James Ward wrote: > From the main config file (/etc/backuppc/config.pl): > > $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} = {}; > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { > '/sys' => [ > '' > ], > '/myisi' => [ > '' > ], > '/pifisi' => [ > '' > ], > '/vol01' => [ > '' > ], > '/dat01' => [ > '' > ], > '/proc' => [ > '' > ], > '/mnt' => [ > '' > ] > }; > > From one of the failing clients (/etc/backuppc/failingclient.pl): > > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { > '/pifisi' => [ > '' > ], > '/proc' => [ > '' > ], > '/home' => [ > '' > ], > '/mnt' => [ > '' > ], > '/sys' => [ > '' > ], > '/myisi' => [ > '' > ], > '/dat01' => [ > '' > ], > '/vol01' => [ > '' > ] > }; > > Here's evidence that the exclude override is not being sent: > > Contents of file /var/lib/backuppc/pc/failingclient/XferLOG.bad.z, > modified 2009-09-08 08:02:59 > > full backup started for directory / > Running: /usr/bin/ssh -c arcfour -p 8889 -q -x -l backup failingclient sudo > /var/backups/rsyncSend --server --sender --numeric-ids --perms --owner > --group -D --links --hard-links --times --block-size=2048 --recursive > --ignore-times . / > Xfer PIDs are now 31301 > Got remote protocol 29 > Negotiated protocol version 28 > Remote[2]: file has vanished: > "/pifisi/.snapshot/nightly_2009-09-07_01-00/data/... > > As you can see, /pifisi is the first exclude in the override settings. > > Any ideas? > > On Sep 8, 2009, at 8:15 AM, Michael Stowe wrote: > >>> I recently converted all my BackupPC servers to 3.1.0 and even more >>> recently configured one of them to back up 5 brand new clients. The >>> problem is, BackupPC is not using the Override setting on >>> BackupFilesExclude and is therefore failing trying to rsync several >>> terabytes of Isilon network fileservers mounted on each of the 5 >>> machines. I've reloaded the config from Admin Options. What else do >>> I need to do to get BackupPC to exclude those network filesystems? >>> >>> Ward... James Ward >>> Tekco Management Group, LLC >>> jew...@torzo.com <mailto:jew...@torzo.com> >>> 520-290-0190x268 >>> ICQ: 201663408 >> >> All kinds of things may have gone wrong, if you've verified in the logs >> that the excludes aren't being sent at all, I'd suspect something wonky in >> your config files ... note that if you have $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} set >> that it takes precedence over $Conf{BackupFilesExclude}, so this might be >> my first guess. >> >> If the setting appears in the individual configuration file at all, it's >> overriding the main config. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 >> 30-Day >> trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and >> focus on >> what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with >> Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july >> _______________________________________________ >> BackupPC-users mailing list >> BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> <mailto: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/ > > Ward... James Ward > Tekco Management Group, LLC > jew...@torzo.com <mailto:jew...@torzo.com> > 520-290-0190x268 > ICQ: 201663408 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ hi,
This is what works on my system: $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { '*' => [ '/tmp', '/net', '/sys', '/proc', '/dev', '/selinux', '/space', '/net' ] }; -- Mark Maciolek Network Administrator Morse Hall 339 862-3050 m...@sr.unh.edu https://www.sr.unh.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ 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/