Topic: [SOLVED]Affa does not include /opt

[chrislaurie]

Hi All

I am trying to move a server from 7.5.1 to 8 using affa.

All is going OK except I have added /opt as explained here http://wiki.contribs.org/Backup_with_dar#Adding.2FExcluding_Directories_and_Files_from_the_backup_list

But /opt is not backed up.

If I look in /etc/dar/DailyBackup.dcf (after the template expand) on the prodserver then the --go-into opt is listed there, but affa does not include it.

Any suggestions please?

[TerryF]

You are adding a directory for the inbuilt backup routines NOT Affa..

You will need to configure Affa as per the Affa wiki:  http://wiki.contribs.org/Affa#Job_configuration_properties

[chrislaurie]

Thanks for the answer TerryF! I was under the impression that affa reads the same config files.

I will add /opt into an include in the prodserv.pl file on the affa box.

[chrislaurie]

It does not work 

When using the moving to a new server method here: http://wiki.contribs.org/Moving_SME_to_new_Hardware Where must I put the 'Include[0]'=>'/opt'?

According to the Affa configs the pl file should be in root. If I do a search for prodserv-setup.pl, I find only 2 files. Both of them inside the 2 backups done: /var/affa/prodserv/scheduled

Editing either of those files does not affect the next affa job.

It looks like affa is building the pl file on the fly. So where can I tell affa to incude /opt?

[elmarconi]

The perl is just script to setup the db.

You can check it by using db commands, just examples...

[root@smeserver ~]# db affa show JobName

[root@smeserver ~]# db affa getprop JobName Include[0]

[root@smeserver ~]# db affa setprop JobName Include[0] /opt

[janet]

chrislaurie

 I think you need to edit the affa job.pl file that is on the server you are backing up from, not the server you are backing up to.

[chrislaurie]

The db setprop  method by elmarconi above is the correct method. Replace JobName with prodserv in my case.

There is no pl file on prodserv - the settings are stored in the db and the pl file is generated when you do affa --run JobName