Re: [Veritas-bu] Incorrect File List being Built

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 9:37 AM, Shekel Tal <Tal.Shekel AT uk.fujitsu DOT com> wrote:

The first backup run used the wildcard and detected each subdirectory and ran a separate stream.

When new sub directories are added they are not detected by the wildcard discovery – the directories which existed at the time the first back ran are the only ones which jobs are created for.

If I create a new policy and specify E:\Folder1\* - NetBackup will then detect all the subdirectories and kick off a job for each one.

Its almost as if the file list is being cached somewhere and not being rediscovered for each scheduled backup.

What I think you're running into is the frequency of the pre-discovery process.

man bpgetconfig and look at the -prep settings.

     -prep hours

               The preprocessing interval. This interval is the
               minimum time in hours between client queries to
               discover new paths when NetBackup uses auto-
               discover-streaming mode. For additional informa-
               tion, see "Setting the Preprocess Interval for
               Auto Discovery" in the File-List Directives for
               Multiple   Data   Streams   in    the    NetBackup
               Administrator's Guide.

               The default Preprocess Interval value is 4 hours.
               If the preprocessing interval changes, change it
               back to the default by specifying -prep -1.

               The preprocessing interval can be set to prepro-
               cess immediately by specifying 0 as the preprocess
               interval for auto discovery on the bpconfig com-
               mand line.

               The maximum Preprocessing Interval is 48 hours.

This has existed for many releases - I found a reference to it in the NBU 5 Windows guide.
   .../Ed

Ed Wilts, RHCE, BCFP, BCSD, SCSP, SCSE
ewilts AT ewilts DOT org

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