Re: [Bacula-users] backup upgraded to FULL for no apparent reason
2010-09-14 03:55:50
On Tuesday 14 September 2010 10:41:38 Christian Manal wrote:
> Am 14.09.2010 09:30, schrieb Silver Salonen:
> > On Tuesday 14 September 2010 10:13:49 Christian Manal wrote:
> >> Am 14.09.2010 08:36, schrieb Silver Salonen:
> >>> Hello.
> >>>
> >>> I use Bacula 5.0.2 on FreeBSD 8.0. I have a huge archive-type backup that
> >>> has no full backup in its schedule:
> >>>
> >>> Schedule {
> >>> Name = Archive
> >>> Run = Level=Differential 1st fri at 23:05
> >>> Run = Level=Incremental 2nd-5th fri at 23:05
> >>> Run = Level=Incremental sat-thu at 23:05
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> The job builds its fileset dynamically with "/usr/bin/find
> >>> /path/to/backup -type f -mtime +90d -print" - it takes a while, but does
> >>> its job. From time-to-time the job just gets upgraded to full.. like
> >>> today:
> >>>
> >>> 13-Sep 23:05 velvet-dir JobId 9135: 13-Sep 23:05 velvet-dir JobId 9135:
> >>> No prior or suitable Full backup found in catalog. Doing FULL backup.
> >>> 13-Sep 23:05 velvet-dir JobId 9135: Start Backup JobId 9135,
> >>> Job=userdata-archive.2010-09-13_23.05.01_05
> >>>
> >>> Any ideas why this happens?
> >>>
> >>> Is there a way to continue with incremental backups once such a full
> >>> backup has been cancelled (eg. modifying Bacula DB manually)? It would
> >>> really hurt to start from scratch with this archive.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> did you set "Ignore FileSet Changes = yes" in your FileSet's
> >> "Options"-Section? If not, the job level will be elevated to full, if
> >> the FileSet changes.
> >>
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Christian Manal
> >
> > Yes I did. Otherwise the job would be upgraded to full every time :)
> >
>
> Well, it could have been, that the dynamically generated FileSet only
> changes now and then.
The dataset is big enough to contain at least a modified file for every day :)
> > This upgrade happened now after 35 days, ie the full backup was done 35
> > days ago, on 10th of August. Meanwhile only incrementals/differentials were
> > done.
> >
>
> What about your retention periods? Maybe the job or volume of the last
> full backup got pruned.
Retention period of the full volume is 10 years. The client's file and job
retention periods are 6 months. So I don't think configuration of any of these
parameters' could have caused that.
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