I backup the /var parttion of our mail server (solaris box) using straight ufsdump with hardware compresion. I'm able to amrecover anything on that particular filesystem except for /var/mail (kind of important). They are on the same partition so I'm not crossing devices. I get the statement that the file isn't on the volume. But I can dd the file from the tape and restore it with no problem. And access it as expected.
It is almost as if the index maybe corrupted, but it is the same for every single backup. I was originally doing a comp-user in my disklist, and I adjusted it to always-full. The problem persists. Could it be some underlying permission issue. I use two seperate configs (Daily and Monthly) and I know the discussions that may raise. But I was able to pull the backup off of the monthly with no problem. The only differance betweeen the two configs is that Monthly doesn't update /etc/dumpdates and that the stratoegy for all partitions is always-full. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. This doesn't make sense to me at all. Don
