Jason A. Kates wrote: > I wouldn't say that this is a bug. The shrink wrapped backup softare > that you will pay 10's of K for work in the same way. If it's that > much of an issue just do fulls for that file system. > -Jason >
Actually, some do and some don't. You have to check the documentation for each one to be sure. For example, in the commercial realm, EMC Retrospect will properly restore incremental backups with deleted files removed. In the open source realm, Amanda will also properly handle deleted files in incremental backups. --------------- Chris Hoogendyk - O__ ---- Systems Administrator c/ /'_ --- Biology & Geology Departments (*) \(*) -- 140 Morrill Science Center ~~~~~~~~~~ - University of Massachusetts, Amherst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --------------- Erdös 4 > On Thu, 2008-01-10 at 15:16 +0100, Vladimirs Vecgailis wrote: > >>> Hello. >>> >>> Well, this is a known limitation - see >>> http://www.bacula.org/?page=projects "Item 1" ;) >>> >>> >> :-[ ] >> >> But this bug renders the incremental backups (almost) useless... >> >> Imagine a Maildir-directory with many thousands of mails. >> Some hundrets are knowingly deleted. >> Then a crash comes and data is restored - WITH ALL THE OLD FILES/MAILS... >> >> >> Exactly this is my situation - i backup a Zimbra-Server (a mail & >> groupware-server). >> It saves the mails in a maildir-like directory-structure in separate files. >> Now i make backups of approx. 900 000 files, and the amount is bigger every >> day. >> >> Now i tried a restore it to a test-machine and got all the old data back, >> what was deleted weeks ago! >> >> Further, my database grows very fast! >> >> >> What shoul be done in that kind of situation??? >> >> :-( >> >> >> >> >> Mit freundlichen Grüßen >> >> Vladimirs Vecgailis >> >> -- >> >> ================================== >> Vladimirs Vecgailis >> Colocation IT >> primacall Vertriebs-GmbH >> Postfach 08 04 55 >> 10004 Berlin >> >> Leipziger Str. 124 >> 10117 Berlin >> GERMANY >> >> Phone +49 30 206143 875 >> eMail [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Web http://www.primacall.de >> ================================== >> >> Amtsgericht und Sitz: Berlin, HRB 98348 B >> Steuernummer: 37-199-20919 >> Geschäftsführer: M. Vukusic >> >> Die in dieser E-Mail enthaltenen Informationen sind vertraulich und können >> rechtlich bedeutsam sein. Sie sind ausschließlich für den Adressaten >> bestimmt und jeglicher Zugriff durch andere Personen ist unzulässig. Falls >> Sie nicht der beabsichtigte Empfänger sind, ist jegliche Veröffentlichung, >> Verteilung oder sonstige in diesem Zusammenhang stehende Handlung untersagt >> und unter Umständen rechtswidrig. Herkömmliche E-Mails sind zudem nicht >> gegen Zugriff geschützt und können mit und ohne Einfluss von Dritten >> verloren gehen, verändert oder verfälscht werden. Eine Haftung für die >> Unversehrtheit von E-Mails oder hieraus entstandene Schäden kann daher nicht >> übernommen werden. >> >> The information in this e-mail is confidential and may be legally >> privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee and access to the e-mail >> by anyone else is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, any >> disclosure, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in >> reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Common e-mails are not >> protected against access by third persons and therefore might be lost, >> changed or falsified, with or without any interference by third persons. We >> cannot accept any responsibility for the integrity of e-mails or for any >> damages resulting out of these circumstances. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. >> It's the best place to buy or sell services for >> just about anything Open Source. >> http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace >> _______________________________________________ >> Bacula-users mailing list >> Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
