Am 14.09.2010 09:30, schrieb Silver Salonen:
> On Tuesday 14 September 2010 10:13:49 Christian Manal wrote:
>> Am 14.09.2010 08:36, schrieb Silver Salonen:
>>> Hello.
>>>
>>> I use Bacula 5.0.2 on FreeBSD 8.0. I have a huge archive-type backup that 
>>> has no full backup in its schedule:
>>>
>>> Schedule {
>>>         Name = Archive
>>>         Run = Level=Differential 1st fri at 23:05
>>>         Run = Level=Incremental 2nd-5th fri at 23:05
>>>         Run = Level=Incremental sat-thu at 23:05
>>> }
>>>
>>> The job builds its fileset dynamically with "/usr/bin/find /path/to/backup 
>>> -type f -mtime +90d -print" - it takes a while, but does its job. From 
>>> time-to-time the job just gets upgraded to full.. like today:
>>>
>>> 13-Sep 23:05 velvet-dir JobId 9135: 13-Sep 23:05 velvet-dir JobId 9135: No 
>>> prior or suitable Full backup found in catalog. Doing FULL backup.
>>> 13-Sep 23:05 velvet-dir JobId 9135: Start Backup JobId 9135, 
>>> Job=userdata-archive.2010-09-13_23.05.01_05
>>>
>>> Any ideas why this happens?
>>>
>>> Is there a way to continue with incremental backups once such a full backup 
>>> has been cancelled (eg. modifying Bacula DB manually)? It would really hurt 
>>> to start from scratch with this archive.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> did you set "Ignore FileSet Changes = yes" in your FileSet's
>> "Options"-Section? If not, the job level will be elevated to full, if
>> the FileSet changes.
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>> Christian Manal
> 
> Yes I did. Otherwise the job would be upgraded to full every time :)
> 

Well, it could have been, that the dynamically generated FileSet only
changes now and then.


> This upgrade happened now after 35 days, ie the full backup was done 35 days 
> ago, on 10th of August. Meanwhile only incrementals/differentials were done.
> 

What about your retention periods? Maybe the job or volume of the last
full backup got pruned.


Regards,
Christian Manal

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