Ralf Gross wrote:
> Michel Meyers schrieb:
>>>> Maybe we should change the sentence as follows?
>>>>
>>>> 'If this directive is set to yes, any changes you make to the FileSet
>>>> Include or Exclude lists will not cause Bacula to immediately perform a
>>>> Full backup.'
>>> ...but include new files in the next regular backup. ?
>> It should. The way I understood it is that Bacula first determines what
>> job level to use. For that, it checks several things (schedule, is there
>> a full backup that's valid, ...) and one of them is the MD5 hash of the
>> FileSet definition. If that hash (stored at the time of the last
>> backup?) doesn't match the current one, Bacula upgrades the backup to
>> Full, unless 'Ignore Fileset Changes' is set. In the latter case, Bacula
>> may (or may not) run an Incremental/Differential as usual while taking
>> into account whatever you changed in the FileSet (ie if you added sth,
>> it should see it as new and back it up, if you removed sth, it shouldn't
>> back it up any more).
>
> I think so too. Maybe I can test this tomorrow, so that we can add the
> note about "...but include new files in the next regular backup" in
> the docs.
>
I've wondered about this behaviour before but never gotten around to
testing it.
My main concern was whether it would realise it hadn't backed up a
particular directory/files before or not.
Take this example:
* Directory 'dir1' is created on Monday and some files are placed in it.
* Monday night's incremental runs, but doesn't backup anything as
this directory hasn't been added to the fileset yet.
* On Tuesday, more files are added to the directory, and then 'dir1'
is added to the fileset (Which has Ignore Fileset changes set to 'No')
Will Tuesday nights incremental backup job capture all the files in
dir1, or just the ones modified since the previous backup (ie only the
files added on Tuesday?)
I personally suspect it'll be the later but would be interested in
confirmation one way or the other.
Cheers,
Troy.
> Ralf
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