Hi,
06.04.2009 23:58, Thomas Manson wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> I'm trying to exclude a list of folder from the backup, but it didn't
> work (my backup is still huge as before)
>
>
> The fileset is defined like this :
>
> FileSet {
> Name = "machine.domain.fr.FileSet"
> Include {
> Options {
> signature = SHA1
> compression = GZIP
> }
> File = /etc
> File = /home
> File = /usr/src/makeHttpd
> File = /root
> File = /backup/lastbackup
> }
> Exclude {
> File =
> "</usr/local/bin/scripts/bacula/excludeFolderList/machine.domain_excludeFolderList.txt"
> }
> }
Something that perhaps doesn't help you now, but might later: Consider
upgrading to 3.0 when released. It's got that feature built in.
>
> the local file (from the director point of view)
>
> /usr/local/bin/scripts/bacula/excludeFolderList/machine.domain_excludeFolderList.txt
>
> is generated with the following script
>
> find /home -name .bacula_exclude | sed 's/.bacula_exclude//' >
> /root/scripts/bacula/excludeFolderList
> (and then copied from the client to the directory machine via a scp)
>
> which is executed as a Run Before Job.
>
> Do you see anything wrong ?
Not necessarily wrong, though I admit I don't use excludes very often :-)
I would rather execute the command to generate the exclude list on the
client with the "\|" syntax. That at least ensures the list is always
up to date. From the manual:
> If the vertical bar (|) in front of my_partitions is preceded by a
> backslash as in \|, the program will be executed on the Client's
> machine instead of on the Director's machine. Please note that if
> the filename is given within quotes, you will need to use two
> slashes. An example, provided by John Donagher, that backs up all
> the local UFS partitions on a remote system is:
>
> FileSet {
> Name = "All local partitions"
> Include {
> Options { signature=SHA1; onefs=yes; }
> File = "\\|bash -c \"df -klF ufs | tail +2 | awk '{print \$6}'\""
> }
> }
Obviously, you'd exchange the "df" with your find | sed combination.
Arno
> Thomas.
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Arno Lehmann
IT-Service Lehmann
Sandstr. 6, 49080 Osnabrück
www.its-lehmann.de
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