Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:56:54 +0200 (CEST) From: Cordula's Web <cpghost@cordula.ws> To: pieckiel+freebsd-questions@sdf.lonestar.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Snapshot question Message-ID: <20040629145654.BD55F4AC85@fw.farid-hajji.net> In-Reply-To: <20040629135105.GB27491@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> (pieckiel%2Bfreebsd-questions@sdf.lonestar.org) References: <20040629135105.GB27491@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG>
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pieckiel+freebsd-questions@sdf.lonestar.org wrote: > When I do my compare of my tape against my snapshot, it's not uncommon for > one or two files (always the same files) to be different. The most usual > culprit being my winbindd_cache.tdb file for Samba. I thought the snapshot > would not change over time as the files on the filesystem change. Does this > definitively indicate this particular file isn't being written to tape > correctly most nights? (Yes, I *AM* backing up my snapshot and comparing > the backup to my snapshot, not the live filesystem.) Are you sure you are comparing against the correct snapshot? If you use dump -L, the snapshot is created, opened, and immediately unlinked, then the open file is saved. After dump exits, the snapshot file is pysically released. Are you creating a snapshot manually? What commands do you use exactly? -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/
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