On Wed, May 9, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Matthew Baker <matt.ba...@bristol.ac.uk> wrote: >> > By looking at the size of directories growing under the clients new > directory I could see that /proc was most active. This particular client > didn't have a specific BackupFilesExclude config so I've set a global > default to: > > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { > '*' => [ > '/tmp/*', > '/proc/*', > '/sys/*' > ] > }; > > Restarted and retried this client and it finished an incremental run! =] > > Over half of the other clients have /proc already excluded. Will see > over night if this helps those that don't. >
I generally use --one-file-system as an rsync option which will keep it from wandering into /proc and /sys as well as any nfs or iso mounts that are accidentally in the path. Of course if you do that, you have to add explict 'share' entries for each mount point that you want backed up and be careful to add new ones as needed. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/