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Re: [Bacula-users] Understanding bacula backup on Windows

2009-05-24 12:19:04
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Understanding bacula backup on Windows
From: Bruno Friedmann <bruno AT ioda-net DOT ch>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2009 18:12:54 +0200
gerald.rohrbach AT ro-net DOT de wrote:
> I have a strange effect on a windows client, but maybe
> there is an easy explanation.
> 
> I run bacual on a Suse 11.1 64bit version.
> On a remote W2K3 machine I have running a bacula 3.01 client.
> 
> There is a daily backup scheduled, I'm backing up only one folder.
> In this folder there is a database backup generated on daily base
> by script at 9:00 pm. ( about 20MB only )
> 
> At 11:30 bacula schedule is running.
> The strange thing is, if I control with bconsole the status,
> I can see that every two days 3 files are in the backup,
> but every day there are 2 new files in the folder.
> I have checked that.
> 
> Where the third file record is coming from I have no idea,
> I checked in db and there is no name , it is an empty record somehow.
> More strange is for me, why only each second day there is a real backup.
> 
> How does bacula-fd checks on windows, which file to pickup for backup.
> 
> Regards
> Gerald
> 

The third myterous invisbile file are in fact the father directory where the 2 
files are stored.
This one has it's properties modified also, so bacula need them in case of 
restore.

:-)

-- 

     Bruno Friedmann



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