Always Incremental is doing Full after Full

[Markus Dubois]

Hi,

i've configured Always Incremental with Virtual Full according to examples from this list and the documentation.

if i dive into a backed up directory, with ls-l and with ls-lc the timestamps, even though diffrent between ls -l and ls-lc, are older than the last full (weeks behind) and haven't changed lately.

But, after i've launched the first Incremental, which is then doing a Full because there wasn't one, the next job is doing a full again, because the job found no earlier full in the catalog.

Am i doing something wrong? Here is my config:

JOBS:

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Job {

  Name = "AIbackup-mediaserver"

  Client = "mediaserver"

  FileSet = mediaserver

  Type = Backup

  Level = Incremental

  Schedule = "AISchedule"

  Storage = File

  Messages = Standard

  Pool = AI-Incremental

  Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 5

  Full Backup Pool = AI-Consolidated

  Incremental Backup Pool = AI-Incremental

  Accurate = yes

  Allow Mixed Priority = yes

  Always Incremental = yes

  Always Incremental Job Retention = 7 days

  Always Incremental Keep Number = 7

  Always Incremental Max Full Age = 21 days

  Run Script {

    Console = ".bvfs_update jobid=%i"

    RunsWhen = After

    RunsOnClient = No

  }

}

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Job {

Name = Consolidate

Type = Consolidate

Client = mediaserver

FileSet = mediaserver

Accurate = yes

Schedule = "ConsolidateSchedule"

Storage = File

Messages = Standard

Pool = AI-Consolidated

Full Backup Pool = AI-Consolidated

Incremental Backup Pool = AI-Incremental

Max Full Consolidations = 1

Prune Volumes = yes

}

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Job {

Name = "mediaserver-vlt"

Client = mediaserver

FileSet = mediaserver

Schedule = LongTermSchedule

Type = Backup

Level = VirtualFull

Pool = AI-Consolidated

Messages = Standard

Priority = 30

Accurate = yes

Run Script {

Console = ".bvfs_update jobid=%i"

RunsWhen = After

RunsOnClient = No

}

}

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SCHEDULE

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Schedule {

Name = "AISchedule"

Run = Incremental sun-sat at 20:00 # (#10)

}

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Schedule {

Name = "ConsolidateSchedule"

Run = Incremental 3/4 at 21:00

}

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Schedule {

Name = "LongTermSchedule"

Run = on 1 at 12:00

}

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STORAGE

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Storage {

Name = FileCons

Address = "x"

Password = "x"

Device = FileStorageCons1 

Device = FileStorageCons2

Device = FileStorageCons3

Device = FileStorageCons4

Device = FileStorageCons5

Media Type = FileCons

Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 5

}

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Storage {

Name = FileVLT

Address = "x"

Password = "x"

Device = FileStorageVLT

Media Type = FileVLT

}

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DEVICE

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Device {

Name = FileStorageCons1 # Multiple devices, different name and same media type, are configured to support simultaneous use.

Media Type = FileCons

Archive Device = /var/lib/bareos/storage

LabelMedia = yes

Random Access = yes

AutomaticMount = yes

RemovableMedia = no

AlwaysOpen = no

}

Device {

Name = FileStorageCons2

Media Type = FileCons

Archive Device = /var/lib/bareos/storage

LabelMedia = yes

Random Access = yes

AutomaticMount = yes

RemovableMedia = no

AlwaysOpen = no

}

Device {

Name = FileStorageCons3

Media Type = FileCons

Archive Device = /var/lib/bareos/storage

LabelMedia = yes

Random Access = yes

AutomaticMount = yes

RemovableMedia = no

AlwaysOpen = no

}

Device {

Name = FileStorageCons4

Media Type = FileCons

Archive Device = /var/lib/bareos/storage

LabelMedia = yes

Random Access = yes

AutomaticMount = yes

RemovableMedia = no

AlwaysOpen = no

}

Device {

Name = FileStorageCons5

Media Type = FileCons

Archive Device = /var/lib/bareos/storage

LabelMedia = yes

Random Access = yes

AutomaticMount = yes

RemovableMedia = no

AlwaysOpen = no

}

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Device {

Name = FileStorageVLT

Media Type = FileVLT

Archive Device = /var/lib/bareos/storage

LabelMedia = yes

Random Access = yes

AutomaticMount = yes

RemovableMedia = no

AlwaysOpen = no

Description = "File device for VLT backups."

Maximum Concurrent Jobs = 5

}

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Any hints?

Regards

[Markus Dubois]

forgotten my POOL configs, sry

POOL

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Pool {

Name = AI-Consolidated

Pool Type = Backup

Recycle = yes

Auto Prune = no

Maximum Volume Bytes = 50G

Label Format = "AI-Consolidated-"

Volume Use Duration = 18 hours

Storage = FileCons

Next Pool = AI-LongTerm

Volume Retention = 1 years

Maximum Volumes = 260

}

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Pool {

Name = AI-Incremental

Pool Type = Backup

Recycle = yes

Auto Prune = no

Maximum Volume Bytes = 50G

Label Format = "AI-Incremental-"

Volume Use Duration = 7 days

Storage = File

Next Pool = AI-Consolidated

Volume Retention = 1 years

Maximum Volumes = 130

}

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Pool {

Name = AI-LongTerm

Pool Type = Backup

Recycle = yes

Auto Prune = yes

Maximum Volume Bytes = 50G

Label Format = "AI-LongTerm-"

Volume Use Duration = 2 days

Storage = FileVLT

Volume Retention = 180 days

Maximum Volumes = 130

}

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[Markus Dubois]

Problem solved. In case some other person stumbles over this. The above AI implementation works. The problem wasn't something in Schedule, Job, Device, Storage area, it was something in the fileset.

In the fileset which wasnt working, the include was

   File = "/backup/"

changed to:

   File = "/backup"

so the trailing slash at the end was the culprit.

For whatever reason....