Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] First Backup Completed - but still confusion, full backup only 23M?

2009-10-23 05:17:28
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] First Backup Completed - but still confusion, full backup only 23M?
From: "Gabriel - IP Guys" <Gabriel AT impactteachers DOT com>
To: "Ken Barclay" <ken.barclay AT qbmore DOT com>
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:14:04 +0100
Oh BOY do I feel stupid!!!!!! Well, good job I checked! Thank you Ken.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Barclay [mailto:ken.barclay AT qbmore DOT com]
> Sent: 23 October 2009 10:11
> To: Gabriel - IP Guys
> Cc: Bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
> Subject: RE: [Bacula-users] First Backup Completed - but still
> confusion, full backup only 23M?
> 
> This is only the Catalog backup. Not a Full backup of the
Bacula-Master
> server!
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gabriel - IP Guys [mailto:Gabriel AT impactteachers DOT com]
> > Sent: Friday, 23 October 2009 3:39 PM
> > To: John Drescher
> > Cc: Bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
> > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] First Backup Completed - but still
> > confusion, full backup only 23M?
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: John Drescher [mailto:drescherjm AT gmail DOT com]
> > > Sent: 22 October 2009 18:13
> > > To: Gabriel - IP Guys; bacula-users
> > > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] First Backup Completed - but still
> > > confusion, full backup only 23M?
> > >
> > > 2009/10/22 Gabriel - IP Guys <Gabriel AT impactteachers DOT com>:
> > > > Dear List,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Finally! After some help from you guys, I've managed to get my
> > first
> > > full
> > > > backup running!! Admittedly, the FD, SD, and DIR are all on the
> > same
> > > > machine, and the client is the machine in question... BUT, I got
> it
> > > to work!
> > > > First time using Bacula, didn't know anything about it two weeks
> > ago,
> > > and
> > > > I've finally got it running. Only problem is, my first backup
was
> > > only 21M
> > > > ?!?!? I've got 1.5G on disk. Now, I know that there are
> compression
> > > > algorithms, but HEY! They are not THAT good! Any ideas, hints,
> tips
> > > as to
> > > > why a full backup is only 23M?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Bacula by default does not cross filesystem boundaries. Could this
> be
> > > the issue?
> > >
> > > John
> >
> > There are no other mounts - I have everything in on the one disk.
> Below
> > is an excerpt from the logs - I was going to use pastebin, but that
> > won't show up in the future on the list archives.
> >
> > 22-Oct 23:05 Bacula-Director JobId 15: Begin pruning Jobs.
> > 22-Oct 23:05 Bacula-Director JobId 15: No Jobs found to prune.
> > 22-Oct 23:05 Bacula-Director JobId 15: Begin pruning Files.
> > 22-Oct 23:05 Bacula-Director JobId 15: No Files found to prune.
> > 22-Oct 23:05 Bacula-Director JobId 15: End auto prune.
> >
> > 22-Oct 23:10 Bacula-Director JobId 16: shell command: run BeforeJob
> > "/usr/lib/bacula/make_catalog_backup bacula bacula"
> > 22-Oct 23:10 Bacula-Director JobId 16: Start Backup JobId 16,
> > Job=BackupCatalog.2009-10-22_23.10.00_38
> > 22-Oct 23:10 Bacula-Director JobId 16: Using Device "FileStorage"
> > 22-Oct 23:10 Bacula-Storage JobId 16: Volume "Vol0001" previously
> > written, moving to end of data.
> > 22-Oct 23:10 Bacula-Storage JobId 16: Ready to append to end of
> Volume
> > "Vol0001" size=21174285
> > 22-Oct 23:10 Bacula-Storage JobId 16: Job write elapsed time =
> > 00:00:01,
> > Transfer rate = 110.0 K bytes/second
> > 22-Oct 23:10 Bacula-Director JobId 16: Bacula Bacula-Director 3.0.2
> > (18Jul09): 22-Oct-2009 23:10:02
> >   Build OS:               i686-redhat-linux-gnu redhat
> >   JobId:                  16
> >   Job:                    BackupCatalog.2009-10-22_23.10.00_38
> >   Backup Level:           Full
> >   Client:                 "Bacula-Master" 3.0.2 (18Jul09)
> > i686-redhat-linux-gnu,redhat,
> >   FileSet:                "Catalog" 2009-10-16 23:10:00
> >   Pool:                   "Default" (From Job resource)
> >   Catalog:                "MyCatalog" (From Client resource)
> >   Storage:                "File" (From Job resource)
> >   Scheduled time:         22-Oct-2009 23:10:00
> >   Start time:             22-Oct-2009 23:10:02
> >   End time:               22-Oct-2009 23:10:02
> >   Elapsed time:           0 secs
> >   Priority:               11
> >   FD Files Written:       1
> >   SD Files Written:       1
> >   FD Bytes Written:       109,943 (109.9 KB)
> >   SD Bytes Written:       110,053 (110.0 KB)
> >   Rate:                   0.0 KB/s
> >   Software Compression:   None
> >   VSS:                    no
> >   Encryption:             no
> >   Accurate:               no
> >   Volume name(s):         Vol0001
> >   Volume Session Time:    1256229208
> >   Last Volume Bytes:      21,284,834 (21.28 MB)
> >   Non-fatal FD errors:    0
> >   SD Errors:              0
> >   FD termination status:  OK
> >   SD termination status:  OK
> >   Termination:            Backup OK
> >
> > 22-Oct 23:10 Bacula-Director JobId 16: Begin pruning Jobs.
> > 22-Oct 23:10 Bacula-Director JobId 16: No Jobs found to prune.
> > 22-Oct 23:10 Bacula-Director JobId 16: Begin pruning Files.
> > 22-Oct 23:10 Bacula-Director JobId 16: No Files found to prune.
> > 22-Oct 23:10 Bacula-Director JobId 16: End auto prune.
> >
> > 22-Oct 23:10 Bacula-Director JobId 16: shell command: run AfterJob
> > "/usr/lib/bacula/delete_catalog_backup"
> >
> > This is telling me that this job wrote 110,053 bytes?
> >
> > I know not much changed on the client, but I feel it should have
been
> a
> > bit more - Or maybe it just is that damn efficient?
> >
> > I would like to attempt a bare metal restore to another virtual
> > machine,
> > and see how close the backup is to the machine in question. Or is
> there
> > a way to 'validate' the backup against the current live system?
> >
> >
---------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
> > -------
> > Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA
> > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart
> > your
> > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and
> > stay
> > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register
now!
> > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference
> > _______________________________________________
> > Bacula-users mailing list
> > Bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA
is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your
developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay 
ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now!
http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference
_______________________________________________
Bacula-users mailing list
Bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users