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Re: [Bacula-users] Verify error - files number mismatch

2012-02-13 07:44:49
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Verify error - files number mismatch
From: Jeremy Maes <jma AT schaubroeck DOT be>
To: igor AT novg DOT net
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:42:22 +0100
Op 13/02/2012 12:56, Igor Novgorodov schreef:
> I've got a Bacula server 5.2.5 backing up, among others, one Windows
> 2008R2 SP1 client (which is also 5.2.5).
> Some time ago, probably after a bacula-dir/sd upgrade, it started to
> fail verify jobs, because it tries to check N files,
> but the backup volume has only N-1.
>
> When backup job finishes, it says that it has backed up N files, but
> when looking into catalog or with bls directly on
> volume i only see N-1 files, which is fine, because on client there are
> actually N-1.
...
> So, under Filename column it lists 35 objects, and under JobFiles - 36.
>
> And i can't figure out where it gets an extra file.
> Other clients (Linux) backs up fine.
>
> Any direction for me to look?
I think the exact same issue was discussed on the list last week. Are 
you using VSS for the backup of the Windows machine?
If so this is what Martin had to say about the issue:

> It looks like a bug/misfeature in verify of a VSS job.  The problem is that
> the count of files in a VSS backup includes a special object called
> job_metadata.xml, but this isn't a real file so verify can't find it.
>
> I'm not convinced that VolumeToCatalog verify can be used reliably with VSS
> jobs anyway though, because it will be verifying the current state rather than
> the snapshot.  That can lead to false mismatches, even without the
> job_metadata.xml issue.
>
> __Martin

Regards,
Jeremy

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