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rookie11
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12 years ago

unable to backup a mount point

Hi Folks red hat linux 2.6 server has huge amount of data on a mount point. size is 1TB , used : 300 GB files 10 million. file system in mount point ext3. backup runs for around 94 hrs then complet...
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  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    12 years ago

    Correct - breaking up the mount point into sub-folders requires discipline. 
    Server owners need to be given the responsibility of notifying backup admins of changes.

    Another possibility is to use wildcards - all depending on structure of sub-folders, e.g.:

    NEW_STREAM
    /mount/[a-e]*
    /mount/[f-h]*
    NEW_STREAM
    /mount/[i-l]*
    /mount/[m-o]*
    NEW_STREAM
    ....

     

    This way you can ensure that all possible sub-folders are covered.

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Marianne
Level 6
12 years ago

Correct - breaking up the mount point into sub-folders requires discipline. 
Server owners need to be given the responsibility of notifying backup admins of changes.

Another possibility is to use wildcards - all depending on structure of sub-folders, e.g.:

NEW_STREAM
/mount/[a-e]*
/mount/[f-h]*
NEW_STREAM
/mount/[i-l]*
/mount/[m-o]*
NEW_STREAM
....

 

This way you can ensure that all possible sub-folders are covered.