Re: [Networker] backing up linux cluster always does full backup

Nicole,
Make sure you have "save -c db-server02" for the backup command in the
definition of the virtual machine db-server02.
If you do not specify this, the default is the physical client
executing the backup.
Itzik

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> [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On Behalf Of Nicole Skyrca
> Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 18:22
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: [Networker] backing up linux cluster always does full backup
> 
> Hello,
> 
> 
> I have two RedHat Enterprise Linux v. 2.4.21 that are setup 
> in a cluster. Each server has local disks for the operating 
> system, and the data is on a shared filesystem that is 
> mounted from the SAN, but this filesystem is only mounted on 
> the "primary" server.  Each physical node in the cluster 
> (db-server02a and db-server02b) is configured as a client in 
> Networker, and backs up all savesets. I configured a client 
> for the virutual cluster name (db-server02) and it only backs 
> up the filesystem from the SAN.  
> 
> The backup schedule is full once a month, incremental the 
> rest of the month. Everytime I do a backup of the virtual 
> machine, it does a full backup, even when it's scheduled for 
> an incremental. The following is from the logs:
>   
> 12/05/05 12:04:52 nsrd: savegroup info: 
> db-server02.syr.edu:/mysql: No full backups of this save set 
> were found in the media database; performing a full backup
> 
> 
> When I run mminfo, I don't see anything for db-server02, but 
> do I see the entries for the SAN filesystem in db-server02a.  
> 
> 
> How do I backup the SAN filesystem with the vitual machine 
> name so that it doesn't do a full backup every time?
> 
> I tried adding the file pathownerignore in the /usr/sbin 
> directory as per the pathownerignore man page, but that 
> didn't change the behavior.
> 
> A message in the Networker archives that suggested to "put 
> "save -c virtual-name" in the Backup Command filed in the 
> Remote tab."  I've never put anything besides "savepnpc" in 
> that field, so I don't think I fully understand what it's 
> doing.  Does this work?  Has anyone had problems with it?
> 
> My backup server is running Solstice Backup 6.1.4 Build 562 
> on Solaris 8.
> 
> Thanks!
> Nicole
> 
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