Look good, but I think you should remove 

File = /opt/virtual/images

from the Exclude clause.

__Martin

>>>>> On Tue, 25 Nov 2014 18:35:27 +0000, Polcari, Joe (Contractor) said:
> 
> So I can't quite grasp this.
> I have a directory which is part of / that contains virtual disk images, 
> /opt/virtual/images.
> I think I want to set that directory to do sparse files since I don't 
> allocate the complete disk when I create a VM.
> So I start with:
> 
> FileSet {
>   Name = puppetmaster-fileset
>   Include {
>     Options {
>       signature = MD5
>       noatime = yes
>     }
>     File = /boot
>     File = /
>     File = /var/lib/mysql
>   }
>   Exclude {
>     File = /var/spool/bacula
>     File = /tmp
>     File = /proc
>     File = /tmp
>     File = /.journal
>     File = /.fsck
>   }
> }
> 
> I should change it to:
> 
> FileSet {
>   Name = puppetmaster-fileset
>   Include {
>     Options {
>       signature = MD5
>       noatime = yes
>     }
>     File = /boot
>     File = /
>     File = /var/lib/mysql
>   }
>   Exclude {
>     File = /opt/virtual/images
>     File = /var/spool/bacula
>     File = /tmp
>     File = /proc
>     File = /tmp
>     File = /.journal
>     File = /.fsck
>   } 
>    Include {
>     Options {
>       signature = MD5
>       noatime = yes
>       sparse = yes
>     }
>     File = /opt/virtual/images
> }
> 
> Is that right?
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Arlofski [mailto:waa-bacula AT revpol DOT com] 
> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 5:24 PM
> To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
> Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] How to make bacula handle sparse files correctly
> 
> On 11/24/2014 12:14 PM, Polcari, Joe (Contractor) wrote:
> > I added an instance of docker to one of my systems. This added a sparse 
> > file of 10 GB with a "real" size of 100 GB.
> > This should have only added 10GB to my full backup but it added 100GB.
> > Is there any way to tell bacula to handle sparse files correctly?
> 
> Hi Joe,
> 
> There is an option for the Include stanza of a Fileset:
> 
> sparse = yes
> 
> Which works correctly with sparse files. We had to add this option to one of
> our filesets when a newer version of of our mail server changed one of its db
> files to  sparse file.
> 
> > If so, why isn't this the default? Shouldn't it be?
> 
> Not sure. Unless the code that deals with sparse files adds additional
> overhead when it is typically not required.
> 
> With our setup, I have _one_ file that is sparse so it is excluded using the
> wild = option in the bigger Include stanza of a Fileset, then Included
> specifically in a File =  option in the second Include stanza which has the
> sparse = yes option.
> 
> 
> Maybe someone else can comment re: default being sparse = no
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Bill
> 
> 
> -- 
> Bill Arlofski
> Reverse Polarity, LLC
> http://www.revpol.com/
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