Re: [Bacula-users] Windows incremental backup based on time stamps

2009-09-29 Thread ebollengier
Júlio Maranhão-2 wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 6:10 PM, ebollengier > wrote: >> How are you 100% sure that only Bacula will change this archive bit on >> your >> system? (It can >> lead to serious consistency problems if users run winzip on your back) >> How >> will work >> Differential b

[Bacula-users] Windows incremental backup based on time stamps

2009-09-28 Thread Júlio Maranhão
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 6:10 PM, ebollengier wrote: > How are you 100% sure that only Bacula will change this archive bit on your > system? (It can > lead to serious consistency problems if users run winzip on your back) How > will work > Differential backups? (this bit would have been unset many

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows incremental backup based on time stamps

2009-09-28 Thread ebollengier
Júlio Maranhão-2 wrote: > >> In theory, Accurate means that it should back up any file that is in any >> way different to what it was when the backup was last done. I'm not sure >> to what extent it works in practice. > > I will measure the memory cost and correctness. > >> >> Bacula began in

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows incremental backup based on time stamps

2009-09-28 Thread Graham Keeling
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 09:18:34AM -0300, Júlio Maranhão wrote: > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 4:44 AM, Graham Keeling wrote: > > After investigating this for myself last week, I found that the code looks > > at the access and modification times of files in both the 'accurate' and > > non-'accurate' ca

[Bacula-users] Windows incremental backup based on time stamps

2009-09-28 Thread Júlio Maranhão
On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 4:44 AM, Graham Keeling wrote: > After investigating this for myself last week, I found that the code looks > at the access and modification times of files in both the 'accurate' and > non-'accurate' cases. > So, for example, if you change a file and then set those times ba

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows incremental backup based on time stamps

2009-09-28 Thread Graham Keeling
On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 08:12:54PM +1000, James Harper wrote: > > Considering "file names" loaded in RAM, I still have doubts. For instance: > > > > 1) If Accurate=yes, and there is a new file but with old date than > > previous full/diff/inc backup, will it be backed up? Is this very old > > Wind

[Bacula-users] Windows incremental backup based on time stamps

2009-09-27 Thread Júlio Maranhão
> In theory, Accurate means that it should back up any file that is in any way > different to what it was when the backup was last done. I'm not sure to what > extent it works in practice. I will measure the memory cost and correctness. > > Bacula began in a unix/posix environment. Windows supp

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows incremental backup based on time stamps

2009-09-27 Thread James Harper
> Considering "file names" loaded in RAM, I still have doubts. For instance: > > 1) If Accurate=yes, and there is a new file but with old date than > previous full/diff/inc backup, will it be backed up? Is this very old > Windows Bacula client bug solved? In theory, Accurate means that it should

[Bacula-users] Windows incremental backup based on time stamps

2009-09-27 Thread Júlio Maranhão
2009/9/27 James Harper : > > I think that the 'Accurate' option is what the "we have a project to correct > this" refers to, and it does at the expense of a bit of extra disk activity > and number crunching. Search for "Accurate" in the docs to find out more. > > James > Following your hint, I f

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows incremental backup based on time stamps

2009-09-26 Thread James Harper
> > Does anyone have more info about the following statement? It's a very old > info. > > From: http://www.bacula.org/en/dev-manual/Current_State_Bacula.html > > "Bacula's Differential and Incremental backups are based on time > stamps. Consequently, if you move files into an existing directory

[Bacula-users] Windows incremental backup based on time stamps

2009-09-26 Thread Júlio Maranhão
Does anyone have more info about the following statement? It's a very old info. From: http://www.bacula.org/en/dev-manual/Current_State_Bacula.html "Bacula's Differential and Incremental backups are based on time stamps. Consequently, if you move files into an existing directory or move a whole d