Hello all,
I've made changes to a job's fileset, but it does not seem to have any
effect. By doing a SELECT in the bacula database, I'm able to see that
files which are part of a path which I've added to an Exclude block are
still being backed up.
Heres the fileset for an example:
Before:
FileSet {
Name = Example
Include {
Options {
signature = MD5
compression = GZIP
RegexDir = ".*ports.*"
Exclude = YES
}
File = /etc/
File = /usr/local/etc/
File = /var/
File = /opt/jails/
}
}
I noticed there's a large amount of unnecessary data in /var/tmp that
needs to be kept, but not backed up, so I updated the fileset to read
(note the Exclude{} block at the bottom):
FileSet {
Name = Example
Include {
Options {
signature = MD5
compression = GZIP
RegexDir = ".*ports.*"
Exclude = YES
}
File = /etc/
File = /usr/local/etc/
File = /var/
File = /opt/jails/
}
Exclude {
File = /var/tmp/
}
}
However, despite there being 10GB of files in /var/tmp, the backup size
does not change. A 'list files' or SELECT in the bacula DB still shows
the directory and all of its files being backed up in the latest full
backup (after a 'reload'):
bacula=# SELECT count(*) from file JOIN filename ON (file.filenameid =
filename.filenameid) JOIN path ON (file.pathid = path.pathid) where
jobid = xxxxxx and path like '/var/tmp/%';
count
-------
4705
(1 row)
I've also noticed that the "Example" fileset and its associated MD5 in
the Bacula database do not get updated after a bconsole reload. The
manual states "Any change to the list of the included files will cause
Bacula to automatically create a new FileSet (defined by the name and an
MD5 checksum of the Include/Exclude contents)".
Has anyone ran into this before? Is there something I'm missing that is
preventing the fileset changes from taking effect? FYI I'm using
Bacula-3.0.3 on FreeBSD with a PostgreSQL 8.3 database.
Thanks.
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