Adam Goryachev wrote:
> Matthias Meyer wrote:
>> Johan Ehnberg wrote:
>>
>> 1) So you would recommend:
>> mv /var/lib/backuppc/cpool /var/lib/backuppc/cpool.sav
>> mkdir /var/lib/backuppc/cpool
>> I would believe that the hardlinks
>> from /var/lib/backuppc/pc/<host>/<backup-number> than will point to
>> cpool.sav instead cpool?
>> The disadvantage is that up to now every file have to be created in the
>> new cpool. No one of the existing files (in cpool.sav) can be reused.
>> By deleting of old backups during the next month, the cpool.sav should be
>> empty and can be deleted than.
>>
>> 2) I would believe that every backuped file will be checked against
>> cpool. Is it not identical than a new file will be created in cpool.
>> During the deletion of old backups also old, (maybee corrupt) files in
>> cpool will be deleted. So possible corrupt files in cpool will disappear
>> automaticly during the next month.
>>
>> Which strategy would you prefer?
>
> Personally, I'd firstly move from ext2 to ext3 to try and prevent this
> from happening again.
It is a ext3 :-( Unfortunately no filesystem is perfect. As I answered to
Holger propably I have a hardware issue.
>
> Then, I would delete all the directorties (in fact, all non-files) from
> under the pool/cpool that don't belong.
>
> Then, set the VerifyProb=1 and run a full backup of each host.
>
> Of course, part of me is saying "start fresh"... In fact, I don't think
> anyone can really suggest the correct course of action, but the lowest
> risk (if you don't need to restore any old data) is to start fresh. All
> other options carry some risk, and to be honest, I don't understand
> those risks, and probably you don't either (which is why you are asking).
> If you have the available space, then start fresh, otherwise, you need
> to start to consider the value of your data, and what happens if your
> backup is storing corrupt data. What happens if you delete all existing
> backups, and then take a set of full backups? How important is the
> ability to restore data from last week compared to your space
> requirements? Is now a good time to replace your data disks with bigger
> disks?
>
> Hope that somewhat helps..... and I also sympathise with you. Best of
> luck :)
Thanks
Matthias
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