Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] unwanted fullbackup

2010-11-10 04:15:29
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] unwanted fullbackup
From: "James Harper" <james.harper AT bendigoit.com DOT au>
To: "Graham Keeling" <graham AT equiinet DOT com>, "Alex Huth" <a.huth AT tmr DOT net>
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 20:12:51 +1100
> > on 07.11 (1st Sunday) bacula did a fullbackup like expected. Next monday
> > a incremental like expected. On the following tuesday bacula made
> > a fullbackup instead of the incremental, because he didn´t find a prior
> fullbackup in the catalog.
> >
> > The fullbackup on the 7th was the second fullback. The first one was the
> > initial fullbackup after the setup and start with bacula.
> >
> > Where do i have to search for the problem?
> 
> Bacula relies heavily on your clock being correct.
> If your clock went backwards since it did the first full, it won't be able to
> find the first full.
> 
> Also, if your retention for your first full has expired, it will purge it
> even though another backup depends on it existing.
> So perhaps your retention for your first full was too low.
> 

Hmmm... it never occurred to me before but mucking around with the clock on 
your director could seriously mess with your day! Advancing the clock by one 
year by mistake would probably purge most peoples catalogues.

James


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