On Wednesday 15 September 2010 08:53:07 Silver Salonen wrote:
> On Tuesday 14 September 2010 21:54:21 Silver Salonen wrote:
> > On 14.09.2010 18:48, Martin Simmons wrote:
> > >>>>>> On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:54:11 +0300, Silver Salonen said:
> > >>
> > >> On Tuesday 14 September 2010 15:16:47 Martin Simmons wrote:
> > >>>>>>>> On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:49:59 +0300, Silver Salonen said:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On Tuesday 14 September 2010 10:59:09 Christian Manal wrote:
> > >>>>> Am 14.09.2010 09:53, schrieb Silver Salonen:
> > >>>>>> On Tuesday 14 September 2010 10:41:38 Christian Manal wrote:
> > >>>>>>> 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.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> The dataset is big enough to contain at least a modified file for
> > >>>>>> every day :)
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>>>> 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.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> Retention period of the full volume is 10 years. The client's file
> > >>>>>> and job retention periods are 6 months. So I don't think
> > >>>>>> configuration of any of these parameters' could have caused that.
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>> --
> > >>>>>> Silver
> > >>>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Then I'm out of ideas. Sorry.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Regards,
> > >>>>> Christian Manal
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Thanks anyway. Any other ideas anyone?
> > >>>
> > >>> Is the Full job still shown by the list jobs command (i.e. is it still
> > >>> in the
> > >>> catalog at all)?
> > >>
> > >> Yes, with job status "A".
> > >
> > > Status "A" is a failure code for "Cancelled". Is that what you expected?
> > > Bacula will ignore that job when looking for the prior Full backup, but
> > > you
> > > can use delete jobid=... to delete it from the catalog.
> > >
> > > Is there an older one still in the list as well?
> >
> > Yes, the list has all the jobs since beginning of times, including the
> > successful FULL one :)
> >
> > I now deleted the cancelled job from the list - let's see what happens
> > today evening.
> >
> > >>> What did the last successful incremental print for the "Backup Level"
> > >>> in the
> > >>> log. It should give a date.
> > >>
> > >> The last incremental backup was not different from other incrementals.
> > >>
> > >> 12-Sep 23:05 velvet-dir JobId 9130: Start Backup JobId 9130,
> > >> Job=userdata-archive.2010-09-12_23.05.04_00
> > >> 12-Sep 23:05 velvet-dir JobId 9130: There are no more Jobs associated
> > >> with Volume "userdata-archive-incr-0315". Marking it purged.
> > >> 12-Sep 23:05 velvet-dir JobId 9130: All records pruned from Volume
> > >> "userdata-archive-incr-0315"; marking it "Purged"
> > >> 12-Sep 23:05 velvet-dir JobId 9130: Recycled volume
> > >> "userdata-archive-incr-0315"
> > >> 12-Sep 23:05 velvet-dir JobId 9130: Using Device "device-archive"
> > >> 12-Sep 23:19 velvet-dir JobId 9130: Sending Accurate information.
> > >> 12-Sep 23:21 velvet-sd JobId 9130: Recycled volume
> > >> "userdata-archive-incr-0315" on device "device-archive"
> > >> (/mnt/backup/bacula/), all previous data lost.
> > >> 12-Sep 23:21 velvet-dir JobId 9130: Max Volume jobs exceeded. Marking
> > >> Volume "userdata-archive-incr-0315" as Used.
> > >> 12-Sep 23:59 velvet-sd JobId 9130: Job write elapsed time = 00:37:46,
> > >> Transfer rate = 19 Bytes/second
> > >
> > > You chopped the part I wanted to see. Please post the whole job log,
> > > down to
> > > the start of the next job.
> >
> > This is from the e-mail Bacula server sent:
> >
> > 12-Sep 23:05 velvet-dir JobId 9130: Start Backup JobId 9130,
> > Job=userdata-archive.2010-09-12_23.05.04_00
> > 12-Sep 23:05 velvet-dir JobId 9130: There are no more Jobs associated with
> > Volume "userdata-archive-incr-0315". Marking it purged.
> > 12-Sep 23:05 velvet-dir JobId 9130: All records pruned from Volume
> > "userdata-archive-incr-0315"; marking it "Purged"
> > 12-Sep 23:05 velvet-dir JobId 9130: Recycled volume
> > "userdata-archive-incr-0315"
> > 12-Sep 23:05 velvet-dir JobId 9130: Using Device "device-archive"
> > 12-Sep 23:19 velvet-dir JobId 9130: Sending Accurate information.
> > 12-Sep 23:21 velvet-sd JobId 9130: Recycled volume
> > "userdata-archive-incr-0315" on device "device-archive"
> > (/mnt/backup/bacula/), all previous data lost.
> > 12-Sep 23:21 velvet-dir JobId 9130: Max Volume jobs exceeded. Marking
> > Volume "userdata-archive-incr-0315" as Used.
> > 12-Sep 23:59 velvet-fd JobId 9130: Could not stat
> > "/usr/local/repositories": ERR=No such file or directory
> > 12-Sep 23:59 velvet-sd JobId 9130: Job write elapsed time = 00:37:46,
> > Transfer rate = 19 Bytes/second
> > 12-Sep 23:59 velvet-dir JobId 9130: Bacula velvet-dir 5.0.2 (28Apr10):
> > 12-Sep-2010 23:59:46
> > Build OS: amd64-portbld-freebsd8.0 freebsd 8.0-RELEASE-p2
> > JobId: 9130
> > Job: userdata-archive.2010-09-12_23.05.04_00
> > Backup Level: Incremental, since=2010-09-11 23:23:00
> > Client: "velvet-fd" 5.0.2 (28Apr10)
> > amd64-portbld-freebsd8.0,freebsd,8.0-RELEASE-p2
> > FileSet: "userdata-archive" 2009-05-01 23:05:00
> > Pool: "pool-userdata-archive-incr" (From Job IncPool
> > override)
> > Catalog: "MySQL" (From Client resource)
> > Storage: "storage-archive" (From Job resource)
> > Scheduled time: 12-Sep-2010 23:05:03
> > Start time: 12-Sep-2010 23:19:20
> > End time: 12-Sep-2010 23:59:46
> > Elapsed time: 40 mins 26 secs
> > Priority: 10
> > FD Files Written: 193
> > SD Files Written: 193
> > FD Bytes Written: 17,283 (17.28 KB)
> > SD Bytes Written: 44,068 (44.06 KB)
> > Rate: 0.0 KB/s
> > Software Compression: None
> > VSS: no
> > Encryption: no
> > Accurate: yes
> > Volume name(s): userdata-archive-incr-0315
> > Volume Session Id: 174
> > Volume Session Time: 1279692875
> > Last Volume Bytes: 47,615 (47.61 KB)
> > Non-fatal FD errors: 1
> > SD Errors: 0
> > FD termination status: OK
> > SD termination status: OK
> > Termination: Backup OK -- with warnings
>
> After deleting the cancelled full job, the next incremental job was still
> upgraded to full. I then deleted the last successful incremental job record
> from database too, but the job is still upgraded to full.
>
> Anything else to try?
Does anyone know what's the SQL-query for the full backup that bacula-dir can't
find?
What (retention times?) affect keeping/disappearing of a full backup in the
database?
--
Silver
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