Re: how to split partitions
2006-03-17 07:54:04
On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 01:36:58PM +0100, listrcv enlightened us:
> Paul Bijnens wrote:
>
> >Try this:
> >
> >prometheus /home/ALL_a /home {
> > tar-dfault-no-x
> > include "./a*"
> > } 1
> >prometheus /home/ALL_b /home {
> > tar-dfault-no-x
> > include "./b*"
> > } 1
> >... etc etc ...
> >prometheus /home/ALL_z /home {
> > tar-dfault-no-x
> > include "./z*"
> > } 1
> >prometheus /home/REST /home {
> > tar-dfault-no-x
> > exclude append "./[a-z]*"
> > } 1
>
> The following does _not_ work as it should:
>
>
> prometheus /share_dbvnr /share {
> tar-dfault
> include "./db-vnr"
> } 1
>
> prometheus /share_edv /share {
> tar-dfault
> include "./edv"
> } 1
>
> prometheus /share_programs /share {
> tar-dfault
> include "./programs"
> } 1
>
> prometheus /share_rest /share {
> tar-dfault
> exclude append "./cpc ./cs ./data ./db-vnr ./edv ./programs"
> } 1
>
>
> It will dump the subdirectories as specified, but excluding the
> subdirectories results in another dump of everything under /share which
> I don't want because it will no longer fit on a single tape soon.
>
> This is probably because tar is being told to archive /share and to
> exclude the directories listed which will result in archieving them
> nonetheless, exactly as it was in the testing of tar options I did
> yesterday.
>
> How do I catch the rest?
>
>
> It does work for backing up /home:
>
>
> [...]
> prometheus /home_y /home {
> tar-dfault
> include "./y*"
> } 1
>
> prometheus /home_z /home {
> tar-dfault
> include "./z*"
> } 1
>
> prometheus /home_rest /home {
> tar-dfault
> exclude append "./[a-z]*"
> } 1
>
>
> How comes that it works for /home but not for /share? I have stopped
> using wildcards on /share because I'm getting
>
>
> dumper: FATAL error [dumper PORT-DUMP: too many args: 19 != 12]
>
>
> in the report. My idea was that spaces in filenames give me trouble, but
> not using wildcards didn't help neither the problem with the number of
> arguments, nor dumping /share twice.
>
> How can I find out what causes the problem with the arguments?
>
>
> GH
I'd look at the sendsize.* files on the server. The .debug will show you the
tar commands being run, the .include and .exclude files will show you the
contents of the includes/excludes. See if you can track down the difference.
Matt
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