On Jan 25, 2012, at 11:34 AM, Martin Simmons wrote: >>>>>> On Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:34:10 -0800, Steven Schlansker said: >> >> Looking through the documentation, there's no obvious way to guarantee order >> or backups within a FileSet. Is there some particular >> order that Bacula uses that I can rely on portably? (I assume not, but >> would love if there is) If not, would it be hard to add an >> option that say ensures that backups recurse in e.g. alphabetical order? >> >> I know I could set up two FileSets and two Jobs, but that is both more >> complex and makes doing differential / incremental backups and restores much >> more complicated. I'd prefer to have a single job that does it all. > > The problem is larger than just guaranteeing the order -- you also have to > generate the list of WAL files after the main data files have been archived. > > You could make a fileset with two Include sections, one which starts at / but > excludes the WAL files (with the Exclude = yes option) and other that includes > only the WAL files. The main data files would be archived by the first > Include section.
So, Bacula will process the Include directives in order? I couldn't find that in the manual, but if if's true that is exactly what I need. Thanks! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
