On Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:16:38 -0400 "Dan Langille" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 27 Apr 2006 at 11:30, Bill Moran wrote: > > > To backup workstations, I simply run a job that backs up /home > > since we're not terribly worried about data anywhere else on the > > drive. Problem I'm having is that incremental jobs fail silently > > when /home is a symlink to /usr/home (which occurs with a default > > partition layout on FreeBSD). > > I think the the problem is not the symlink. It's the different file > system. > > /home is on / > /usr/home is on /usr > > onefs=no <== may be your friend. > > See http://www.bacula.org/rel-manual/Configuring_Director.html and > look for onefs. > > > The fileset resource looks like this: > > # This set contains the /home directory > > FileSet { > > Name = "CFHome" > > Include { > > Options { > > signature = MD5 > > compression = GZIP > > onefs = no > > try yes, not no. >From the docs: onefs=yes|no If set to yes (the default), Bacula will remain on a single file system ... Based on that, it seems like the correct setting would be "no", but I'll test and see how it behaves. > > The examples in the docs consistently show directories without the > > trailing slash, and I haven't noticed any warnings or gotchas regarding > > symlinks. Perhaps this is something that simply needs documented? > > If /home versus /home/ gives different results, I can see all kinds > of support questions and problems. Agreed. I was _mighty_ surprised when a google search on "bacula symlink" produced nothing relating to this! -- Bill Moran Collaborative Fusion Inc. **************************************************************** IMPORTANT: This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If the reader of this message is not an intended recipient (or the individual responsible for the delivery of this message to an intended recipient), please be advised that any re-use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is prohibited. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. **************************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
