Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] file changes md5

2008-08-23 22:08:43
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] file changes md5
From: Mikel Jimenez <mikel AT irontec DOT com>
To: Dan Langille <dan AT langille DOT org>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:08:12 +0200
Dan Langille escribió:
> Mikel Jimenez wrote:
>> Dan Langille escribió:
>>> Mikel Jimenez wrote:
>>>> Hello
>>>> How bacula knows if a file is have to backup in Incremental backups?
>>> mtime
>>>
>>>> Because the md5sum of the file?
>>> no
>>>
>>>> What happend if aI have /etc/file1 and /etc/dir/file1?
>>>>
>>>> The md5 signature that is in the database is different for each 
>>>> file? How can I do verify this?
>>>>
>>>> I ask these questions because I am making backup of a Debian Plesk 
>>>> server.
>>>>
>>>> Plesk makes Daily backups, but some files do not change, they are 
>>>> replaced by the same.
>>>> But when I run an incremental backup, Bacula makes backup of these 
>>>> files another time, and their md5 signature are the same today and 
>>>> yesterday (some  files only of course).
>>>>
>>>> These files have the same name but they are in different locations 
>>>> (file1 example).
>>>> /etc/file1 and /etc/dir/file1 has different md5sum
>>>
>>> I think my notes answer all your questions.
>> mtime is modification time?
>
> Yes.  From http://www.bacula.org/en/rel-manual/Configuring_Director.html
>
> The File daemon (Client) decides which files to backup for an 
> Incremental backup by comparing start time of the prior Job (Full, 
> Differential, or Incremental) against the time each file was last 
> "modified" (st_mtime) and the time its attributes were last 
> "changed"(st_ctime). If the file was modified or its attributes 
> changed on or after this start time, it will then be backed up.
>
>
Ok. And it is not a solution for not backup the files that not changed 
from last backup?

If plesk backup does backup at 12:00 (100 files) and bacula at 13:00, 
bacula always is going to backup 100 files?

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