[flexbackup-help] TOC missing

[Luis C. <in...@co...>]

Hello,

I am having trouble with my TOC. Every time I create a new tape, it has
the toc, then I do a backup and it gets erased.  is this normal?  Is
there a right way to do this?

I have included my flexbackup config, maybe someone out might have a
clue (or give me one ;-) )?

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# -*-Mode: perl-*-
# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Flexbackup configuration file
#
# $Id: flexbackup.conf,v 1.67 2003/02/18 22:29:23 edwinh Exp $ # $Name:
v1_0_2 $ # #
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# General configuration section

# Archive type?  afio, dump, tar, cpio, star, pax, zip
$type = 'afio';

# List the directories you wish to dump when 'all' is given
# Just a simple space-separated list
# Remote filesystems should denoted as 'host:dir'
#
# Example:
#   $filesystems[0] = '/ /usr /home machine1:/usr machine2:/home';
#
# The array index is a tape number. If you want an 'all' level 0 backup
to # span multiple tapes, add more lines with different array indices.
You will # be prompted for tape change in between. # $filesystems[0] =
'/home';

# Compression
$compress = 'gzip'; # one of false/gzip/bzip2/zip/compress/hardware
$compr_level = '4'; # compression level (1-9) (for gzip/bzip2/zip)

# Buffering
$buffer = 'buffer';   # 'false' or 'buffer', to use buffer program to
help streaming
$buffer_megs = '10';  # buffer memory size (in megabytes)

# Device to backup to - non-rewinding version please!
#
# Examples:
#    Linux SCSI: /dev/nst0       Linux IDE: /dev/nht0
#    Linux ftape: /dev/nqft0     FreeBSD SCSI: /dev/nrsa0
#
# If a directory, will archive to files in that directory rather than a
device # If "host:/dev/tapedevice", will use remote tape drive via
rsh/ssh # $device = '/dev/st0';

# Block size (k) to use
# Default is 10 for most things.  Some tape drives need 32 or 64. # Set
to '0' to disable all blocking $blksize = '64';

# True to use "variable" block size for the tape device (mt setblk 0) #
If false, will use the $blksize parameter above. All non-mt commands #
will still use $blksize regardless of this value $mt_var_blksize =
'false';

# Padding.  True to pad blocks to blocksize (devices only, not used when
# archiving to files) $pad_blocks = 'true';

# Other global flags
$remoteshell = 'ssh'; # command for remote shell (rsh/ssh/ssh2)
$remoteuser = '';     # if non-null, secondary username for remote
shells
$verbose = 'true';    # echo each file?
$sparse = 'true';     # handle sparse files?
$indexes = 'true';    # false to turn off all table-of-contents support

# If backing up to files, use static filenames - no date stamp # (same
level backup of same directory will overwrite old backups) $staticfiles
= 'false';

# True to try and preserve file access times during backup, if the
selected # archive program can do so. Note that if this is true, -cnewer
checks (file # permission/status changes only, not content) are turned
off when deciding # which files to archive on the local system.
$atime_preserve = 'false';

# Span across filesytems? ("dump" will ignore this option)
# Set to "false" (don't) , "local" (all but nfs/smbfs), or "all"
(everything) $traverse_fs = 'false';

# Exclude files that match these *regular expressions* (not shell
wildcards) # from the backups (no affect on 'dump' archives). You can
list more than one, # just keep incrementing the index in the brackets
for each.  Also, strip off # leading directories (the filesystem specs
above or the "-fs" flag). # Matches paths, not filenames, so put .* on
the front/back as needed. # Comment these out to exclude nothing.
$exclude_expr[0] = '.*/[Cc]ache/.*'; $exclude_expr[1] = '.*~$';

# If true (default), level zero "all" assumes you want to erase and use
# a new tape. If false, level zero "all" appends like all other backups.
# If not doing 'all', backups won't erase the tape first, unless you use
# "-erase" on the commandline. $erase_tape_all_level_zero = 'true';

# Set this to "true" to make erase operations just call "mt rewind" -
not # "mt rewind' followed by "mt erase".  (For some tape drives, erase
takes # hours rather than seconds or is otherwise undesirable)
$erase_rewind_only = 'false';

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Log/stamp files, path for temporary files

$logdir = "/var/log/flexbackup";   # directory for log files
$stampdir = "/var/lib/flexbackup"; # directory for backup timestamps
$index = "$stampdir/index";        # DB filename for tape indexes
$comp_log = "gzip";                # compress log?
false/gzip/bzip2/compress/zip
$staticlogs = "false";             # static log filenames w/ no date
stamp
$prefix = "";		           # log files will start with this
prefix
$sprefix = "";	                   # stamp files will start with this
prefix
$tmpdir = "/tmp";                  # used for temporary refdate files,
etc
$keyfile = "00-index-key";         # filename for keyfile if archiving
to dir

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Parameters for 'afio' only

# File extensions that should not be compressed (seperate with spaces)
$afio_nocompress_types = 'mp3 MP3 Z z gz gif zip ZIP lha jpeg jpg JPG
taz tgz deb rpm bz2';

# True to show block numbers
$afio_echo_block = 'false';

# Files less than this size (kilobytes) won't be compressed
$afio_compress_threshold = '3';

# Maximum amount of memory (megabytes) to use for temporary storage of #
compression results.  If a compressed file is bigger than this,
compression # will have to run twice on the file (see manpage).
$afio_compress_cache_size = '2';

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Parameters for 'tar' only

# True to show record numbers
$tar_echo_record_num = 'false';

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Parameters for 'cpio' only

# Format of cpio archive
$cpio_format = 'newc';

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Parameters for 'dump' only

# Estimated tape size (in kilobytes). This number doesn't really do much
# but help 'dump' get size estimates if set to zero uses 'dump -a'
$dump_length = '0';

# True to use /etc/dumpdates (could mess things up if you dump
subdirectories # of mount points).  False to use flexbackup's
timestamps. $dump_use_dumpdates = 'false';

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Parameters for 'star' only

# Use fifo (buffering)? (you probably want to set $buffer=false above if
so) $star_fifo = 'true';

# Handle ACLs?
$star_acl = 'true';

# Format of star archive
$star_format = 'exustar';

# True to show block numbers
$star_echo_block_num = 'false';

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Parameters for 'pax' only

# Format of pax archive
$pax_format = 'ustar';

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Parameters for 'zip' only

# File extensions that should not be compressed (seperate with spaces)
$zip_nocompress_types = 'mp3 MP3 Z z gz gif zip ZIP lha jpeg jpg JPG taz
tgz deb rpm bz2';

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Paths to commands. Default will look for them in $PATH. Set if # you
want to set them explicitly.  You can use full paths or just # change
command names. # # Example: If GNU tar is called "gtar" on your system:
#   $path{'tar'} = 'gtar';
#
# Or can be used to "sudo" certain commands. Examples:
#    $path{'find'} = 'sudo find';
#    $path{'dump'} = 'sudo dump';
#    $path{'afio'} = 'sudo -u nonrootuser afio';
#

# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# mt operation overrides.  Set if flexbackup doesn't know the right mt #
command(s) for your OS/device, or you want to override things. # #
Example: use "mt status" instead of "mt tell"
#   $mt{'tell'} = 'status';


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