--On Thursday, October 14, 2004 09:27:17 -0700 Paul Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello, > > Since I have a large filesystem that is larger than my 40GB tapes, I > use the gnutar exclude lists features to back this up. Since the > method is somewhat error-prone to forgetting things/excluding too > much, I was wondering if anyone had a script to show me all of the > files on my filesystem that are NOT covered with my disklist file > entries. > > The large data I am backing up is on a partition that also has smaller > data directories on it too. The large data is all under a common > path, and is broken down into subdirectories which themselves DO fit > on a tape, such as: > > /somepath/ > smalldir/ > othersmalldir/ > largedir/ > A/ > bunch of files that all fit on a tape > B/ > bunch of files that all fit on a tape > ... > anothersmalldir/ > > > The way I have this set up is /somepath/ has a disklist entry, with an > exclude file that specifies ./largedir/* This gathers all of the > small data dirs all at once. > > Then, each directory under largedir has its own disklist entry, such > as /somepath/largedir/A for example. This is the error prone part. > > The A, B, etc. directories don't change TOO often, but they're not > static. I am looking for a tool to make it easier to verify that all > the necessary disklist entries have been made and that none of the > important data (anywhere on my server) has been accidentally left out. > > Any suggestions for how I can do my configuration better that might > prevent some of these issues would be appreciated as well. Add a DLE for largedir/ that excludes largedir/A largedir/B etc. As long as you do what you think you're doing it should be a basically empty backup, but if someone creates largedir/Z and forgot to add a DLE for it, then the largedir/ DLE entry will pick it up. Frank > > Thanks, > -Paul -- Frank Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sr. Systems Administrator Voice: 512-374-4673 Hoover's Online Fax: 512-374-4501