Lydia, 

One other thing of note is that the bpdbm log file should not be run unless
there is a problem you are troubleshooting. That log can get HUGE very fast
especially if verbose is turned on. I have seen it generate 20 gig of data a
day in a very large environment. 

Logging, in general, should not be used unless there are specific issues
requiring attention, then only the logs that are needed should be turned on.
Logging does add system overhead and some of the logs add a great deal of
system overhead. 

Turn 'em off. 

Just some unsolicited advice <grin>

Cheers, 

dave
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Labonte, L R (Leo), SITS [mailto:llabonte AT att DOT com]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 6:28 AM
> To: Lydia Scharon; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Incrementals really running fulls
> 
> I stand by what I said earlier.  Put enough tapes in your
> library, turn off logging, and let NetBackup run its course.
> The changes you made require that NetBackup perform a full
> backup.  It is easier to canoe with the current........ ;-)
> 
> Leo R. Labonte
> AT&T
> (732) 420-6080
> llabonte AT att DOT com
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lydia Scharon [mailto:Lydia.Scharon AT zipatoni DOT com]
> Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 4:44 PM
> To: 'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Incrementals really running fulls
> 
> 
> Here is my odd two fold problem...
> 
> I moved a lot of data around on my server this weekend (about 180GB)..  of
> course I made sure I had a backup first.  Anyway, after moving it, I had
> to
> set up a new NetBackup class.  I kicked off a full, and I came back later
> that evening to find my root drive completely filled up and a 2+GB file in
> /usr/openv/netbackup/logs/bpdbm along with a failed 95% done backup!!!  I
> of
> course had to get rid of the log file in order to get my server back up
> and
> running.  Everything seemed cool after the reboot, but then all of the
> sudden, backups fired up and tried to do a full (they were far from being
> due to run by a couple of weeks).
> 
> Now everytime I try to run an incremental manually, it is actually backing
> up everything, not just modified stuff.  I have spoken with Veritas tech
> support.  They had me add the USE_CTIME_FOR_INCREMENTALS along with
> DO_NOT_RESET_FILE_ACCESS_TIME.  Of course, I just looked it up and it said
> I
> can't do that if I have Storage Migrator running, which I do.  He just
> called me back, he said yes, don't use that.  He had no other suggestions
> but to just let it run an incremental.
> 
> Does anyone have a clue as to what I can do to not run fulls tonight (I
> don't have enough free tapes, I am talking about 2TB of data here!)
> 
> Thanks,
> Lydia Scharon
> The Zipatoni Co.
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