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Sid1987's avatar
Sid1987
Level 6
8 years ago

Client Backup Validation

Hi Techiz,

 Is there a way or something I can initiate from client to validate what is being backed up and compare it with df -h or something, in order to notify that this is being backed up and this is not.

  • If it helps, from media/master server side you can run "bpcoverge -c client_name". The output will list the locally mounted paths and shows if it's backed up in a backup policy.

    • Will_Restore's avatar
      Will_Restore
      Level 6

      Correct spelling is "bpcoverage" and it can be misleading as some mountpoints listed (like /proc/sys and /dev/pts) are not backed up. 

       

      As far as "df -h", the backup image size has no direct relation due to compression of varying filetypes. 

      Best practice is do periodic test restores.

      • Sid1987's avatar
        Sid1987
        Level 6
        Thanks Will, Tape, Marianne

        Now I will look into bpcoverage but as will suggested it won't give reliable output, I will take a look anyway
        Now restore test cannot be performed on daily basis, so there should be a way of validating the mount points on server and if they are backed up or not. So I could think of bplist only, however in one client it shows same mount point twice in single backup why is that?

        Then I was wondering what depth level should I choose, should it be maximum depth defined in df -k because I wondering what if /usr and /usr/local are separate mount points