Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Question about lost 'tapes'

2011-05-25 10:55:25
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Question about lost 'tapes'
From: Phil Stracchino <alaric AT metrocast DOT net>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 10:52:32 -0400
On 05/25/11 08:42, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote:
> Hi all
> 
> Seems I've lost a couple of 'tapes', or files, that is. After a multiple 
> drive failure, some files are listed as corrupt by ZFS:
> 
> errors: Permanent errors have been detected in the following files:
> 
>         /dbpool/bacula/data/Incr-1466
>         /dbpool/bacula/data/Incr-0731
> 
> Now, this wasn't meant to happen, the drives are in small RAIDz2 VDEVs, so 
> safety is very high, but apparently, it did because of a freak combination of 
> a hot datacentre and a bad set of WD Black drives.
> 
> Now - a few questions:
>  - How can I find which backup jobs are affected by this?
>  - Since we rarely do full backups, and stick to incrementals, how can I find 
> which jobs must be re-run as full because of such a 'broke chain'?

In BAT, you can just right-clock those volumes and select "List jobs on
volume".  Then rerun those jobs as a differential (a Full is not
necessary).  This will basically roll up all changes since the last
Full, thus resetting the "chain" of incrementals.


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