Hi!
I've been using bacula to backup an exchange 2003 server for some time with
success. You could say I'm an happy user :)
Lately I noticed bacula started truncating logs on EVERY backup, also
incrementals and differentials, when it should not.
I'm not sure when this happened. I'm inclined to thing it started when
I upgraded to 5.2.6 But I don't have logs handy till them. I can try to
reover them from some backup perhaps.
The machine is a Windows 2003 R2 server, 32 bit. I used the installer
from the project page on sourceforge to install bacula.
If needed I can try installing a previous version on this client and see
if this makes the problem disappear. Is such a scenario(older client)
supported?
The job description is unmodified since february 2011, and I'm sure it
was not truncating logs back then.
here's the job definition (defaults too):
JobDefs {
Name = "DefaultJob"
Type = Backup
Level = Full
Accurate = yes
Messages = Standard
Pool = Default
Priority = 10
SpoolData = no
Spool Attributes = yes
Write Bootstrap = "/var/db/bacula/Bootstraps/%c_%n"
Max Start Delay = 20 h
Enabled = yes
}
Job {
Name = "nifi10MonthlyMain"
Jobdefs = "DefaultJob"
Schedule = "MonthlyCycleMain"
Storage = "Storageworks-1"
Client = "ntfi10-fd"
FileSet = "ntfi10 Set"
# Exchange plugin not tested with accurate backups. Don't
# use the option.
Accurate = no
Client Run Before Job = "PreBCK.bat before"
Client Run After Job = "PreBCK.bat after"
}
FileSet {
Name = "ntfi10 Set"
Enable VSS = yes
Include {
Options {
Signature = SHA1
}
Plugin = "exchange:/@EXCHANGE/Microsoft Information
Store"
File = "E:/Exchsrvr/NTFI10.log"
File = "E:/Exchsrvr/Old-logs"
File = "D:/Save_DB_Marcatempo"
File = "D:/Software"
File = "D:/tmp_BO"
File = "E:/Documenti"
File = "E:/backup"
}
}
The accurate and Enable VSS line have always been like that. So I don't
think they're problematic.
I'm quite sure that up to last year this configuration DID work as
expected.
Here are the messages from an Incremental:
03-May 23:51 uxifi04-dir JobId 26741: Start Backup JobId 26741,
Job=nifi10MonthlyMain.2012-05-03_22.30.01_42
03-May 23:51 uxifi04-dir JobId 26741: Using Device "Ultrium-1"
03-May 23:51 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: shell command: run ClientRunBeforeJob
"PreBCK.bat before"
03-May 23:51 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: ClientRunBeforeJob:
03-May 23:51 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: ClientRunBeforeJob: C:\WINDOWS\system32>REM
$VGFi: PreBCK.bat,v 1.2 2010/01/19 15:40:24 gfalsi Exp $
03-May 23:51 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: ClientRunBeforeJob:
03-May 23:51 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: ClientRunBeforeJob: C:\WINDOWS\system32>if
"before" == "before" goto create
03-May 23:51 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: ClientRunBeforeJob:
03-May 23:51 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: ClientRunBeforeJob:
C:\WINDOWS\system32>C:\windows\system32\ntbackup.exe backup systemstate /J
"NTFI10 SystemState" /F "E:\backup\ntfi10-systemstate.bkf" /R:yes /L:n /SNAP:on
03-May 23:55 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: ClientRunBeforeJob:
03-May 23:55 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: ClientRunBeforeJob:
C:\WINDOWS\system32>goto :scend
03-May 23:55 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: ClientRunBeforeJob:
03-May 23:55 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: ClientRunBeforeJob:
C:\WINDOWS\system32>exit 0
03-May 23:55 uxifi04-sd JobId 26741: Spooling data ...
03-May 23:55 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: Generate VSS snapshots. Driver="Win32 VSS",
Drive(s)="ED"
03-May 23:58 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: Preparing Exchange Backup for NTFI10
03-May 23:58 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: Truncated database logs for Storage Group
First Storage Group
03-May 23:58 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: Truncated database logs for Storage Group
Second Storage Group
03-May 23:58 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: Truncated database logs for Storage Group
Third Storage Group
03-May 23:58 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): "System
Writer", State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE)
03-May 23:58 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): "Microsoft
Exchange Writer", State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE)
03-May 23:58 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): "IIS Metabase
Writer", State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE)
03-May 23:58 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): "MSDEWriter",
State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE)
03-May 23:58 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): "BITS Writer",
State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE)
03-May 23:58 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): "Event Log
Writer", State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE)
03-May 23:58 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): "Registry
Writer", State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE)
03-May 23:58 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): "Removable
Storage Manager", State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE)
03-May 23:58 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): "COM+ REGDB
Writer", State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE)
03-May 23:58 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: VSS Writer (BackupComplete): "WMI Writer",
State: 0x1 (VSS_WS_STABLE)
03-May 23:58 uxifi04-sd JobId 26741: Job write elapsed time = 00:03:18,
Transfer rate = 8.689 M Bytes/second
03-May 23:58 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: shell command: run ClientAfterJob
"PreBCK.bat after"
03-May 23:58 uxifi04-sd JobId 26741: Committing spooled data to Volume
"MT0498L4". Despooling 1,722,106,742 bytes ...
03-May 23:58 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: ClientAfterJob:
03-May 23:58 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: ClientAfterJob: C:\WINDOWS\system32>REM
$VGFi: PreBCK.bat,v 1.2 2010/01/19 15:40:24 gfalsi Exp $
03-May 23:58 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: ClientAfterJob:
03-May 23:58 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: ClientAfterJob: C:\WINDOWS\system32>if
"after" == "before" goto create
03-May 23:58 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: ClientAfterJob:
03-May 23:58 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: ClientAfterJob: C:\WINDOWS\system32>if
"after" == "after" goto delete
03-May 23:58 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: ClientAfterJob:
03-May 23:58 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: ClientAfterJob: C:\WINDOWS\system32>del /F
/Q E:\backup\ntfi10-systemstate.bkf
03-May 23:58 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: ClientAfterJob:
03-May 23:58 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: ClientAfterJob: C:\WINDOWS\system32>goto
:scend
03-May 23:58 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: ClientAfterJob:
03-May 23:58 ntfi10-fd JobId 26741: ClientAfterJob: C:\WINDOWS\system32>exit 0
04-May 00:00 uxifi04-sd JobId 26741: Despooling elapsed time = 00:01:10,
Transfer rate = 24.60 M Bytes/second
04-May 00:00 uxifi04-sd JobId 26741: Sending spooled attrs to the Director.
Despooling 203,879 bytes ...
04-May 00:00 uxifi04-dir JobId 26741: Bacula uxifi04-dir 5.2.6 (21Feb12):
Build OS: amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0 freebsd 9.0-STABLE
JobId: 26741
Job: nifi10MonthlyMain.2012-05-03_22.30.01_42
Backup Level: Incremental, since=2012-05-02 23:57:17
Client: "ntfi10-fd" 5.2.6 (21Feb12) Microsoft Windows Home
ServerStandard Edition Service Pack 2 (build 3790),Cross-compile,Win32
FileSet: "ntfi10 Set" 2011-02-23 22:30:00
Pool: "MainInc" (From Run IncPool override)
Catalog: "MyCatalog" (From Client resource)
Storage: "Storageworks-1" (From Pool resource)
Scheduled time: 03-May-2012 22:30:01
Start time: 03-May-2012 23:55:34
End time: 04-May-2012 00:00:17
Elapsed time: 4 mins 43 secs
Priority: 10
FD Files Written: 591
SD Files Written: 591
FD Bytes Written: 1,720,367,350 (1.720 GB)
SD Bytes Written: 1,720,489,484 (1.720 GB)
Rate: 6079.0 KB/s
Software Compression: None
VSS: yes
Encryption: no
Accurate: no
Volume name(s): MT0498L4
Volume Session Id: 29
Volume Session Time: 1335960421
Last Volume Bytes: 1,237,800,775,680 (1.237 TB)
Non-fatal FD errors: 0
SD Errors: 0
FD termination status: OK
SD termination status: OK
Termination: Backup OK
04-May 00:00 uxifi04-dir JobId 26741: Begin pruning Jobs older than 6 months .
04-May 00:00 uxifi04-dir JobId 26741: Pruned 1 Job for client ntfi10-fd from
catalog.
04-May 00:00 uxifi04-dir JobId 26741: Begin pruning Files.
04-May 00:00 uxifi04-dir JobId 26741: No Files found to prune.
04-May 00:00 uxifi04-dir JobId 26741: End auto prune.
As you can see the plugin is truncating logs even if this is an
incremental backup.
Any suggestions? I think I've already looked at all the obvious things.
If more information is needed I can dig it out.
Thanks in advance for any help.
--
Guido Falsi <m...@madpilot.net>
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