Adam Goryachev wrote: > Matthias Meyer wrote: >> Johan Ehnberg wrote: >> >> 1) So you would recommend: >> mv /var/lib/backuppc/cpool /var/lib/backuppc/cpool.sav >> mkdir /var/lib/backuppc/cpool >> I would believe that the hardlinks >> from /var/lib/backuppc/pc/<host>/<backup-number> than will point to >> cpool.sav instead cpool? >> The disadvantage is that up to now every file have to be created in the >> new cpool. No one of the existing files (in cpool.sav) can be reused. >> By deleting of old backups during the next month, the cpool.sav should be >> empty and can be deleted than. >> >> 2) I would believe that every backuped file will be checked against >> cpool. Is it not identical than a new file will be created in cpool. >> During the deletion of old backups also old, (maybee corrupt) files in >> cpool will be deleted. So possible corrupt files in cpool will disappear >> automaticly during the next month. >> >> Which strategy would you prefer? > > Personally, I'd firstly move from ext2 to ext3 to try and prevent this > from happening again. It is a ext3 :-( Unfortunately no filesystem is perfect. As I answered to Holger propably I have a hardware issue. > > Then, I would delete all the directorties (in fact, all non-files) from > under the pool/cpool that don't belong. > > Then, set the VerifyProb=1 and run a full backup of each host. > > Of course, part of me is saying "start fresh"... In fact, I don't think > anyone can really suggest the correct course of action, but the lowest > risk (if you don't need to restore any old data) is to start fresh. All > other options carry some risk, and to be honest, I don't understand > those risks, and probably you don't either (which is why you are asking). > If you have the available space, then start fresh, otherwise, you need > to start to consider the value of your data, and what happens if your > backup is storing corrupt data. What happens if you delete all existing > backups, and then take a set of full backups? How important is the > ability to restore data from last week compared to your space > requirements? Is now a good time to replace your data disks with bigger > disks? > > Hope that somewhat helps..... and I also sympathise with you. Best of > luck :)
Thanks Matthias -- Don't Panic ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
