Hello Bruno,

thanks for your suggestion which I already implemented in a working testing 
environment. It is really a great way to be very flexible.
The disadvantage is that it is hard(er) do understand for first level 
employees what is actually backed up.

kr J

Bruno Friedmann (bruno-at-bareos) schrieb am Dienstag, 4. März 2025 um 
13:42:12 UTC+1:

> I believe it such variable case it would be better to implement a script 
> or a dedicated file read (or write) on the client so it's always the same 
> fileset, but its content will vary.
>
> See 
> https://docs.bareos.org/Configuration/Director.html#config-Dir_Fileset_Include_File
>
> Using either Type : “\\<includefile-client” or “\\|command-client”
>
> File = "\\</etc/bareos/bareos-fd.d/file_to_include" 
> Then each of your client fill up that file (or you management script)
>
> File="\\|/var/lib/bareos/create_file_list.sh" 
> With any scripting creating the list file to include.
>
>
> On Tuesday, 4 March 2025 at 12:17:45 UTC+1 Josef Weisskopf wrote:
>
>> Hello Bruno,
>>
>> thanks for your answer, eg a fileset like this (regarding Windows). I 
>> would like to use one fileset for all Windows Data-Folders , however I 
>> don´t know which Data folder exist. It could be just one or all three.
>>
>> FileSet {
>>   Name = "winsrv-cbx-fs"
>>   Enable VSS = yes
>>   Include { 
>>     Options {
>>       Drive Type = fixed
>>       IgnoreCase = yes
>>       OneFS = yes
>>     }
>>      File = "C:/Data"
>>      File = "D:/Data"
>>      File = "E:/Data"
>>      Exclude Dir Containing = .nobackup
>>   }
>> }
>>
>> If a warning cannot be suppressed, I have to split the fileset up and use 
>> different filesets for Windows Servers which make the setup more complex 
>> and even more difficult to understand (more filesets, more jobs,...). 
>> Surely these approach has also advantages in my case I would just prefer a 
>> "general" fileset.
>>
>> kr
>>
>>
>> Bruno Friedmann (bruno-at-bareos) schrieb am Dienstag, 4. März 2025 um 
>> 10:00:36 UTC+1:
>>
>>> Hi Josef, without example I a bit clueless how to help you.
>>>
>>> OneFS allow the fact skip subdir when they are a different filesystem, 
>>> like /proc /dev /sys when you give File=/ to backup.
>>> If you give /data/subdir and subdir is missing you will have a warning 
>>> because it is expected to be there.
>>>
>>> If you have that much warning, maybe another approach is needed to build 
>>> the list to be backuped like dynamic scripting.
>>> On Monday, 3 March 2025 at 11:43:56 UTC+1 Josef Weisskopf wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> is there a possibility to get rid of the warnings if directories don´t 
>>>> exist?
>>>> I read the onefs option should do that ("This configuration will 
>>>> silently skip non-existing folders without generating warnings") but 
>>>> it doesn´t work in my case.
>>>> Do I miss something? 
>>>>
>>>> kr
>>>>
>>>

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