Hi Gabor, Thanks - yes, I know. The reason these directories are listed multiple times is that on *some* of my servers, they are actually separate file systems; I had hoped to use a single file set to cover everything, and that bacula would be smart enough to detect and ignore the duplicates.
Thanks for the answer, though! Regards, Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Gabor Heja [mailto:kakaopor2...@stdio.hu] > Sent: Friday, April 02, 2010 3:06 AM > To: Kevin Keane > Cc: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Same file, same job, backed up two or three > times > > > Hi Kevin, > > The directories should be backed up recursively, so you do not need to > specify each directory (/boot, /var, ...) inside it. You would need to > specify the directories only when you have more than one filesystems > mounted and have specified the "onefs=yes" inside "Options{}". > > So in your case the /var/log/messages is backed up three times because > of > these rules: > File = / > File = /var > File = /var/log > > The first one would be enough for your whole system. > > Regards, > Gabor > > Ps. sorry for the duplicate e-mail, I have not cc-ed the list before. > > > On Fri, 2 Apr 2010 02:34:46 -0700, Kevin Keane > <subscript...@kkeane.com> > wrote: > > I have been troubleshooting how the backup for a system with total > disk > > usage of 9GB could produce a 24 GB backup. > > > > What I found is that apparently, bacula backs up the same file two or > > sometimes three times within a job. On this system, all data is > contained > > in a single file system. The file set contains root, as well as > several > > subdirectories. Apparently, the problem occurs for directories that > are > > named explicitly, and also included through a parent. For instance, > > /var/log/messages got backed up three times with the file set listed > below > > - probably because it is included through /, /var and /var/log. > > > > Bacula-fd: Bacula 2.4.2 (on CentOS 5.4) > > Bacula-dir (and bacula-sd): Bacula 3.0.3 (on OpenSUSE 11.2) > > > > Is that because of an incompatibility between 2.4 and 3.0, or am I > doing > > something else wrong? > > > > > > FileSet { > > Name = "Linux Full Set" > > Include { > > Options { > > signature = MD5 > > } > > File = / > > File = /boot > > File = /home > > File = /srv > > File = /usr > > File = /var > > File = /var/log > > File = /var/lib/bacula > > } > > Exclude { > > File = /proc > > File = /dev > > File = /sys > > File = /tmp > > File = /.journal > > File = /.fsck > > File = /srv/installimage > > File = /var/lock > > File = /var/run > > File = /var/tmp > > File = /var/cache > > File = /var/spool/postfix/public > > File = /var/spool/amavis/virusmails > > File = /var/spool/postfix/private > > File = /var/lib/mysql > > File = /var/lib/dhcp/dev/log > > File = /var/lib/php5 > > File = /var/lib/named/dev/log > > File = /var/lib/samba/winbindd_privileged/pipe > > File = /var/lib/zypp/cache > > File = /var/lib/zmd > > File = /var/lib/ntp > > File = /var/lib/logrotate.status > > File = /var/spool/cron/lastrun > > File = /var/log/zmd-* > > File = /var/log/ntp > > File = /var/log/httpd/error.* > > File = /virtual > > } > > } > > > > Kevin Keane > > Owner > > The NetTech > > Find the Uncommon: Expert Solutions for a Network You Never Have to > Think > > About > > > > Direct: 760-721-8339 > > Office: 866-642-7116 > > > > http://www.4nettech.com > > > > This e-mail and attachments, if any, may contain confidential and/or > > proprietary information. Please be advised that the unauthorized use > or > > disclosure of the information is strictly prohibited. The information > > herein is intended only for use by the intended recipient(s) named > above. > > If you have received this transmission in error, please notify the > sender > > immediately and permanently delete the e-mail and any copies, > printouts > or > > attachments thereof. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
