Package: backup-manager Version: 0.5.5-7
I recently installed backup-manager. Everything seemed to work okay. However, I needed to tweak a couple of things, and I used dpkg-reconfigure for this purpose, which causes my current problem.
I have the software backup to /var/backups which resides on /dev/hda2 with most of my filesystem. The (normal) output of df -h:
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 28G 12G 15G 46% / tmpfs 110M 0 110M 0% /dev/shm /dev/hda1 7.6M 4.6M 2.6M 64% /boot /dev/hda3 9.2G 1.2G 7.6G 14% /home
I have backup-manager backup /root, /etc, and /home.
/etc and /root seem to backup okay (I haven't properly investigated) but the /home directory keeps building until the partition is full. As you can see, /home is 1.2 gig, but backup-manager gave up once the backup file filled the / partition (15 gig). The docs say I need to have a lot of room left on the partition, but really...!
This behaviour has only started since I changed the configuration. For what it's worth, the main change is that I enabled CD writing. However, whilst I suspect that I'll have trouble fitting this partition onto a 650 MB CDRW, I'm not sure that this is relevant, because the program doesn't get that far.
Thanks for your time!
Cameron
Here's my /etc/backup-manager.conf:
############################################################## # Archive settings #############################################################
# the archive filename format # long : host-full-path-to-folder.tar.gz # short : parent folder.tar.gz export BM_NAME_FORMAT="long"
# the type of archive to make (zip or tar.gz) export BM_FILETYPE="tar.gz"
# the number of days we have to keep an archive export BM_MAX_TIME_TO_LIVE="4"
# do you want to dereference the files pointed by symlinks ? # enter yes or no. export BM_DUMP_SYMLINKS="true"
# the prefix of every archive on that box (default is HOSTNAME) export BM_ARCHIVES_PREFIX="$HOSTNAME"
############################################################## # File paths #############################################################
# the root directory where all the archives should live (default is /backup/)
export BM_ARCHIVES_REPOSITORY="/var/backups"
# the directories you want to backup export BM_DIRECTORIES="/etc /home /root"
# Here the list of the directories you don't want to archive export BM_DIRECTORIES_BLACKLIST="/backup"
############################################################## # upload settings #############################################################
# you can set here a list of remote hosts where BM will upload # the generated archives.
# which protocol to use for tranfert ? (scp or ftp) export BM_UPLOAD_MODE=""
#"192.168.15.23 backup.company.com myhome.provider.net" export BM_UPLOAD_HOSTS=""
#"bman" export BM_UPLOAD_USER=""
#"secret", only needed for ftp transfert, scp is based on key identification.
export BM_UPLOAD_PASSWD=""
# if scp mode is used, an identity file is needed export BM_UPLOAD_KEY=""
#"/backup/upload/" export BM_UPLOAD_DIR=""
############################################################## # Automatic CD/DVD burning settings #############################################################
# set this to yes if you want automatic burning. export BM_BURNING="yes"
# which media to use (cdrom or dvd) # cd will use cdrecord, dvd will use growisofs # only cdrom is supported currently ! export BM_BURNING_MEDIA="cdrom"
# The device to use for cdrecord. export BM_BURNING_DEVICE="/dev/cdrom"
# the method of burning archives from the list : # - CDRW : blanking the CDRW and burning the all # ARCHIVES_REPOSITORY or only # the generated archives. # - CDR : burning all the ARCHIVES_REPOSITORY or # only the generated archives. export BM_BURNING_METHOD="CDRW"
# enter here the max size of your media export BM_BURNING_MAXSIZE="650"
############################################################## # Advanced settings, use this with care. #############################################################
# Enter here some shell script. # It will be executed before the first action of backup-manager. export BM_PRE_BACKUP_COMMAND=""
# Enter here some shell script. # It will be executed after the last action of backup-manager. export BM_POST_BACKUP_COMMAND=""
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