Bacula-users

Re: [Bacula-users] File Set Problem - Compression is ignored

2011-01-17 05:34:48
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] File Set Problem - Compression is ignored
From: Guy <guy AT britewhite DOT net>
To: Mister IT Guru <misteritguru AT gmx DOT com>
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:31:55 +0000

On 17 Jan 2011, at 10:20, Mister IT Guru wrote:

> Dear List,
> 
> I have the following fileset definition
> 
> FileSet {
>   Name = CD-Windows
>   Include {
>     Options {
>         Compression=GZIP
>         }
>     File = C:/
>     File = D:/
>     Options {
>     }
>   }
> }
> 
> Notice the compression option
> 
> 
> Below is a snippet of the output from a job that just completed with 
> this fileset
> 
> Scheduled time:17-Jan-2011 10:06:35
> Start time:17-Jan-2011 10:06:42
> End time:17-Jan-2011 10:11:59
> Elapsed time:5 mins 17 secs
> Priority:10
> FD Files Written:119
> SD Files Written:119
> FD Bytes Written:789,442,610 (789.4 MB)
> SD Bytes Written:789,460,608 (789.4 MB)
> Rate:2490.4 KB/s
> Software Compression:None
> 
> Imagine my surprise when this turned up. Where else do I need to check 
> to ensure that my backups are actually compressed?
> 
> 
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Yeah I have the same thing... my backups which run on the bacula server it's 
self are all compressed but backups coming from my OSX system are not!..

I've compiled my own bacula-FD for the OSX systems and seen that they have the 
ZLIB stuff included.

It's very odd.
---Guy




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