Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula not compressing even though it's in the config

2008-09-04 13:03:29
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Bacula not compressing even though it's in the config
From: "Joshua J. Kugler" <joshua AT eeinternet DOT com>
To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 09:01:44 -0800
On Thursday 04 September 2008, Arno Lehmann said something like:
> Hi,
>
> 04.09.2008 08:11, Joshua J. Kugler wrote:
> > I have a Bacula setup working well backing up two Windows boxes. 
> > It's using VSS, but it's not honoring the compression setting (i.e.
> > it's not compressing).  I've read the sections about file sets and
> > VSS.  As far as I can tell, my config is right.  Can someone tell
> > me what might be wrong with the fileset below. Thanks!
>
> The key section would have been the one talking about the order of
> options sections :-)
>
> First I believe your excludes will not work because "Once Bacula
> determines that the Options resource matches the file under
> consideration, that file will be saved without looking at any other
> Options resources that may be present. This means that any wild cards
> must appear before an Options resource without wild cards.
>
> [...]
>
> However, one additional point is that in the case that no match was
> found, Bacula will use the options found in the last Options
> resource. As a consequence, if you want a particular set of "default"
> options, you should put them in an Options resource after any other
> Options."
>
> In other words, move your default options section so it's the last
> one in this fileset you should get the results you want.

OK, I'll give that a try.  I did read the section on option order, but I 
suppose it didn't click.  Thanks for pointing that out.

j

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