Thanks for the info, I'm following your command to get an output file from estimate command but it is not working. After running the command, I check the output file and I was given this:
Select Job resource (1-8): The defined Job resources are: 1: client 2: vega 3: acct-svr 4 5 6 7 8 I did see the estimate command running on the console, it just wasn't output to the file. I tried a google search but couldn't find anything. If you can give me more info on how to output the estimate command to a file, that would be great. Thanks Raymond Luong IT Department Mocana Corporation -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kern Sibbald Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 8:34 AM To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: Arthur Emerson III Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] backup volume size greater than files On Tuesday 03 April 2007 01:13, Arthur Emerson III wrote: > > Darien Hager <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Are you reading from "Size:" or "Size on disk:"? If there is a > > significant difference between the two, then that may indicate the > > presence of "sparse files", in which case you will want to set > > sparse=yes in your Fileset's Options{} block. It may also be a signal > > that you have compression enabled on the disk, which you can check by > > right-clicking on the folder (or suspect files within it), selecting > > "Advanced", and seeing if anything has "Compress contents to save > > disk space" ticked. Compressed files will often show with a different > > non-black text color in Windows Explorer. > > When I did a restore of a Win2K3 VSS backup the other day, I > noticed that the "System Volume Information" folder on the D: > in question was around 3 gigs. I have no idea what purpose > this folder serves, but suspect that both it and "RECYCLER" > (deleted files in your recycle bin that are waiting to be emptied) > may not be counted by Windows in it's total file size display > due to being hidden/system folders, but *are* counted when Bacula > backs them up. > > Feel free to list the files in the archive and add up the storage > in these two folders from your backup to see if they account for > the extra 3 gigs of backup size..... I would second this suggestion, and even suggest try using the estimate command and diverting the output to a file, then actually looking at what files Bacula will backup. It can be very surprising. Here is a rough idea of what to do -- I'll undoubtely make mistakes because this is off the top of my head: ./bconsole @output /tmp/listing estimate job=xxx listing level=full @output quit look at /tmp/listing and obviously you should replace xxx with the name of your Job. > > -Arthur > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Arthur Emerson III Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Network Administrator InterNIC: AE81 > Mount Saint Mary College MaBell: (845) 561-0800 Ext. 3109 > 330 Powell Ave. Fax: (845) 562-6762 > Newburgh, NY 12550 SneakerNet: Aquinas Hall Room 6 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
