Bacula not backing up all the files it should be doing

Posted by Nigel Ellis on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Nigel Ellis
Published on 2012-09-05T15:17:17Z Indexed on 2012/09/05 15:40 UTC
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I have Bacula (5.2) running on a Fedora 14 system backing up several different computers including Windows 7, Windows 2003 and Windows 2008.

When backing up the Windows 2008 server the backup stops after a relatively small amount has been backed up and says the backup was okay.

The fileset I am trying to backup should be around 323Gb, but it manages a mere 27Gb before stopping - but not erring.

I did try creating a mount on the Fedora computer to the server I am trying to backup, and Bacula managed to copy 58Gb.

When I tried to use the mount to copy the files manually I was able to copy them all - there are no problems with permissions etc. on the mount.

Please can anyone give a reason why Bacula would just stop?

I have heard there is a 260 character limit, but some of the files that should have been copy resolve to a shorter filename than some that have been backed up.

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