Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Accurate restoration of renamed/deleted file

2009-03-24 10:41:41
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Accurate restoration of renamed/deleted file
From: Frank Sweetser <fs AT WPI DOT EDU>
To: Craig Ringer <craig AT postnewspapers.com DOT au>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:35:17 -0400
Craig Ringer wrote:
> Craig Ringer wrote:
>> Frank Sweetser wrote:
>>> Craig Ringer wrote:
>>>> Frank Sweetser wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> [deleted file tracking] has been implemented in the current 
>>>>> development code base.
>>>> Oh, I also meant to ask:
>>>>
>>>> Does deleted file tracking require the cooperation of the fd? Or will 
>>>> I be able to keep on using 2.4 fds on my clients? It'd be helpful not 
>>>> to have to run 2.4 and 2.5 fds in parallel on the clients.
>>> I haven't played with it, but I believe that it requires 2.5 FDs.
>> Yes, looking at the sources, it does look like a 2.5 FD would be required.
>>
>> However, I'm not having any luck getting it working even with a 2.5 
>> (today's SVN) director and FD.
> 
> Aah, never mind. Had to add the "Accurate" directive to the job 
> definition, it's right there in TFM.
> 
> With:
> 
>    Accurate = yes
> 
> it all works as expected (despite the TODO/FIXME notes in the code). I 
> must've missed something in the fd code :S

Excellent!

> Now, to see how it performs with my Maildir-like Cyrus IMAPd spool 
> (67Gb, ~ 500,000 files, daily incrementals over weekly differentials and 
> monthly full backups).

I'm sure the developers would love to hear how the accurate code works in that
kind of a real world test.

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