Re: [Bacula-users] excluded folders being included in the backup
On Thursday 08 March 2012 23:56:30 Steve Ellis wrote: Just a guess, but I'm thinking that this may be due to the trailing '/' in your 'wild' entries. I know that for my systems, when I exclude (with Ignore Case), I'm able to exclude both files and directories appropriately with wild, but I never put trailing '/' in the directory names. Also, just to check I ran a simple test using 'bwild' (a tool I was not previously aware of) and that suggested that the trailing '/' might be a problem (unclear since bwild doesn't actually look at filesystems, instead it takes filenames in a file). -se Thanks Steve. I've removed the trailing '/' and that has fixed the problem. The new backup size is only 13GB. Thanks also for mentioning bwild. Gary -- Virtualization Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
[Bacula-users] excluded folders being included in the backup
I'm trying to back up a Windows 7 DELL laptop but it keeps insisting on trying
to back up 56GB of data. I've added exclude entries for most of the folders
I don't want to back up but they're still being included, as confirmed in an
estimate job=ladmina listing level=Full
run. I have checked the Fileset, client and job entries and all looks right.
The 'show job' listing below also looks like the files are being parsed
correctly. Can anyone please tell me why these excludes are being ignored.
(I have experimented with wild, wilddir, wildfile etc.)
Gary
FileSet {
Name = Windows 7
Include {
Options {
signature = MD5
Exclude = yes
IgnoreCase = yes
# Exclude Mozilla-based programs' file caches
wild = [A-Z]:/users/*/Application Data/*/Profiles/*/*/Cache
wild = [A-Z]:/users/*/Application Data/*/Profiles/*/*/Cache.Trash
wild = [A-Z]:/users/*/Application Data/*/Profiles/*/*/ImapMail
# Exclude user's registry files - they're always in use anyway.
wild = [A-Z]:/users/*/Local Settings/Application
Data/Microsoft/Windows/usrclass.*
wild = [A-Z]:/users/*/ntuser.*
# Exclude directories full of lots and lots of useless little files
wild = [A-Z]:/users/*/Cookies
wild = [A-Z]:/users/*/Recent
wild = [A-Z]:/users/*/Local Settings/History
wild = [A-Z]:/users/*/Local Settings/Temp
wild = [A-Z]:/users/*/Local Settings/Temporary Internet Files
# These are always open and unable to be backed up
wild = [A-Z]:/users/All Users/Application
Data/Microsoft/Network/Downloader/qmgr[01].dat
# Windows 7 stuff
wild = [A-Z]:/\$Recycle.bin/
wild = [A-Z]:/Recovery/
wild = [A-Z]:/System Volume Information/
wild = [A-Z]:/Windows.old/
wild = [A-Z]:/Windows/winsxs/
wild = [A-Z]:/Windows/Temp/
wild = [A-Z]:/Windows/Temp/
wild = [A-Z]:/Windows/Web/
# Some random bits of Windows we want to ignore
wild = [A-Z]:/WINNT/security/logs/scepol.log
wild = [A-Z]:/WINNT/system32/config
wild = [A-Z]:/WINNT/msdownld.tmp
wild = [A-Z]:/WINNT/Internet Logs
wild = [A-Z]:/WINNT/$Nt*Uninstall*
wild = [A-Z]:/WINNT/sysvol
wild = [A-Z]:/WINNT/cluster/CLUSDB
wild = [A-Z]:/WINNT/cluster/CLUSDB.LOG
wild = [A-Z]:/WINNT/NTDS/edb.log
wild = [A-Z]:/WINNT/NTDS/ntds.dit
wild = [A-Z]:/WINNT/NTDS/temp.edb
wild = [A-Z]:/WINNT/ntfrs/jet/log/edb.log
wild = [A-Z]:/WINNT/ntfrs/jet/ntfrs.jdb
wild = [A-Z]:/WINNT/ntfrs/jet/temp/tmp.edb
wild = [A-Z]:/WINNT/system32/CPL.CFG
wild = [A-Z]:/WINNT/system32/dhcp/dhcp.mdb
wild = [A-Z]:/WINNT/system32/dhcp/j50.log
wild = [A-Z]:/WINNT/system32/dhcp/tmp.edb
wild = [A-Z]:/WINNT/system32/LServer/edb.log
wild = [A-Z]:/WINNT/system32/LServer/TLSLic.edb
wild = [A-Z]:/WINNT/system32/LServer/tmp.edb
wild = [A-Z]:/WINNT/system32/wins/j50.log
wild = [A-Z]:/WINNT/system32/wins/wins.mdb
wild = [A-Z]:/WINNT/system32/wins/winstmp.mdb
# Temporary directories files
wild = [A-Z]:/MSOCache
wild = [A-Z]:/WINNT/Temp
wild = [A-Z]:/temp
wild = *.tmp
wild = [A-Z]:/tmp
wild = [A-Z]:/var/tmp
# Recycle bins
wild = [A-Z]:/RECYCLER
# Swap files
wild = [A-Z]:/pagefile.sys
# These are programs and are easier to reinstall than restore from
# backup
wild = [A-Z]:/cygwin
wild = [A-Z]:/PinnacleSmartClient
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/Acro Software
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/Adobe
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/Bacula
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/Broadcom
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/Cisco
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/Common Files
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/CyberLink
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/DVD Maker
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/Epson*
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/Gemplus
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/GPLGS
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/Google*
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/Grisoft
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/Internet Explorer
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/InstallShield Installation Information
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/Intel
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/Java
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/JavaSoft
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/Java Web Start
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/Kaspersky Lab
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/Loyalty Logistix*
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/Messenger
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/microsoft ActiveSync
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/microsoft ASP.NET
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/microsoft frontpage
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/Microsoft Office
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/Microsoft Silverlight
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/microsoft Visual*
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/microsoft works
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/MSBuild
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/MSECache
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/Nokia
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/Movie Maker
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/Mozilla*
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/Mozilla Firefox
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/mozilla.org
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/Mozilla Thunderbird
wild = [A-Z]:/Program Files/MSN*
Re: [Bacula-users] excluded folders being included in the backup
Hello, I've added exclude entries for most of the folders I don't want to back up but they're still being included, Which folders are still being included? All of them or just some? A lot of the default folders under windows 7 (for example 'Application Data' and 'Local Settings' in every user directory) are really junction points, i.e. a kind of link referring to some other folder: you are probably excluding the junction points (which bacula does not descend into anyway) instead of the actual folders. You can use dir /a in a command prompt to quickly find out what folders are really junctions and what they point to. andrea -- Virtualization Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] excluded folders being included in the backup
On Thursday 08 March 2012 20:35:10 Andrea Conti wrote: Hello, I've added exclude entries for most of the folders I don't want to back up but they're still being included, Which folders are still being included? All of them or just some? A lot of the default folders under windows 7 (for example 'Application Data' and 'Local Settings' in every user directory) are really junction points, i.e. a kind of link referring to some other folder: you are probably excluding the junction points (which bacula does not descend into anyway) instead of the actual folders. You can use dir /a in a command prompt to quickly find out what folders are really junctions and what they point to. andrea Hi Andrea, Examples are: C:/Windows/winsxs/ C:/$Recycle.Bin/ C:/dell The user has taken her laptop home so I'm looking at another Win7 PC but here are the dir outputs: C:\dir /a dir /a Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is F8E2-C48B Directory of C:\ 21/02/2012 13:29DIR $Recycle.Bin 21/02/2012 17:05 1,024 .rnd 21/02/2012 13:3686 csb.log 14/07/2009 05:08JUNCTION Documents and Settings [C:\Users] 07/03/2012 16:42 3,208,044,544 hiberfil.sys 21/02/2012 13:32DIR Intel 21/02/2012 17:06 390 ladmine-fd.conf 21/02/2012 13:50DIR MSOCache 07/03/2012 16:42 4,277,395,456 pagefile.sys 14/07/2009 03:20DIR PerfLogs 21/02/2012 16:10DIR Program Files 24/02/2012 03:00DIR Program Files (x86) 21/02/2012 16:16DIR ProgramData 21/02/2012 13:29DIR Recovery 21/02/2012 13:36 3,026 RHDSetup.log 07/03/2012 02:17DIR System Volume Information 21/02/2012 16:10DIR Users 08/03/2012 23:31DIR Windows 6 File(s) 7,485,444,526 bytes 12 Dir(s) 458,721,439,744 bytes free C:\Windowsdir /a dir /a Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is F8E2-C48B Directory of C:\Windows 08/03/2012 23:31DIR . 08/03/2012 23:31DIR .. [snip] 21/02/2012 14:10 499 win.ini 14/07/2009 04:54 749 WindowsShell.Manifest 08/03/2012 19:36 1,242,504 WindowsUpdate.log 08/03/2012 23:3116,896 winexesvc.exe 14/07/2009 01:14 9,728 winhlp32.exe 03/03/2012 03:19DIR winsxs 10/06/2009 20:52 316,640 WMSysPr9.prx 14/07/2009 01:3910,240 write.exe 37 File(s) 8,954,905 bytes 59 Dir(s) 458,721,435,648 bytes free C:\Windows -- Gary Stainburn Group I.T. Manager Ringways Garages http://www.ringways.co.uk -- Virtualization Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
Re: [Bacula-users] excluded folders being included in the backup
On 3/8/12 3:34 PM, Gary Stainburn wrote: On Thursday 08 March 2012 20:35:10 Andrea Conti wrote: Hello, I've added exclude entries for most of the folders I don't want to back up but they're still being included, Which folders are still being included? All of them or just some? A lot of the default folders under windows 7 (for example 'Application Data' and 'Local Settings' in every user directory) are really junction points, i.e. a kind of link referring to some other folder: you are probably excluding the junction points (which bacula does not descend into anyway) instead of the actual folders. You can use dir /a in a command prompt to quickly find out what folders are really junctions and what they point to. andrea Hi Andrea, Examples are: C:/Windows/winsxs/ C:/$Recycle.Bin/ C:/dell Just a guess, but I'm thinking that this may be due to the trailing '/' in your 'wild' entries. I know that for my systems, when I exclude (with Ignore Case), I'm able to exclude both files and directories appropriately with wild, but I never put trailing '/' in the directory names. Also, just to check I ran a simple test using 'bwild' (a tool I was not previously aware of) and that suggested that the trailing '/' might be a problem (unclear since bwild doesn't actually look at filesystems, instead it takes filenames in a file). -se -- Virtualization Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ ___ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
