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Re: [Bacula-users] Odd behaviour with Verify Jobs

2010-03-08 10:21:52
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Odd behaviour with Verify Jobs
From: Daniel De Marco <ddm AT bartol.udel DOT edu>
To: bacula-users <bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>, Thomas <thomas AT ic3s DOT de>
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 10:19:25 -0500
FYI: Kern added a patch that fixes the problem. It is attached to the
bug report at http://bugs.bacula.org/view.php?id=1524

Daniel.

* Daniel De Marco <ddm AT bartol.udel DOT edu> [03/05/2010 16:13]:
> I just updated to 5.0.1 and I can confirm the problem is still present.
> 
> I also filed the report at:
> http://bugs.bacula.org/view.php?id=1524
> 
> Daniel.
> 
> * Thomas <thomas AT ic3s DOT de> [03/05/2010 13:13]:
> > Hi Daniel,
> > 
> > 
> > i see the same behaviour on my systems,
> > this problem exists since the "accurate backup" feature was implemented in 
> > 3.0.0.
> > (i don't know if this causes the problem, but it is  my favourite candidate 
> > for that :) )
> > 
> > someone should file a bug report :)
> > 
> > Thomas
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Daniel De Marco schrieb:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > I've been using InitCatalog and Verify jobs to monitor my production
> > > machines. This seems to work very well when there are modified files. 
> > > However if a new files appears in one of the monitored directories then
> > > all the files from then on will be reported at the same time as missing
> > > and as new files with the same name/path/attributes...
> > > 
> > > I debugged this problem a bit and it seems to be due to the fact that
> > > when bacula queries the DB for the file attributes one of the where
> > > clauses is the FileIndex. If there are added or missing files the
> > > FileIndex is no longer correct for all subsequent files and they are all
> > > reported as missing and new. I think a possible solution would be to
> > > tweak the local FileIndex variable when doing the Verify pass: so if a
> > > file is new don't increment the FileIndex and if a file is missing
> > > increment it anyway. In this way the proper FileIndex would be used in
> > > the query and only "real" problematic files would be reported. 
> > > 
> > > Daniel.
> > > 
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