Topic: http://wiki.contribs.org/AddExtraHardDisk but I don't want it backed up ...

[pearless]

I have added a single SATA disk using http://wiki.contribs.org/AddExtraHardDisk (I have 2 x IDE in RAID-1 already), BUT I don't want it backed up.

I have searched the forums, read the manual, but I am not too sure how to achieve this.

Ideas?

Cheers Douglas.

[elmarconi]

http://wiki.contribs.org/Backup_server_config#Standard_backup_.26_restore_inclusions

Cannot find any about exclusions...

[Reinhold]

http://wiki.contribs.org/Backup_server_config#Standard_backup_.26_restore_inclusions
Cannot find any about exclusions...

Read again: 
You can exclude ibay, user & other data if preferred by moving that data to /temp (see steps in above section "Procedure")

pearless
If you want the whole HD "out" ... just unmount it (=all partitions) before you start backup 
(or, depending on where you mounted it in the 1st place, just use that "section Procedure")

Regards
Reinhold

[mrjhb3]

R U using flexbackup?  If so

Code: [Select]

config setprop flexbackup Prune /path
expand-template /etc/flexbackup.conf

Anything in the Prune list will not be backed up.

John

[elmarconi]

Read again: 
You can exclude ibay, user & other data if preferred by moving that data to /temp (see steps in above section "Procedure")

Must.. buy.. new.. goggles...

[pearless]

R U using flexbackup?  If so

Code: [Select]

config setprop flexbackup Prune /path
expand-template /etc/flexbackup.conf

Anything in the Prune list will not be backed up.

John

Hmm, it is /mnt/newdisk that I do not want to back up.

I went:
config setprop flexbackup Prune /mnt/newdisk
expand-template /etc/flexbackup.conf

and I got:

[root@main ~]# more /etc/flexbackup.conf
#------------------------------------------------------------
#          !!DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE!!
#
# Manual changes will be lost when this file is regenerated.
#
# Please read the developer's guide, which is available
# at http://www.contribs.org/development/
#
# Copyright (C) 1999-2006 Mitel Networks Corporation
#------------------------------------------------------------

$afio_echo_block = 'false';

$afio_compress_threshold = '3';

$afio_compress_cache_size = '2';

$blksize = "32";
$mt_blksize = "0";

$buffer      = 'false'; 
$buffer_megs = '0';     
$pad_blocks  = 'true'; 


$compress    = 'hardware'; 
$compr_level = '4';     


$cpio_format = 'newc';

$device = '/dev/nst0';

$dump_length = '0';

$dump_use_dumpdates = 'false';

# Set this to "true" to make erase operations just rewind - not really
# call "mt erase".  For some tape drives, erase takes hours rather
# than seconds.
$erase_rewind_only = 'true';

$erase_tape_set_level_zero = 'true';


$exclude_expr[0] = 'news/articles';
$exclude_expr[1] = '.*~$'; 


$remoteshell = 'ssh';   
$remoteuser = '';       
$label = 'true';       
$verbose     = 'false'; 
$sparse      = 'true'; 
$indexes     = 'true'; 
$atime_preserve = 'true';
$staticfiles = 'false';

$staticlogs = "false";               
$logdir     = "/var/log/flexbackup";   
$stampdir = "/var/state/flexbackup";
$index    = "$stampdir/index";       
$comp_log = "gzip";                 
$prefix     = "";              
$sprefix  = "";                        
$tmpdir   = "/tmp";                 

$mt{'tell'} = 'status';


$nocompress_types = 'mp3 Z z gz gif zip lha jpeg jpg taz tgz deb rpm bz2';


$tar_echo_record_num = 'false';

$tar_atime_preserve = 'true';


$traverse_fs = 'false';


$set{'full'} = '/ /mnt/newdisk';

$prune{'/'} = '/mnt/newdisk';
$type = 'tar';


I tried the backup and yep, /mnt/new disk was also backed up, ideas???

[mrjhb3]

Remove the prune entry you added and re-expand the template.  I didn't think enough about the second disk.  I am pruning files but they are from the main disk.

Create a custom template of 10filesystems and have this line only:
$set{'full'} = '/';

To test this, just manually edit /etc/flexbackup.conf and change the line I stated above.  Do your backup, and verify that it does what you need, then make the custom-template.

The code in 10prune_tree doesn't take into account a second mounted disk, if you look at your flexbackup.conf file, you have this entry:

prune{'/'} = '/mnt/newdisk';

Notice the file sytem that is to be pruned only shows / and not /mnt/newdisk.

hth,

John

[pearless]

Remove the prune entry you added and re-expand the template.  I didn't think enough about the second disk.  I am pruning files but they are from the main disk.

Create a custom template of 10filesystems and have this line only:
$set{'full'} = '/';

To test this, just manually edit /etc/flexbackup.conf and change the line I stated above.  Do your backup, and verify that it does what you need, then make the custom-template.

The code in 10prune_tree doesn't take into account a second mounted disk, if you look at your flexbackup.conf file, you have this entry:

prune{'/'} = '/mnt/newdisk';

Notice the file sytem that is to be pruned only shows / and not /mnt/newdisk.

hth,

John

Hmm, I copied and modified the 10filesystems:


    $outstring = "\$set{'full'} = '\';";
    $outstring;


and I got:

$set{'full'} = '/';

$prune{'/'} = '/home/e-smith/files/ibay/media /mnt/newdisk';
$type = 'tar';

Note that the /home/e-smith/files/ibay/media is a symlink to /mnt/newdisk

but it still tried to backup /mnt/newdisk!

I seem to be missing something, man flexbackup.conf didn't seem to help..

Any other ideas? 

[mrjhb3]

Take off the leading /, you are already backup up /, so you are telling the system to Prune //home...

This is my Prune line:
Prune=dev,tmp,var,bin,usr,lib,sbin,home/httpd,home/e-smith/files/ibays/homeshare and it works fine for me.

John

[pearless]

Take off the leading /, you are already backup up /, so you are telling the system to Prune //home...

This is my Prune line:
Prune=dev,tmp,var,bin,usr,lib,sbin,home/httpd,home/e-smith/files/ibays/homeshare and it works fine for me.

John

Thanks,

I got it all working by creating 10Exclude_expr00 and adding:

$exclude_expr[2] = '.*/files/ibays/media/.*';

and creating 10filesystems and replaced its contents with:

    $outstring = "\$set{'full'} = '/';";
    $outstring


and it now works.

Thanks everyone for all your help!

Cheers
Douglas.