Kern Sibbald wrote:
> On Saturday 25 February 2006 20:08, Phil Stracchino wrote:
>
>>I don't recall ... does Bacula optimize the BSR files at run time? This
>>one seems remarkably poorly optimized.
>
>
> Bacula processes all records for each volume in a logical order (i.e. in the
> order it expects them to be found on the Volume), it then proceeds with the
> next Volume.
>
> In the case presented below, I suspect that this is the result of a number of
> backup operations where Bacula wrote the Full backup, then the Diff and Inc
> backups (if any) were appended. This leads to an unoptimized bsr where all
> files in the backup will be restored, then the same file in an Diff and Inc
> that is backed up will overlay the first file (inefficient, but it gives the
> right results).
>
> In this case, I *think* that Bacula will process all records for the VXA-0008
> Volume before proceeding to the LTO-0001 Volume. Of course, since this file
> was written by version 1.36 software, Bacula will not be able to switch
> drives ...
Actually, it ought to start with the LTO volume, I'd assume, since
that's the Full backup. This is the first time I've seen it not do so.
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