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[Networker] Backing up /var/run?

2007-09-12 12:16:36
Subject: [Networker] Backing up /var/run?
From: George Sinclair <George.Sinclair AT NOAA DOT GOV>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:12:41 -0400
Hi,

I notice that /var/run doesn't get backed up on our primary backup server (Solaris 9), but recover does list the directory itself, but no contents for /var/run. Everything else under /var looks to be there, though. Also, I notice that a Sun client (Solaris 9) that I ran a level full on last night doesn't even list /var/run, but again, everything else under /var looks to be listed in the recover window. Both clients use the Unix standard directives. There are no client side directives. I then checked several other Sun clients (all Solaris 10), and running recover on those does show /var/run but again, no contents. Perhaps, /var/run is simply something that NW would not back up, but I do see that it's backed up on our Linux clients. Hmm ...

Also, interesting that the one Sun client running Solaris 9 doesn't even list /var/run, but the other ones running Solaris 10 do at least list the directory even though there's nothing backed up under it.

We're running 7.2.2 (both clients and servers).

Is it simply the nature of /var/run the excludes it from a given client's backups but not another?

George

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