a bug report, but if someone can suggest precisely what words need to be changed and were, that could help. > > -Silas > > >This possibility hadn't occurred to me. Good thinking. > > > > > > > >-- > > Phil Stracchino [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Renaissance Man, Unix generalist, Perl hacker > > Mobile: 603-216-7037 Landline: 603-886-3518 > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, > and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users -- Best regards, Kern ("> /\ V_V ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
