Nick Smith wrote:
>
> in the host summary under that backup client, the "new files" says
> size 4427.8   comp/mb 777.0   comp 82.5%
> thats a heck of a compression ratio.  i know that sql dbs can compress
> down nicely, but im comparing to the old
> server and its not the same. the first full backup on the old server
> was size 13119.9      comp/mb 6248.3          comp 52.4%
> and nothing has changed on the client machine.
> 
> so something isnt doing right.  and the fact that when i restore one
> of their large db files its only 768kb instead of the 5.6gb its
> suppose to be.
> 
> Where can i start to look and see what the problem was? ive checked
> the logs on the server and client and there are no errors,
> the backup says it completed successfully.  what else can i do/check?
> this has really got me worried.

Is this marked as a partial - perhaps it didn't really complete.  Look 
through the errorlog to see if the database file is mentioned.  Also, is 
this a live, changing database file or a dumped copy?  If it is live, a 
restored copy isn't likely to work anyway.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com


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