On 27 Apr 2006 at 14:35, Bill Moran wrote: > 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.
Sorry, I always get that one wrong.... > > > > 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! I had similar results. -- Dan Langille : Software Developer looking for work my resume: http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille.php ------------------------------------------------------- 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
