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тАО03-03-2008 01:37 AM
тАО03-03-2008 01:37 AM
fbackup тАУf /dev/rmt/0m тАУg /var/adm/fbackupfiles/server.backup.list.txt тАУI /var/adm/fbackupfiles/index
This writes a lot of files to tape and creates an index file of the files that have been backed up.
The execution also gives warnings like this one:
fbackup(3005): WARNING: file number 145103 was NOT backed up
How can I see what file this is? It would have been easier if fbackup would just state the file it has a problem with instead of a number.
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тАО03-03-2008 01:49 AM
тАО03-03-2008 01:49 AM
Re: fbackup warning after backup
145103 may be a refernece to the file list which is written to /var/tmp/index
Check there first.
fbackup can not get good copies of open databases and such and should not be used for backing them ups.
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тАО03-03-2008 01:55 AM
тАО03-03-2008 01:55 AM
Re: fbackup warning after backup
If SEP's suggestion doesn't work, it may be the inode number of the file?:
find list-of-filesystems -inum 145103
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тАО03-03-2008 02:04 AM
тАО03-03-2008 02:04 AM
Re: fbackup warning after backup
Can I just add the suffix "> /var/adm/fbackupfiles/fbackup.log" to create a logfile of the fbackup run? We could the schedule the command and check the logfile afterwards for any errors or warnings.
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тАО03-03-2008 03:50 AM
тАО03-03-2008 03:50 AM
SolutionThe WARNING lines go in pairs, right above the WARNING that you showed us above, there is another warning line that tells you something like
fbackup(1102): WARNING: unable to stat file
That's the file that was not backed up.
The number is NOT an inode number neither in the index file. (The numbers in the index file are file sizes in number of blocks).
Yes you should add a log file. That's where you will find the number 145103.
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тАО03-03-2008 04:17 AM
тАО03-03-2008 04:17 AM
Re: fbackup warning after backup
Am I right in my assumption that the addition of "> /var/adm/fbackupfiles/fbackup.log" to the fbackup command line will result in a logfile called fbackup.log?
Also, what do the "stat" messages meam? There are other files that are in use at the time of the backup, and these seem to be backed up just fine.
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тАО03-03-2008 04:46 AM
тАО03-03-2008 04:46 AM
Re: fbackup warning after backup
The "stat" message comes from a system call by the same name and it means that it could not get a status of the file either because the file does not exist or there is a permissions issue.
When fbackup starts up it creates a list of all the files that need to be backed up based on your include list or graph file. By the time it gets to some of the files, they may have been deleted. That's when you get the warnings. This is most of the time normal with temp files that are created and soon after are deleted by running processes.
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тАО03-03-2008 05:18 AM
тАО03-03-2008 05:18 AM
Re: fbackup warning after backup
... > /var/adm/fbackupfiles/fbackup.log 2>&1
If you run fbackup in a script, > /var/adm/fbackupfiles/fbackup log is sufficient but it is always a good practice to add error device redirect.