On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 08:12:51PM +1100, James Harper wrote: > > > on 07.11 (1st Sunday) bacula did a fullbackup like expected. Next monday > > > a incremental like expected. On the following tuesday bacula made > > > a fullbackup instead of the incremental, because he didnĀ“t find a prior > > fullbackup in the catalog. > > > > > > The fullbackup on the 7th was the second fullback. The first one was the > > > initial fullbackup after the setup and start with bacula. > > > > > > Where do i have to search for the problem? > > > > Bacula relies heavily on your clock being correct. > > If your clock went backwards since it did the first full, it won't be able > > to > > find the first full. > > > > Also, if your retention for your first full has expired, it will purge it > > even though another backup depends on it existing. > > So perhaps your retention for your first full was too low. > > > > Hmmm... it never occurred to me before but mucking around with the clock on > your director could seriously mess with your day! Advancing the clock by one > year by mistake would probably purge most peoples catalogues.
I've thought about it before, and posted my thoughts on the devel list, on a thread called 'bconsole restore bug - option 12', starting here... http://marc.info/?l=bacula-devel&m=125302334920002&w=2 ...and continue to worry about it. I still think that getting rid of bacula's dependence on clocks, and having a 'this job depends on jobid x' field would fix a host of problems. I can see that maintaining continuity with, or migrating from previous bacula versions would be difficult. But I think the move would be best in the long term. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Next 800 Companies to Lead America's Growth: New Video Whitepaper David G. Thomson, author of the best-selling book "Blueprint to a Billion" shares his insights and actions to help propel your business during the next growth cycle. Listen Now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/SAP-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users