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Re: [Networker] What's wrong with my SKIP directive?

2004-10-18 17:47:30
Subject: Re: [Networker] What's wrong with my SKIP directive?
From: Darren Dunham <ddunham AT TAOS DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 15:04:43 -0700
> I have a 1.4TB filesystem with several large subdirectories
> and lots of smaller subdirectories. I split off the 4 large
> subdirectories into their own client/group, and in the top
> level directory backup placed the following directive to
> ignore the 4 large subdirectories.
>
> The root directory is /vol/vol0/home/buildusr:

I'm not sure what you mean when you say that's the root directory.  I
guess you mean that's the saveset target perhaps?

> I first tried the following, per the NW documentation, which
> didn't work - i.e., everything was backed up:
>
>    directive:\
>    "<< /vol/vol0/home/buildusr >>
>          skip: builds
>          skip: distributions
>          skip: distributions-test
>          skip: shipments";

You're certain the directive is associated with the client instance that
is invoked during the backup?

/vol/vol0 looks a lot like a Netapp path.  Are you doing an NDMP backup
or are you doing an NFS mount backup?

I don't think directives are honored by NDMP backups, and I don't think
that /vol/vol0 is a normal mount point for NFS backups.

If it's NFS, what's your mount point on the machine doing the backup?

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Darren Dunham                                           ddunham AT taos DOT com
Senior Technical Consultant         TAOS            http://www.taos.com/
Got some Dr Pepper?                           San Francisco, CA bay area
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