Hi all, I have now tried this on a network client running the same version of Bacula (5.0.2), and I still get this problem. However, if I compare this to a local job (e.g. the Bacula server is backing itself up), it doesn't happen: files only appear once in the catalog.
I thought it might be a time-related issue, but I can confirm that all systems involved are synched to the same NTP servers. Does anyone else have any pointers or ideas as to what might be going wrong ? Many thanks, -Mark On 18 Jan 2011, at 09:40, Mark Round wrote: Hi all, I have a strange issue with one of my Bacula servers, as it seems to be backing up files on my clients twice during a session. I first noticed this on Bacula 2.4.4 (Debian Lenny), but have just upgraded the server to 5.0.2 (Debian Squeeze), and the problem persists. I first noticed it because the disk volumes (I'm using HD backup, not to tape) for full backups were twice the size of the actual systems being backed up - e.g. a system using 4GB ended up with an 8GB backup volume. When I examine the backups with BAT, I can see multiple copies of the same file for each backup job. For example, I have attached a screenshot showing a file (/var/log/messages) on one system - you can see different file Ids, but it's included twice. I thought it might be a catalog issue, so as an extreme measure, I dropped the catalog DB (MySQL), recreated empty tables and started everything from scratch again. The problem persisted, and I still have files being backed up twice. Just wondering if anyone can shed some light on this issue ? Apart from files being included twice, everything else seems to work OK... I will of course post a follow up with any solutions! Regards, -Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your company and customers by using code signing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
