Exclude for Linux client not working

Hello,

 

Did you check the bpbkar logs in debug to see what message it gives while excluding this path ?

is the exclude file EXCATLY like this :

/usr/openv/netbackup/exclude_list

File contain:

/run

Could you please check /run isn't a loopback mount of /var/run ?

Also 

Do not use patterns with links in the names. For example, assume /home is a
link to /usr/home and /home/doc is in the exclude list. The file is still backed up in this case because the actual directory path, /usr/home/doc, does not match the exclude list entry, /home/doc.

 

And check if multistream is enabled .. if yes then, you will get a job created for each backup selection, then the exclude lists are applied, you then end up with a 71 as you are excluding all of one of the backup selections

Thanks,

 

nbutech and  Nicolai for your reply's

nbutech, I added the bpbkar logs to help debug.

Nicolai,

I have all those excludes in the list

how do I check if /run isn't in a loopback mount?

 

Thanks, I will update

 

 

 

Run the command : mount

Should display something similar:

/dev/mapper/vgsystem-lvroot on / type ext4 (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext4 (rw)
/dev/mapper/vgsystem-lvhome on /home type ext4 (rw,nodev)
/dev/mapper/vgsystem-lvopt on /opt type ext4 (rw,nodev)
/dev/mapper/vgsystem-lvtmp on /tmp type ext4 (rw,nosuid,nodev)
/dev/mapper/vgsystem-lvusr on /usr type ext4 (rw,nodev)

Hi Nicolai,

Thanks, here what it displayed

mount

proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)

sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)

devtmpfs on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,size=3995884k,nr_inodes=998971,mode=755)

securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)

tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)

devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)

tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,mode=755)

tmpfs on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=755)

cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,release_agent=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-cgroups-agent,name=systemd)

pstore on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)

cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset)

cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuacct,cpu)

cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/memory type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,memory)

cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/devices type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices)

cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer)

cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net_cls)

cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio)

cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/perf_event type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,perf_event)

cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/hugetlb type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,hugetlb)

configfs on /sys/kernel/config type configfs (rw,relatime)

/dev/mapper/rhel-root on / type xfs (rw,relatime,attr2,inode64,noquota)

systemd-1 on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=32,pgrp=1,timeout=300,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct)

debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime)

hugetlbfs on /dev/hugepages type hugetlbfs (rw,relatime)

mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,relatime)

/dev/sda1 on /boot type xfs (rw,relatime,attr2,inode64,noquota)

/dev/mapper/rhel-home on /home type xfs (rw,relatime,attr2,inode64,noquota)

binfmt_misc on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw,relatime)

gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/1000/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=1000)

fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw,relatime)

 

Gnome virtual file system only allows access to the user that owns the directory.

 

Try to add

*/.gvfs

to exclude_list (note the dot in front of gvfs).

However, i did not test that myself.

 

Another possibility would be to add user_allow_other  to /etc/fuse.conf.

Depending on the distribution you are using there are additional commands to run so that root finally is allowed to read these directories.

I understand that you do *not* want to backup these, but it still may help if it could be read.

 

What i propose here has not too much to do with netbackup, it is what i read about when tracking gvfs related problems in other applications.

 

Hi Sru,

 

Thank you for your response,  I added the */.gvfs to the exclude on two of the offending linux clients per your instructions along with all the other excludes I have tried. I also tried a different variation

/run/usr/1000/gvfs

/run/usr/1000/gvfs/*

/run/usr/1000/*

/run/usr/1000/

"/run/usr/1000/*"

"/run/usr/1000/"

/run/usr/1000/gvfs

/run/usr/1000/gvfs/*

/run/usr/1000/*

/run/usr/1000/

"/run/usr/1000/"

"/run/usr/1000/*"

run/usr/1000/gvfs

/run/usr/1000/gvfs/*

/run/usr/1000/*

/run/usr/1000/

*/run/usr/1000/"

 "/run/usr/1000/*"

 */.gvfs

 */.1000/gvfs

 */.run/usr/.1000/*

 */.1000/gvfs/*

offending Linux client 2

/run/usr/1000/gvfs

/run/usr/1000/gvfs/*

/run/usr/1000/*

/run/usr/1000/

"/run/usr/1000/"

"/run/usr/1000/*"

/1000/*

/1000/gvfs/

/1000/gvfs/*

1000/gvfs/*

1000/gvfs/

 

*/.gvfs

 */gvfs/

 

*/1000/gvfs/*

 

*/.1000/gvfs 

*/.1000/gvfs/*

 

As you can see I added my own variations just to try and still all that is not excluding /run/usr/1000/gvfs. There are actually 10 of these linux client backups that are having this issue so If I can find the right exclude for one I can put it in the other exclude lists.

 

Also, I have never done this >>>  add user_allow_other  to /etc/fuse.conf. ? how does this work?

 

 

Thanks for all the responses, this is frustrating not being able to find the right exclude.

 

 

 

 

how does this work

 

I am referring to

https://access.redhat.com/solutions/1343843

The Solution they give for RHEL6.x,RHEL7.x is basically what you did, so i am out of ideas now:

It is not advised to backup anything under the .gvfs directory structure for any users. This is a special filesystem used by the Gnome Desktop for convenient access to remote network filesystems, removeable media, and similar special filesystems that would be persistent elsewhere. It is advisable to set backup software to ignore these filesystems. The following patterns could be added to the backup software application's exclusion list:

• /root/.gvfs
• /home/*/.gvfs