On Thursday 10 January 2008 Sheldon Hearn wrote:
> On Wednesday 09 January 2008 19:58:06 Philipp Marek wrote:
> > Can you send me a tar of /etc/fsvs/6666* and /var/spool/fsvs/66/66/*?
> > Privately, if you prefer? Or at least the dir and Urls files.
> >
> > Does the dir file get rsynced?
>
> When I perform the fsvs in a chroot, I rsync the conf and WAA back from
> the snapshot onto the live filesystem, yes. When I use the softroot
> approach, no (since fsvs should have honoured the FSVS_CONF and
> FSVS_WAA envars).
>
> I'm attaching 4 tarballs, plus the script I'm using for the test
> backups. Note that I'm now backing up a directory called the-only-dir,
> not root's home directory. The tarballs contain:
>
> with-chroot-1.tar.gz Log file showing first run with chroot, along
> with conf, waa and repo.
> with-chroot-2.tar.gz Log file showing second run with chroot, along
> with conf, waa and repo.
> without-chroot-1.tar.gz Log file showing first run without chroot,
> along with conf, waa and repo.
> without-chroot-2.tar.gz Log file showing second run without chroot,
> along with conf, waa and repo.
>
> The two methods fail in different ways. :-)
>
> Using the chroot method, a file created in the snapshot is committed to
> the backup. This proves that fsvs is backing up off the snapshot.
> However, the second commit breaks with "Name does not refer to a
> filesystem directory".
>
> Using the softroot method, a file created in the snapshot is not
> committed to the backup. This proves that fsvs is not backing up off
> the snapshot. Other than that, everything works. But then everything
> works if I don't bother with snapshots, anyway. ;-)
>
> This took a bit of effort, so I'm hoping what I've provided is enough.
> If not, it might be time for me to provide you with administrative
> login on a scratch box. :-\
That would surely be an easy way for me; but I'll take a look at the logs
first.
Don't know whether I can tell something today.
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