Hi all,
I have a strange issue with one of my Bacula servers, as it seems to be backing up files on my clients twice during a session. I first noticed this on Bacula 2.4.4 (Debian Lenny), but have just upgraded the server to 5.0.2 (Debian Squeeze), and the problem persists. I first noticed it because the disk volumes (I’m using HD backup, not to tape) for full backups were twice the size of the actual systems being backed up – e.g. a system using 4GB ended up with an 8GB backup volume.
When I examine the backups with BAT, I can see multiple copies of the same file for each backup job. For example, I have attached a screenshot showing a file (/var/log/messages) on one system – you can see different file Ids, but it’s included twice. I thought it might be a catalog issue, so as an extreme measure, I dropped the catalog DB (MySQL), recreated empty tables and started everything from scratch again. The problem persisted, and I still have files being backed up twice.
Just wondering if anyone can shed some light on this issue ? Apart from files being included twice, everything else seems to work OK... I will of course post a follow up with any solutions!
Regards,
-Mark