Awesome, glad that you found them (I missed them the first time too).
As for the anomalous changed files, do you have these options set in your
client option file?
skipacl yes
skipaclupdatecheck yes
updatectime yes
We had similar problems where metadata and ACL updates were interpreted as
data changes by mmbackup/dsmc.
We also have a case open with IBM where mmbackup will both expire and
backup a file in the same run, even in the absence of mtime changes, but
it's unclear whether that's program error or something with our
include/exclude rules. I'd be curious if you're running into that as
well.
On Wed, Jan 26, 2022 at 03:55:48PM +, Paul Ward wrote:
> Good call!
>
> Yes they are dot files.
>
>
> New issue.
>
> Mmbackup seems to be backup up the same files over and over without them
> changing:
> areas are being backed up multiple times.
> The example below is a co-resident file, the only thing that has changed
> since it was created 20/10/21, is the file has been accessed for backup.
> This file is in the 'changed' list in mmbackup:
>
> This list has just been created:
> -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 6591914 Jan 26 11:12
> mmbackupChanged.ix.197984.22A38AA7.39.nhmfsa
>
> Listing the last few files in the file (selecting the last one)
> 11:17:52 [root@scale-sk-pn-1 .mmbackupCfg]# tail
> mmbackupChanged.ix.197984.22A38AA7.39.nhmfsa
> "/gpfs/nhmfsa/bulk/share/data/mbl/share/workspaces/groups/urban-nature-project/audiowaveform/300_40/unp-grounds-01-1604556977.png"
> "/gpfs/nhmfsa/bulk/share/data/mbl/share/workspaces/groups/urban-nature-project/audiowaveform/300_40/unp-grounds-01-1604557039.png"
> "/gpfs/nhmfsa/bulk/share/data/mbl/share/workspaces/groups/urban-nature-project/audiowaveform/300_40/unp-grounds-01-1604557102.png"
> "/gpfs/nhmfsa/bulk/share/data/mbl/share/workspaces/groups/urban-nature-project/audiowaveform/300_40/unp-grounds-01-1604557164.png"
> "/gpfs/nhmfsa/bulk/share/data/mbl/share/workspaces/groups/urban-nature-project/audiowaveform/300_40/unp-grounds-01-1604557226.png"
> "/gpfs/nhmfsa/bulk/share/data/mbl/share/workspaces/groups/urban-nature-project/audiowaveform/300_40/unp-grounds-01-1604557288.png"
> "/gpfs/nhmfsa/bulk/share/data/mbl/share/workspaces/groups/urban-nature-project/audiowaveform/300_40/unp-grounds-01-1604557351.png"
> "/gpfs/nhmfsa/bulk/share/data/mbl/share/workspaces/groups/urban-nature-project/audiowaveform/300_40/unp-grounds-01-1604557413.png"
> "/gpfs/nhmfsa/bulk/share/data/mbl/share/workspaces/groups/urban-nature-project/audiowaveform/300_40/unp-grounds-01-1604557476.png"
> "/gpfs/nhmfsa/bulk/share/data/mbl/share/workspaces/groups/urban-nature-project/audiowaveform/300_40/unp-grounds-01-1604557538.png"
>
> Check the file stats (access time just before last backup)
> 11:18:05 [root@scale-sk-pn-1 .mmbackupCfg]# stat
> "/gpfs/nhmfsa/bulk/share/data/mbl/share/workspaces/groups/urban-nature-project/audiowaveform/300_40/unp-grounds-01-1604557538.png"
> File:
> '/gpfs/nhmfsa/bulk/share/data/mbl/share/workspaces/groups/urban-nature-project/audiowaveform/300_40/unp-grounds-01-1604557538.png'
> Size: 545 Blocks: 32 IO Block: 4194304 regular file
> Device: 2bh/43d Inode: 212618897 Links: 1
> Access: (0644/-rw-r--r--) Uid: (1399613896/NHM\edwab) Gid:
> (1399647564/NHM\dg-mbl-urban-nature-project-rw)
> Context: unconfined_u:object_r:unlabeled_t:s0
> Access: 2022-01-25 06:40:58.334961446 +
> Modify: 2020-12-01 15:20:40.122053000 +
> Change: 2021-10-20 17:55:18.265746459 +0100
> Birth: -
>
> Check if migrated
> 11:18:16 [root@scale-sk-pn-1 .mmbackupCfg]# dsmls
> "/gpfs/nhmfsa/bulk/share/data/mbl/share/workspaces/groups/urban-nature-project/audiowaveform/300_40/unp-grounds-01-1604557538.png"
> File name :
> /gpfs/nhmfsa/bulk/share/data/mbl/share/workspaces/groups/urban-nature-project/audiowaveform/300_40/unp-grounds-01-1604557538.png
> On-line size: 545
> Used blocks : 16
> Data Version: 1
> Meta Version: 1
> State : Co-resident
> Container Index : 1
> Base Name :
> 34C0B77D20194B0B.EACEB2055F6CAA58.56D56C5F140C8C9D..2197396D.0CAC4E91
>
> Check if immutable
> 11:18:26 [root@scale-sk-pn-1 .mmbackupCfg]# mstat
> "/gpfs/nhmfsa/bulk/share/data/mbl/share/workspaces/groups/urban-nature-project/audiowaveform/300_40/unp-grounds-01-1604557538.png"
> file name:
> /gpfs/nhmfsa/bulk/share/data/mbl/share/workspaces/groups/urban-nature-project/audiowaveform/300_40/unp-grounds-01-1604557538.png
> metadata replication: 2 max 2
> data replication: 2 max 2
> immutable:no
> appendOnly: no
> flags:
> storage pool name:data
> fileset name: hpc-workspaces-fset
> snapshot name:
> creation time:Wed Oct 20 17:55:18 2021
> Misc attributes: ARCHIVE
> Encrypted:no
>
> Check active and inactive backups (it was backed up yesterday)
> 11:18:52 [root@scale-sk-pn-1 .mmbackupCfg]# dsmcqbi
>
