Am 03.12.2012 10:23, schrieb lst_ho...@kwsoft.de: > > Zitat von Dimitrij Hilt <dimitrij.h...@fhe3.com>: > >> Am 03.12.2012 02:21, schrieb Dan Langille: >>> On Dec 2, 2012, at 6:40 PM, Dimitrij Hilt wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hi there, >>>> >>>> i have bacula system on debian squeeze with packages from back ports. >>> >>> What version of Bacula are you running? >> Version: 5.2.6 (both DIR and SD) comming from Debian backports package >> 5.2.6+dfsg-1~bpo60+1. >>> >>>> I >>>> use file based backups and i'm wondering why tape files are created as >>>> sparse file: >> du --block-size 1 file-0399 >>>> 134742016 file-0399 >> du --bytes file-0399 >>>> 70112117 file-0399 >>> >>> What does the above represent? What command did you issue? >>> >>>> Any idea how i can avoid it? It waste to much disc space. >>> >>> >>> Not yet. I don't know what I'm looking at. :) >> >> Thanks. >> >> Once more. If i copy this file localy and back, it shrinks to normal >> size and both 'du' are same. Restore from shrinked file is still possible. > > Not sure but from my knowledge Bacula does not delete/truncate files > by default when they are reused but simply overwrite them. You could > try "Action On Purge = Truncate" to "shrink" the files before reuse. These files was not reused. It is new system and create new (possible sparse) files. "Action On Purge = Truncate" is allready inplace.
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