On 14.09.2010 18:48, Martin Simmons wrote: >>>>>> On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:54:11 +0300, Silver Salonen said: >> >> On Tuesday 14 September 2010 15:16:47 Martin Simmons wrote: >>>>>>>> On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:49:59 +0300, Silver Salonen said: >>>> >>>> On Tuesday 14 September 2010 10:59:09 Christian Manal wrote: >>>>> Am 14.09.2010 09:53, schrieb Silver Salonen: >>>>>> On Tuesday 14 September 2010 10:41:38 Christian Manal wrote: >>>>>>> Am 14.09.2010 09:30, schrieb Silver Salonen: >>>>>>>> On Tuesday 14 September 2010 10:13:49 Christian Manal wrote: >>>>>>>>> Am 14.09.2010 08:36, schrieb Silver Salonen: >>>>>>>>>> Hello. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I use Bacula 5.0.2 on FreeBSD 8.0. I have a huge archive-type backup >>>>>>>>>> that has no full backup in its schedule: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Schedule { >>>>>>>>>> Name = Archive >>>>>>>>>> Run = Level=Differential 1st fri at 23:05 >>>>>>>>>> Run = Level=Incremental 2nd-5th fri at 23:05 >>>>>>>>>> Run = Level=Incremental sat-thu at 23:05 >>>>>>>>>> } >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> The job builds its fileset dynamically with "/usr/bin/find >>>>>>>>>> /path/to/backup -type f -mtime +90d -print" - it takes a while, but >>>>>>>>>> does its job. From time-to-time the job just gets upgraded to full.. >>>>>>>>>> like today: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> 13-Sep 23:05 velvet-dir JobId 9135: 13-Sep 23:05 velvet-dir JobId >>>>>>>>>> 9135: No prior or suitable Full backup found in catalog. Doing FULL >>>>>>>>>> backup. >>>>>>>>>> 13-Sep 23:05 velvet-dir JobId 9135: Start Backup JobId 9135, >>>>>>>>>> Job=userdata-archive.2010-09-13_23.05.01_05 >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Any ideas why this happens? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Is there a way to continue with incremental backups once such a full >>>>>>>>>> backup has been cancelled (eg. modifying Bacula DB manually)? It >>>>>>>>>> would really hurt to start from scratch with this archive. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> did you set "Ignore FileSet Changes = yes" in your FileSet's >>>>>>>>> "Options"-Section? If not, the job level will be elevated to full, if >>>>>>>>> the FileSet changes. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Regards, >>>>>>>>> Christian Manal >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Yes I did. Otherwise the job would be upgraded to full every time :) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Well, it could have been, that the dynamically generated FileSet only >>>>>>> changes now and then. >>>>>> >>>>>> The dataset is big enough to contain at least a modified file for every >>>>>> day :) >>>>>> >>>>>>>> This upgrade happened now after 35 days, ie the full backup was done >>>>>>>> 35 days ago, on 10th of August. Meanwhile only >>>>>>>> incrementals/differentials were done. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> What about your retention periods? Maybe the job or volume of the last >>>>>>> full backup got pruned. >>>>>> >>>>>> Retention period of the full volume is 10 years. The client's file and >>>>>> job retention periods are 6 months. So I don't think configuration of >>>>>> any of these parameters' could have caused that. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Silver >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Then I'm out of ideas. Sorry. >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> Christian Manal >>>> >>>> Thanks anyway. Any other ideas anyone? >>> >>> Is the Full job still shown by the list jobs command (i.e. is it still in >>> the >>> catalog at all)? >> >> Yes, with job status "A". > > Status "A" is a failure code for "Cancelled". Is that what you expected? > Bacula will ignore that job when looking for the prior Full backup, but you > can use delete jobid=... to delete it from the catalog. > > Is there an older one still in the list as well?
Yes, the list has all the jobs since beginning of times, including the successful FULL one :) I now deleted the cancelled job from the list - let's see what happens today evening. >>> What did the last successful incremental print for the "Backup Level" in the >>> log. It should give a date. >> >> The last incremental backup was not different from other incrementals. >> >> 12-Sep 23:05 velvet-dir JobId 9130: Start Backup JobId 9130, >> Job=userdata-archive.2010-09-12_23.05.04_00 >> 12-Sep 23:05 velvet-dir JobId 9130: There are no more Jobs associated with >> Volume "userdata-archive-incr-0315". Marking it purged. >> 12-Sep 23:05 velvet-dir JobId 9130: All records pruned from Volume >> "userdata-archive-incr-0315"; marking it "Purged" >> 12-Sep 23:05 velvet-dir JobId 9130: Recycled volume >> "userdata-archive-incr-0315" >> 12-Sep 23:05 velvet-dir JobId 9130: Using Device "device-archive" >> 12-Sep 23:19 velvet-dir JobId 9130: Sending Accurate information. >> 12-Sep 23:21 velvet-sd JobId 9130: Recycled volume >> "userdata-archive-incr-0315" on device "device-archive" >> (/mnt/backup/bacula/), all previous data lost. >> 12-Sep 23:21 velvet-dir JobId 9130: Max Volume jobs exceeded. Marking Volume >> "userdata-archive-incr-0315" as Used. >> 12-Sep 23:59 velvet-sd JobId 9130: Job write elapsed time = 00:37:46, >> Transfer rate = 19 Bytes/second > > You chopped the part I wanted to see. Please post the whole job log, down to > the start of the next job. This is from the e-mail Bacula server sent: 12-Sep 23:05 velvet-dir JobId 9130: Start Backup JobId 9130, Job=userdata-archive.2010-09-12_23.05.04_00 12-Sep 23:05 velvet-dir JobId 9130: There are no more Jobs associated with Volume "userdata-archive-incr-0315". Marking it purged. 12-Sep 23:05 velvet-dir JobId 9130: All records pruned from Volume "userdata-archive-incr-0315"; marking it "Purged" 12-Sep 23:05 velvet-dir JobId 9130: Recycled volume "userdata-archive-incr-0315" 12-Sep 23:05 velvet-dir JobId 9130: Using Device "device-archive" 12-Sep 23:19 velvet-dir JobId 9130: Sending Accurate information. 12-Sep 23:21 velvet-sd JobId 9130: Recycled volume "userdata-archive-incr-0315" on device "device-archive" (/mnt/backup/bacula/), all previous data lost. 12-Sep 23:21 velvet-dir JobId 9130: Max Volume jobs exceeded. Marking Volume "userdata-archive-incr-0315" as Used. 12-Sep 23:59 velvet-fd JobId 9130: Could not stat "/usr/local/repositories": ERR=No such file or directory 12-Sep 23:59 velvet-sd JobId 9130: Job write elapsed time = 00:37:46, Transfer rate = 19 Bytes/second 12-Sep 23:59 velvet-dir JobId 9130: Bacula velvet-dir 5.0.2 (28Apr10): 12-Sep-2010 23:59:46 Build OS: amd64-portbld-freebsd8.0 freebsd 8.0-RELEASE-p2 JobId: 9130 Job: userdata-archive.2010-09-12_23.05.04_00 Backup Level: Incremental, since=2010-09-11 23:23:00 Client: "velvet-fd" 5.0.2 (28Apr10) amd64-portbld-freebsd8.0,freebsd,8.0-RELEASE-p2 FileSet: "userdata-archive" 2009-05-01 23:05:00 Pool: "pool-userdata-archive-incr" (From Job IncPool override) Catalog: "MySQL" (From Client resource) Storage: "storage-archive" (From Job resource) Scheduled time: 12-Sep-2010 23:05:03 Start time: 12-Sep-2010 23:19:20 End time: 12-Sep-2010 23:59:46 Elapsed time: 40 mins 26 secs Priority: 10 FD Files Written: 193 SD Files Written: 193 FD Bytes Written: 17,283 (17.28 KB) SD Bytes Written: 44,068 (44.06 KB) Rate: 0.0 KB/s Software Compression: None VSS: no Encryption: no Accurate: yes Volume name(s): userdata-archive-incr-0315 Volume Session Id: 174 Volume Session Time: 1279692875 Last Volume Bytes: 47,615 (47.61 KB) Non-fatal FD errors: 1 SD Errors: 0 FD termination status: OK SD termination status: OK Termination: Backup OK -- with warnings -- Silver ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users