Re: [BackupPC-users] Existing files in an empty pool

[Les M. <les...@gm...>]

On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 1:36 PM, Andy Taylor <an...@ta...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've just installed BackupPC on a new server, and am slightly confused
> by the results of my first full backup.
>
> I would expect to see zero existing files when I have an empty pool, but
> instead I can see the following stats under the "File Size/Count Reuse
> Summary" header:
>
> Total files: 3184
> Existing files: 673
> New files: 5012
>
> I don't understand how BackupPC has identified existing files when the
> pool is empty, and in addition I don't understand why the total file
> count is less than the combined existing/new file count.
>
> The XferLOG for that backup shows the following at the end:
>
> Done: 3184 files
>
> and there are no 'pool' operations listed, only 'create'.
>
> Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated. This is on a CentOS 6.4
> server running BackupPC 3.3.0.

Not sure about the new file count being higher than the total, but I'd
guess it is counting directories where the others are just files.   As
for 'existing' files, duplicates will be found as the are added to the
pool even in the same backup run - but you should see 'pool' entries
in the xferlog instead of create for them.

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   Les Mikesell
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