Beware that including both / and /bin/ will save two copies of /bin/ (assuming
it is on the same filesystem as /).
The article actually suggests explicitly listing each filesystem, not each
directory.
__Martin
>>>>> On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 22:02:31 +0000, Michael Munger said:
>
> Having setup and just tested, I ran into the "will not descend into different
> file systems" issue as mentioned in this post:
> http://bacula.10910.n7.nabble.com/Will-not-descend-from-into-dev-td57408.html,
> and it gives a very good reason for explicitly defining what to include.
>
> So, I have amended my previous file set to now explicitly INCLUDE:
>
> /bin/
> /boot/
> /etc/
> /home/
> /lib/
> /opt/
> /root/
> /sbin/
> /srv/
> /usr/
> /var/
>
> While still excluding the other items.
>
> Does anyone see an issue with this? (Trying to figure out if this is good
> enough now... before I have to recover and realize something is not quite
> right...).
>
> Michael Munger, dCAP, MCPS, MCNPS, MBSS
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Munger [mailto:michael AT highpoweredhelp DOT com]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 4:43 PM
> To: bacula-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
> Subject: [Bacula-users] What to exclude?
>
> TLDR; = what can I safely exclude from a bacula backup of a Linux server and
> still be able to fully recover (bare metal) from a disaster?
>
> Details:
> I am looking for a best practice here, and I am working from two sources:
>
> 1.
> http://www.bacula.org/5.0.x-manuals/en/main/main/Disaster_Recovery_Using_Bac.html#SECTION003960000000000000000
> 2. https://wiki.debian.org/FilesystemHierarchyStandard
>
> In order to recover a client machine that is a linux server (not the
> bacula-dir or bacula-sd) in accordance with Bacula docs, I have setup the
> FileSet for such a server as noted below.
>
> FileSet {
> Name = "Example Linux Server"
> Include {
> Options {
> signature = SHA1
> compression = GZIP
> }
>
> File = /
> }
>
> Exclude {
> /opt/bacula/working
> /tmp
> /proc
> /sys
> /.journal
> /.fsck
> /media
> }
> }
>
> My reasons for excluding these are as follows:
>
> /opt/bacula/working
> Not needed - just pid files and temp stuff.
> /tmp
> no point in backing up temp files
> /proc
> can't backup processes
> /sys
> This is the filesystem point for exporting kernel objects. Kernel does
> this on the fly. No point in backing it up.
>
> .journal
> not needed. journal log file.
>
> .fsck
> not needed. fsck log file
>
> /media
> no reason to backup external devices (unless you have a reason, which I
> don't.)
>
>
> It should be noted, that I am using ClientRunBeforeJob to dump MySQL
> databases to /var/local/mysqlbackups, so I have indepdenent copies of them
> there, but since I am NOT excluding /var/lib/mysql, the raw databases should
> also be recoverable from bare metal.
>
> Does anyone have a different (better) best practice?
>
> Michael Munger, dCAP, MCPS, MCNPS, MBSS
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> Professional michael AT highpoweredhelp DOT com
>
>
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