Re: Filesets: splitting a huge directory
"Stefan G. Weichinger via Bacula-users" <[email protected]> Tue, 6 Jan 2026 18:27:08 +0100
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Am 06.01.26 um 17:41 schrieb Martin Simmons: > You need to use the exclude = yes option to remove some subset of the > files/directories. Look at the examples for /home/b in > https://docs.baculasystems.com/BETechnicalReference/Director/DirectorResourceTypes/FilesetResource/index.html Oh, please, not that example ;-) That's why I came here: I didn't "like" or fully understand it, when I found it googling for examples. It seems rather "un-intuitive" to me. thanks anyway Will give it another try, in combo with below suggestion. >> trial and error is a bit problematic, as these jobs are terabytes in >> size quickly. >> >> Do I remember correctly that someone posted some test-script for such cases? > > You can use use the "estimate job=... listing" command in bconsole to see what > will be backed up. Will give that a try, thanks.