Snapshots fail on busy filesystem

2007-08-22 Thread Chris Morris

Greetings to all,

I'm trying to set up an automated system wherein snapshots of the file 
system are taken prior to a backup run.  The problem I'm running into 
can best be described by the following bug report:


http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=100365cat=

I get this same problem completely at random, and thus is most likely 
caused by the busy file system, I just don't have anything in place to 
prove it as the bug submitter does.


Has this bug ever been *really* fixed?  The bug report seems to try to 
call it fixed.  I even contacted the bug reporter about this and he 
admitted that the bug had never been fixed, but that he'd moved on and 
never found a way around this. 

If the bug has never been fixed, has someone developed a work around?  
My primary goal is to make sure that I have a good backup of the 
databases running on our servers when we run a backup with Bacula.  If 
there is a method other than snapshots to make absolutely sure that my 
databases are backed up correctly, I would consider that as well. 

Please help.  My backup system is running perfectly except for this 
nagging sensation that my databases aren't being backed up correctly.  
Any assistance is appreciated.


Thank you,

Chris Morris

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Re: Snapshots fail on busy filesystem

2007-08-22 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Wed, Aug 22, 2007 at 10:01:35AM -0400, Chris Morris wrote:
 Greetings to all,
 
 I'm trying to set up an automated system wherein snapshots of the file 
 system are taken prior to a backup run.  The problem I'm running into 
 can best be described by the following bug report:
 
 http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=100365cat=
 
 I get this same problem completely at random, and thus is most likely 
 caused by the busy file system, I just don't have anything in place to 
 prove it as the bug submitter does.
 
 Has this bug ever been *really* fixed?  The bug report seems to try to 
 call it fixed.  I even contacted the bug reporter about this and he 
 admitted that the bug had never been fixed, but that he'd moved on and 
 never found a way around this.

Sounds like you both need to talk to [EMAIL PROTECTED]  Of course as long as he
thinks the problem is fixed he is not going to work on fixing it :)

Kris
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