> > Hi there, > this is probably bad form as I'm essentially asking the same question twice > but I'm in a bit of a bind so here goes. Last week I posted this issue > regarding the fact that it looks like bacula just randomly decided not to > backup a bunch of files. > > http://www.backupcentral.com/phpBB2/two-way-mirrors-of-external-mailing- lists- > 3/bacula-25/bacula-has-only-backed-up-part-of-a-directory-110828/ > > I got a couple of replies which didn't pan out, I've been doing some reading > myself and digging through logs and so far I've got absolutely squat. No idea > why this happened, no idea how to stop it happening or how to test for it > without running a restore of every backup we do every day. I also can't > reproduce the issue. > > So here I am, we've got hundreds of servers that backup using bacula and now > because this has happened I can't trust bacula. OK, it's only happened once in > the years that I've been using this software but if I don't know why it > happened, how can I be sure it won't happen again? Maybe it's already happened > and we won't find out until we try another directory with missing files. > > If anyone has any suggestions as to my next step, I'd appreciate it. > > > Hi there, > backup server is Debian lenny running bacula 5.02, client is debian sarge > running bacula 1.38.11. >
1.38.11 is ancient. It's certainly old enough that the only advice you're likely to get is "upgrade to the latest version". Unfortunately that's not going to be as easy as just downloading a backported deb as sarge hasn't been supported in a while, but you might be able to find a backport that's at least a bit newer than 1.38.11. This problem doesn't coincide with any DST related timezone changes does it? It shouldn't matter as all the timestamp measurements are done in UTC but Sarge may not be up to date with timezones. It would only affect any files modified within an hour of the original backup too. James ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Xperia(TM) PLAY It's a major breakthrough. An authentic gaming smartphone on the nation's most reliable network. And it wants your games. http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-sfdev _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
