[Networker] Backing up Filer via NFS from CentOS 5 x86_64 client - not working
2008-01-10 09:20:26
I'm switching to a new Networker server in our environment which will be
running on a CentOS 5 x86_64 server. I've installed Networker 7.4sp1
(a.k.a. 7.4.1) Everything is working great so far.
I have one old Netapp Filer that I had been backing up via a crossover
cable between the Networker server and the Filer, and mounting the NFS
volume on the Networker server. I back up the nightly.0 snapshot
specifically, by having the path to the snapshot in the save set list.
I moved the crossover to the new server, and mounted the volume.
However, when it backs it up, its not backing up everything - in fact,
its quite weird.
It seems that it will only go down two directory levels, and it treats
ALL objects as directories! That is, if I've got a file in
.snapshot/nightly.0/foo called "bar", "bar" is backed up as a directory,
not a file! In recover I can actually cd to it.
This MAY be a problem with NFS, although normal access seems to work
fine - I can get to all the files. However, one difference I've noted
between this and an (much) older Linux system that also mounts the same
volume is that when I do a "df ." inside the .snapshot volume, I don't
get the statistics on the mounted volume as expected - I get the
statistics on the snapshot volume - which is NOT the case in similar
setups I have with the older Linux host (old debian version, not sure
which, i686), or another setup I have (running Red Hat EL4 i686).
In fact, all the proper access seems to work via the older client, but
that requires the traffic to run over the network twice - which was all
supposed to be eliminated by the direct crossover... :(
Anyone else run into this? I don't know if its a Networker client issue
(running the 7.4.1 client as required since its the server), an x86_64
issue, or a CentOS 5 issue right now...checking other systems that might
allow me to narrow it down...
-Brian
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