Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Used space on (disk)volume grows 10 times faster than restored files?

2008-05-02 13:34:49
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Used space on (disk)volume grows 10 times faster than restored files?
From: "John Drescher" <drescherjm AT gmail DOT com>
To: Birger.Kollstrand AT devoteam DOT com
Date: Fri, 2 May 2008 13:34:44 -0400
On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 12:53 PM,  <Birger.Kollstrand AT devoteam DOT com> wrote:
>
> bacula-users-bounces AT lists.sourceforge DOT net wrote on 05/02/2008 
> 03:33:34 PM:
>
>
>  > On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 4:25 AM,  <Birger.Kollstrand AT devoteam DOT com> 
> wrote:
>  > >
>  > > Hi,
>  > >
>  > > We are running Bacula 2.2.8 and I was a bit puzled that the incremental
>  > > backups took 12-14 Gb on our network. I did a restore of all files from
> the
>  > > last incremental backup and did a du -h on it. That showed a size of
> only
>  > > app. 800Mb. And that seemed reasonalble. So where does all the other
> Gb's
>  > > come from?
>  > >
>  > > I have tried to check the Volume file  to see what can be using all the
>  > > aditional space, but I can't say I understand it.
>  > >
>  > > Is there anyone with more expereince than me (total beginner) that can
>  > > direct me in the right directio to solve my issue?
>  > >
>  > Are you sure that the volume does not contain many days of backups?
>  The volume contains 150+ jobs with full backup, delta and incremental
> backups.
> We get a 12-14Gb file each night when an incremental job is run.
> The  console log also states that the backup job contains 12-14Gb while the
> restore job is only showing 800Mb.
>
> Another thing I note is that the backup job says 1561 files, while the
> restore job says 309.
> The restore I run is from "bat" with selection of all files from the last
> incremental run (job 151).
>
>
> From the console of the resore job:
>   Restore Client:         DVT_backup_server-fd
>   Start time:             02-May-2008 15:05:26
>   End time:               02-May-2008 15:06:45
>   Files Expected:         309
>   Files Restored:         309
>   Bytes Restored:         817,354,288
>
> From the console of the backup job:
>   Job:                    fileserver1.2008-05-01_23.05.40
>   Backup Level:           Incremental, since=2008-04-30 23:05:02
>   Client:                 "DVT_backup_server-fd" 2.2.8 (26Jan08)
> i686-pc-linux-gnu,suse,5.x
>   FileSet:                "fileserver1 data" 2008-04-08 13:59:25
>   Pool:                   "Default" (From Job resource)
>   Storage:                "File" (From Job resource)
>   Scheduled time:         01-May-2008 23:05:00
>   Start time:             01-May-2008 23:05:02
>   End time:               01-May-2008 23:28:39
>   Elapsed time:           23 mins 37 secs
>   Priority:               10
>   FD Files Written:       1,561
>   SD Files Written:       1,561
>   FD Bytes Written:       12,055,755,305 (12.05 GB)
>   SD Bytes Written:       12,056,006,969 (12.05 GB)
>   Rate:                   8507.9 KB/s
>
>
> Is there something very basic that I have not yet understood?
>
Are you sure you are marking all of the files when you do the restore?
I mean it said that it backuped 1,561 files but your restore you have
selected 309. How are you executing the restore?

John

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