Incremental backup?
Robert Locke <[email protected]> Tue, 24 May 2005 22:19:00 +0200
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.sysutils.backup.hdup.general |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Hi, I have problems with incremental backup and I have not been using tar this way before. According to "man tar" "--listed-incremental" should be=20 "--listed-incremental=3D", but I down know if that is my problem. First I run monthly, which creates a complete backup. but than weekly, and daily also creates the same size of backup. Is it some configuration, or command option issue? linux:/home/robert # cat /etc/hdup/hdup.conf [global] archive dir =3D /var/adm/backup/ date spec =3D iso always backup =3D off skip =3D on force =3D no overwrite =3D on proto =3D /usr/bin/ssh proto option =3D -q -oProtocol=3D2 user =3D operator compression =3D bzip compression level =3D 6 exclude =3D lost\+found/, /proc/, /dev/, /sys/ nobackup =3D .nobackup [bu-all] dir =3D / chunk size =3D 700m [bu-home] dir =3D /home chunk size =3D 700m linux:/home/robert # /usr/local/sbin/hdup -V -V monthly bu-home /usr/local/sbin/hdup: No -c switch using default configfile:=20 /etc/hdup/hdup.conf. /usr/local/sbin/hdup: bu-home: STARTING BACKUP. /usr/local/sbin/hdup: No tar path given, defaulting to: /bin/tar. /usr/local/sbin/hdup: No tar option given, defaulting to: . /usr/local/sbin/hdup: No mcrypt path given, defaulting to: /usr/bin/mcryp= t. /usr/local/sbin/hdup: No gpg path given, defaulting to: /usr/bin/gpg. /usr/local/sbin/hdup: Overwriting old archive. /usr/local/sbin/hdup: Creating LOCK. /usr/local/sbin/hdup: Using inclist=20 /var/adm/backup/bu-home/etc/inclist.monthly. /usr/local/sbin/hdup: Files found: 10525. /usr/local/sbin/hdup: Running: /bin/tar cpf - --sparse --files-from=20 /var/adm/backup/bu-home/etc/filelist --listed-incremental=20 /var/adm/backup/bu-home/etc/inclist.monthly --ignore-failed-read =20 |/usr/bin/bzip2 -6 | /usr/bin/split -b 700m -=20 /var/adm/backup/bu-home/2005-05-24/bu-home.2005-05-24.monthly.tar.bz2__sp= lit__. /bin/tar: Tar bort inledande "/" fr=E5n namnen i arkivet /usr/local/sbin/hdup: Removing LOCK. Hdup version.: 2.0.7 Host.........: bu-home Date.........: 2005-05-24 Scheme.......: monthly Archive......: bu-home.2005-05-24.monthly.tar.bz2 Encryption...: no Chunks.......: 5 Chunk size...: 700m Elapsed......: 1:16:58 Status.......: successfully performed backup linux:/home/robert # Best regards, Robert