Can the include_list be a soft-link?

[ksetia]

Hi All,

Can the include_list be a soft-link to a file containing the filenames of files to be backed up?

For e.g.
cd /usr/openv/netbackup/
ls -al include_list.Backup_Class
include_list.Backup_Class -> ./oracle/include_orafiles.lis

We recently observed that the files backed up are not the one that we specified. For e.g., in the NetBackup GUI on the master server, we would specify "/*" in the "Files" entry of the backup class named, for e.g. "Backup_Class".

Then on the client side, in the /usr/openv/netbackup/ the exclude_list.Backup_Class would contain "/*". For the include_list.Backup_Class on the client side, we create it as a soft-link to the actual file (include_orafiles.lis) containing the list of files to be backed up.

The files backed up is not the ones that we wanted. Is this because of the soft-link?

We also tried removing the soft-link and made a copy of the include_orafiles to the /usr/openv/netbackup/include_list.Backup_Class. Again, the backed up files were not what we wanted.

The backup was only successful when we removed the exclude_list.Backup_Class and the include_list.Backup_Class in the /usr/openv/netbackup/ directory and placed the list of files to be backed up in the NetBackup GUI's "Files" entry for the Backup_Class.

Any take on this?

Regards,
Kevin

 

[comtec17]

You specified to exclude anything with / not just root.

Try to exclude just / no *

Then include /oracle/include_orafiles.lis

 

[ksetia]

Hi All,

We found that the error is in the contents of the include_list files. Seems that there are trailing spaces in the entry and that was the problem. This case was resolved when the trailing spaces were removed.

Thanks.

Regards,
Kevin Setia

 

[Stumpr]

Thank you for posting the resolution.
I wonder if trailing spaces is platform specific?
What platforms are you using?

Bob Stump
Incorrigible punster -- Do not incorrige

 

[PGPhantom]

Trailing spaces cause problems in pretty much all environments - At least from my observations. I have seen this in include and exclude lists.

 

[ksetia]

Our platform is Solaris 8 ...