Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] force backup of unchanged file in incremental backup

2011-04-14 03:56:35
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] force backup of unchanged file in incremental backup
From: Christian Manal <moenoel AT informatik.uni-bremen DOT de>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:54:09 +0200
Am 14.04.2011 08:33, schrieb James Harper:
> The "last modified" datestamp on MSSQL database files doesn't get
> changed unless the actual file dimensions change (eg it 'grows') or when
> the file is closed. This means that an incremental backup won't
> necessarily back up the database files unless they have changed.
> Accurate won't catch this either as the metadata it uses will be
> identical.
> 
> Is there a way to force the backup of specific unchanged files during an
> incremental or differential backup? Eg:
> 
> Option {
>   File = "C:/database/mydb.mdf"
>   Always Back Up = Yes
> }
> 
> Thanks
> 
> James

Hi,

does the file change at all? If so, you can just adjust the metadata
that Accurate uses to compare checksums. That is done in the fileset:

http://bacula.org/5.0.x-manuals/en/main/main/Configuring_Director.html#8553


Regards,
Christian Manal

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