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List:       bacula-users
Subject:    Re: [Bacula-users] What to exclude?
From:       Martin Simmons <martin () lispworks ! com>
Date:       2016-01-28 10:15:09
Message-ID: 201601281015.u0SAF9jX017395 () higson ! cam ! lispworks ! com
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Beware that including both / and /bin/ will save two copies of /bin/ (assuming
it is on the same filesystem as /).

The article actually suggests explicitly listing each filesystem, not each
directory.

__Martin



> > > > > On Wed, 27 Jan 2016 22:02:31 +0000, Michael Munger said:
> 
> Having setup and just tested, I ran into the "will not descend into different file \
> systems" issue as mentioned in this post: \
> http://bacula.10910.n7.nabble.com/Will-not-descend-from-into-dev-td57408.html, and \
> it gives a very good reason for explicitly defining what to include. 
> So, I have amended my previous file set to now explicitly INCLUDE:
> 
> /bin/
> /boot/
> /etc/
> /home/
> /lib/
> /opt/
> /root/
> /sbin/
> /srv/
> /usr/
> /var/
> 
> While still excluding the other items.
> 
> Does anyone see an issue with this? (Trying to figure out if this is good enough \
> now... before I have to recover and realize something is not quite right...). 
> Michael Munger, dCAP, MCPS, MCNPS, MBSS
> High Powered Help, Inc.
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> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Munger [mailto:michael@highpoweredhelp.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 4:43 PM
> To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: [Bacula-users] What to exclude?
> 
> TLDR; = what can I safely exclude from a bacula backup of a Linux server and still \
> be able to fully recover (bare metal) from a disaster? 
> Details:
> I am looking for a best practice here, and I am working from two sources:
> 
> 1. http://www.bacula.org/5.0.x-manuals/en/main/main/Disaster_Recovery_Using_Bac.html#SECTION003960000000000000000
>  2. https://wiki.debian.org/FilesystemHierarchyStandard
> 
> In order to recover a client machine that is a linux server (not the bacula-dir or \
> bacula-sd) in accordance with Bacula docs, I have setup the FileSet for such a \
> server as noted below.  
> FileSet {
> 	Name = "Example Linux Server"
> 	Include {
> 		Options {
> 		signature = SHA1
> 		compression = GZIP
> 		}
> 
> 		File = /
> 	}
> 
> 	Exclude {
> 		/opt/bacula/working
> 		/tmp
> 		/proc
> 		/sys
> 		/.journal
> 		/.fsck
> 		/media
> 	}
> }
> 
> My reasons for excluding these are as follows:
> 
> /opt/bacula/working 
> 	Not needed - just pid files and temp stuff.
> /tmp
> 	no point in backing up temp files
> /proc
> 	can't backup processes
> /sys
> 	This is the filesystem point for exporting kernel objects. Kernel does this on the \
> fly. No point in backing it up. 
> .journal
> 	not needed. journal log file.
> 
> .fsck
> 	not needed. fsck log file
> 
> /media
> 	no reason to backup external devices (unless you have a reason, which I don't.)
> 
> 
> It should be noted, that I am using ClientRunBeforeJob to dump MySQL databases to \
> /var/local/mysqlbackups, so I have indepdenent copies of them there, but since I am \
> NOT excluding /var/lib/mysql, the raw databases should also be recoverable from \
> bare metal. 
> Does anyone have a different (better) best practice?
> 
> Michael Munger, dCAP, MCPS, MCNPS, MBSS
> High Powered Help, Inc.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft Certified Small Business Specialist Digium Certified Asterisk \
> Professional michael@highpoweredhelp.com 
> 
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