Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Why are my jobs upgraded to Full backup?

2008-12-05 07:57:18
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Why are my jobs upgraded to Full backup?
From: Ulrich Leodolter <ulrich.leodolter AT obvsg DOT at>
To: Kevin Keane <subscription AT kkeane DOT com>
Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:50:25 +0100
On Fri, 2008-12-05 at 02:53 -0800, Kevin Keane wrote:
> I'm troubleshooting my backup strategy again.
> 
> For some reason, today all my jobs ran a full backup instead of the 
> scheduled incremental. The messages say "Backup Level: Full (upgraded 
> from Incremental)". In this particular example below, the most recent 
> full backup happened on 11/30, with a few successful incremental backups 
> in between.
> 
> How can I tell what criterion bacula used to upgrade these jobs? I would 
> attach part of a bacula-dir.conf file as well, but I don't even know 
> which resource to look for.
> 
>   Build OS:               x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu suse 5.x
>   JobId:                  775
>   Job:                    xxxx.2008-12-04_23.05.04
>   Backup Level:           Full (upgraded from Incremental)
>   Client:                 "xxxx-fd" 2.4.2 (26Jul08) 
> i686-pc-linux-gnu,suse,5.x
>   FileSet:                "Full Set" 2008-12-04 23:05:05
>   Pool:                   "Full-1-Pool" (From Run FullPool override)
>   Storage:                "Disk3" (From Pool resource)
> 
> One change I made yesterday: I excluded two additional directories in 
> the Fileset for all my Linux clients, and then restarted bacula-dir. I 
> can't see how that would make bacula think that a full backup is needed, 
> though.
> 

You need "Ignore FileSet Changes = yes"
http://www.bacula.org/en/rel-manual/Configuring_Director.html#SECTION001470000000000000000

Regards
Ulrich

> Thanks!

-- 
Ulrich Leodolter <ulrich.leodolter AT obvsg DOT at>
OBVSG


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