BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} Problem

2008-06-03 22:07:35
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} Problem
From: "Richard W. Kulp" <rkulp AT charter DOT net>
To: Paul Mantz <pcmantz AT zmanda DOT com>
Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:07:08 -0500
Paul Mantz wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Richard W. Kulp <rkulp AT charter DOT net 
> <mailto:rkulp AT charter DOT net>> wrote:
>
>     Renke Brausse wrote:
>     > I think your config should look like this:
>     >   $Conf{SmbShareName}= 'd';
>     >   $conf{BackupFilesOnly} =
>     ['/TSEPWin','/AscendFCU','/CitizensBank'];
>     >
>     >
>     > but I have to admit that I never invested time in the optimal
>     conf of my
>     > backupped win-boxes, I just save complete shares.
>     >
>     > Renke
>     >
>     >
>     I just ran a full backup on share d. It should have backed up only
>     three
>     directories. Here is the config file with username and password
>     removed:
>
>     $Conf{XferMethod} = 'smb';
>     $Conf{XferLogLevel} = 5;
>     $Conf{SmbShareName}= 'd';
>     $conf{BackupFilesOnly} = ['/TSEPWin','/AscendFCU','/CitizensBank'];
>
>     The result was a full backup. The first few lines of the Xfer log are
>     (note the first directory backed up is not in the list of
>     BackupFilesOnly):
>
>     Contents of file /storage/backuppc/pc/dc6mqf61/XferLOG.3, modified
>     2008-06-03 15:15:48
>
>     Running: /usr/bin/smbclient \\\\dc6mqf61\\d -U dick -E -N -d 1 -c
>     tarmode\ full -Tc -
>     full backup started for share d
>     Xfer PIDs are now 4228,4227
>     Domain=[DC6MQF61] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
>     tarmode is now full, system, hidden, noreset, verbose
>                    directory \AdvancedInstaller\
>
>
>
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>
> Hello Dick,
>
> You might also want to try the following configuration if you really 
> don't want a full drive backup:
>
> $Conf{SmbShareName}= ['d/TSEPWin', 'd/AscendFCU', 'd/CitizensBank'  ];
>
> This should also allow you to add exclude rules, if you're so inclined.
>
> Does anyone know if the behavior he's describing would be fixed by 
> upgrading to 3.1?  I can imagine about 3 or 4 places where this could 
> be going wrong, but I don't know much about the version differences.
>
>
> -- 
> Paul Mantz
> http://www.mcpantz.org
> Zmanda - Open source backup and recovery http://www.zmanda.com/ 
Hello Paul,

I just tried a full backup using your $Conf{SmbShareName} = 
['d/TSEPWIn','d/AscendFCU','d/CitizensBank']} and got exactly the same 
results.

Dick

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