Re: [Bacula-users] Differentials Jobs referencing obsolete Full Job

[Phil S. <phi...@sp...>]

Arno Lehmann wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'll put my answer to Phil's post here... it just fits better.
> 
> Phil, if he scenario you describe really can happen I think it would be
> time to consider the time stamp stored in the FileSet when looking for
> previous backups. sqlquery follows:

I don't know whether I can or not; I haven't looked at the code to see.
And at the moment I don't know that I could tell anything anyway.

> Ha! Is it possible that your Full and Differential backups are actually
> _two_ jobs, instead of one job with different levels in the schedule?
> I've seen this from some people, and it might be that the manual doesn't
> state it clear enough, but you must define one job and set the backup
> level either manually when running that job, or override it in the
> schedule.
> 
> Bacula won't base a differential backup on a full one defined in another
> job resource, even if they have client, fileset, and all other stuff in
> common.

This possibility hadn't occurred to me.  Good thinking.



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