I've seen this problem when a client is added in the middle of the backup
cycle when incremental backups are scheduled. For example, incremental
backups are Mon-Thu, and Full backups are on Friday, if the backup job is
added on Mon-Thu, I've seen it back up the same stuff each night. According
to the documentation, it should recognize that it hasn't backed up this
client before, perform a full backup the first night, then incremental
backups until the next scheduled full backup.
You also might have a corrupted database and might have to clean/repair up
some stuff. Try running nsrck -L6 and see if that fixes the problem.
Dave
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From: Legato NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
On
Behalf Of Matt Temple
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 11:18 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] Client suddenly backing up entire drive every day
Robert Maiello wrote:
> Is it reporting it did a full backup (level full) or is it just backing
> up 29GB for each level reported (7, 5, incr) ?
It's backing up 29gb regardless of the level. Last night's, for
instance, was an incremental backup, and the log files say for.
>
> If not explicitly reporting a full, there could be an archive bit issue.
> Do a search on posts about the archive bit and NTFS change journal.
>
Thanks for the pointer. I'll have a look.
Matt
> Robert Maiello
> Pioneer Data Systems
>
> On Thu, 26 Aug 2004 17:55:47 -0400, Matt Temple
> <mht AT RESEARCH.DFCI.HARVARD DOT EDU> wrote:
>
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>
>>Our server is running Networker 7.1.1 on a Linux RH 9 system. We
>>back up 58 clients -- Linux, SGI, Solaris, W2000, etc.
>>
>>One of our clients, a W2000 server, had a change in its behavior
>>last june. After June 26, all files on the D:\ drive started backing
>>up every night, regardless of whether I was runnin a level Full,
>>7, 5, or incremental backup.
>>
>>Before that date, the backups were normal. I haven't been able to tie
>>the change to any event.
>>
>>Has anyone seen this happen? If so, was there a fix? To me, it's 29
>>GB of unnecessary backed up data every night.
>>
>>Thanks out there.
>>
>> Matt Temple
>>
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