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Re: [BackupPC-users] Problem with cpool after xfs_repair

2009-03-13 14:28:11
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Problem with cpool after xfs_repair
From: "Jeffrey J. Kosowsky" <backuppc AT kosowsky DOT org>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:15:59 -0400
Thomas Karcher wrote at about 22:19:27 +0100 on Thursday, March 12, 2009:
 > Hi there,
 > 
 > after more than one extensive xfs_repair, my cpool seems to be far to
 > empty ... before the filesystem error, I had around 600 GB, now it's
 > below 100 GB. However, backups run well.
 > 
 > I suspect that xfs_repair "tidied up" a lot in the cpool directory, so
 > BackupPC_nightly doesn't find the actual files that are backuped because
 > many of them are not linked to cpool anymore, but still exist in the pc/
 > directory.
 > 
 > My suspicion is that I should do something like: Run BackupPC_link over
 > each last full backup of my hosts, then I should get roughly my cpool
 > back. But how do I do that? BackupPC_link relies on the NewFiles
 > (similar name) file, so I cannot simply run it manually, can I?
 > 

I wrote (and posted) a program that looks through the PC directory for
unlinked files and creates the links to either existing or new cpool
files as appropriate.

The program was called BackupPC_FixLinks and should be in the
archives.

Jeff

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