Why ?
For the same reason you have to explicitly list any NFS mounted
filesystem on a Unix/Linux client if you want NW to back them up, it's
not considered a 'local' filesystem by NW, so it does not see it as
something that needs to be backed up unless YOU put it in the list of
save-sets you want backed up...
We backup NFS mounted filesystems on Unix/Linux this way...
-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of Tim Mooney
Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 2:15 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] Windows DFS Junction warning messages
In regard to: Re: [Networker] Windows DFS Junction warning messages,...:
> You have to open up the client resource in the NetWorker administrator
> GUI and in the savesets section, list out all the disks and DFS mount
> points you want to back up on that client.
That's the part I don't get: *why* do I have to do that?
On a UNIX or Linux client, the "All" saveset backs up all mounted, local
filesystems that are listed in the mnttab or it's platform-specific
equivalent. If /var and /home are separate filesystems, mounted in the
"var" and "home" directories (mountpoints) under /, I don't need to do
anything special to get them to be backed up. "All" takes care of it.
So why doesn't "All" do the same thing on Windows?
Tim
>> All-
>>
>> We've been backing up Windows systems to our (previous) UNIX and now
>> Linux NetWorker servers for 15+ years. Our Windows admins are
>> preparing to roll out Windows-based file services to replace our
>> NetWare file servers, and we've encountered a warning that I don't
understand.
>>
>> The warning is this:
>>
>> --- Successful Save Sets ---
>>
>> * wserv.ndsu.edu:All savefs wserv.ndsu.edu: succeeded.
>> * wserv.ndsu.edu:K:\ 69435:save: DFS Junction/Mountpoint detected:
files/directories under `K:\DFSRoots\home\' will not be backed up. To
back up a DFS Junction/Mountpoint, specify the DFS Junction/Mountpoint
as the saveset value.
>> * wserv.ndsu.edu:K:\ 69435:save: DFS Junction/Mountpoint detected:
files/directories under `K:\DFSRoots\shared\' will not be backed up. To
back up a DFS Junction/Mountpoint, specify the DFS Junction/Mountpoint
as the saveset value.
>> wserv.ndsu.edu: K:\ level=full, 911 KB 00:02:03 14 files
>>
>>
>> One of our Windows admins did some searching in Powerlink and turned
>> up esg91909, "Error: 'Mountpoint detected' when performing backups",
>> which basically says that NetWorker doesn't backup up mounted
>> filesystems, and goes on to later state that "mountpoints are not
crossed" on any platform.
>> That's complete bunk; NetWorker will certainly cross mountpoints on
>> UNIX & Linux systems, as long as we're talking about *local* volumes.
>>
>> I'm not a Windows guy, so I have to believe there's something going
>> on here that I don't understand. Why is it warning me about DFS
>> mountpoints on the Windows system? Is it that
>>
>> - DFS mountpoints work more like a symlink, in that the data actually
>> resides elsewhere on the system but it's presented to the user or
>> client system as if it was under K:?
>>
>> or
>>
>> - DFS mountpoints are considered non-local volumes, akin to an NFS
>> mount on UNIX/Linux?
>>
>>
>> Anyone care to clarify what's going on here?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Tim
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