[SOLVED] Dirvish exclude not working

[fedorahack]

Fedora 14 server
I run dirvish to backup every night.

in my master.conf and default.conf for dirvish I exclude /var/backup/**

Every night after the backup completes I see in the tree directory my backup folder which contains every back up that was done. This is a waste of space and time on the server.
What is wrong with my conf files?

I am new to dirvish and fedora and looking for the experts out here to help

my conf files

bank:
/var/backup
exclude:
lost+found/
core
*~
.nfs*
/proc
/sys
/var/backup/**
Runall:
tgcsnet.com 22:00
expire-default: +7 days
expire-rule:
# MIN HR DOM MON DOW STRFTIME_FMT
# * * * * 1 +3 months
# * * 1-7 * 1 +1 year
# * * 1-7 1,4,7,10 1
# * 10-20 * * * +4 days
# * * * * 2-7 +15 days
-bash-4.1# cat /var/backup/tgcsnet.com/dirvish/default.conf
############################################
# ** generated by tgcsnet *do not edit* ** #
############################################

client: tgcs009
tree: /var
xdev: 1
index: gzip
log: gzip
image-default: %Y%m%d
exclude:
/var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb
/var/cache/man/**
/lock/
/cache/
/run/
/lib/php/session/
/spool/postfix/
/tmp/**
/var/tmp/**
/shares/local-only/
/lib/rpm/
/log/
*.bak
/spool/
/var/backup/**
-bash-4.1#


As you can see the bank /var/backup/ is excluded in both conf files.

-bash-4.1# ls -l /var/backup/tgcsnet.com
total 96
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 13 11:15 20120713
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Jul 21 23:08 20120721
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Jul 23 01:07 20120722
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Jul 24 22:00 20120724
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Jul 25 22:00 20120725
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 26 23:47 20120726
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Jul 30 01:16 20120729
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 5 01:22 20120804
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 6 03:10 20120805
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 7 06:07 20120806
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 8 04:48 20120807
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 9 04:52 20120808
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 10 04:39 20120809
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 11 04:26 20120810
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 12 04:20 20120811
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 13 04:10 20120812
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 14 04:05 20120813
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 15 04:03 20120814
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 16 03:49 20120815
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 17 03:31 20120816
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 18 04:19 20120817
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 19 01:15 20120818
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 19 22:00 20120819
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jul 13 11:15 dirvish
-bash-4.1# ls -l /var/backup/tgcsnet.com/20120819
total 220868
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 240 Aug 19 22:00 exclude
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 65530 Aug 19 22:00 fsbuffer
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 223 Aug 19 22:00 log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 226013486 Aug 20 09:54 log.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 65530 Aug 19 22:00 rsync_error.tmp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 856 Aug 19 22:00 summary
drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Jul 11 13:47 tree
-bash-4.1# ls -l /var/backup/tgcsnet.com/20120819/tree
total 28
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 12 14:34 account
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 11 13:47 backup
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Aug 19 22:00 empty
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Aug 19 22:00 install
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Aug 19 22:00 lib
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Aug 19 22:00 production
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Aug 19 22:00 tmp
-bash-4.1# ls -l /var/backup/tgcsnet.com/20120819/tree/backup
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 26 root root 4096 Aug 19 22:00 tgcsnet.com
-bash-4.1# ls -l /var/backup/tgcsnet.com/20120819/tree/backup/tgcsnet.com
total 96
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 13 11:15 20120713
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Jul 21 23:08 20120721
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Jul 23 01:07 20120722
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Jul 24 22:00 20120724
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Jul 25 22:00 20120725
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jul 26 23:47 20120726
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Jul 30 01:16 20120729
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 5 01:22 20120804
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 6 03:10 20120805
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 7 06:07 20120806
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 8 04:48 20120807
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 9 04:52 20120808
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 10 04:39 20120809
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 11 04:26 20120810
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 12 04:20 20120811
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 13 04:10 20120812
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 14 04:05 20120813
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 15 04:03 20120814
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 16 03:49 20120815
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 17 03:31 20120816
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 18 04:19 20120817
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 19 01:15 20120818
drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Aug 19 22:00 20120819
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Aug 19 22:00 dirvish
-bash-4.1#

As you can see the log file is very large thats because of the backup folder being backed up.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you

Tom

[fedorahack]

Fedora 14 Server

Nightly I run dirvish-expire and cron send me a report saying the images can not be expired

So I ran this to show you what I get

-bash-4.1# dirvish-expire -no-run
Expiring images as of 2012-08-20 11:49:59

VAULT:BRANCH IMAGE CREATED EXPIRED
cannot expire tgcsnet.com:default:20120725 No unexpired good images
cannot expire tgcsnet.com:default:20120721 No unexpired good images
cannot expire tgcsnet.com:default:20120724 No unexpired good images
cannot expire tgcsnet.com:default:20120726 No unexpired good images
cannot expire tgcsnet.com:default:20120713 No unexpired good images
tgcsnet.com:default 20120804 2012-08-05 01:22 +15 days == 2012-08-19 22:06

I have a master.conf and default.conf

-bash-4.1# cat /etc/dirvish/master.conf
bank:
/var/backup
exclude:
lost+found/
core
*~
.nfs*
/proc
/sys
/var/backup/**
Runall:
tgcsnet.com 22:00
expire-default: +7 days
expire-rule:
# MIN HR DOM MON DOW STRFTIME_FMT
# * * * * 1 +3 months
# * * 1-7 * 1 +1 year
# * * 1-7 1,4,7,10 1
# * 10-20 * * * +4 days
# * * * * 2-7 +15 days
-bash-4.1# cat /var/backup/tgcsnet.com/dirvish/default.conf
############################################
# ** generated by tgcsnet *do not edit* ** #
############################################

client: tgcs009
tree: /var
xdev: 1
index: gzip
log: gzip
image-default: %Y%m%d
exclude:
/var/cache/apt/archives/*.deb
/var/cache/man/**
/lock/
/cache/
/run/
/lib/php/session/
/spool/postfix/
/tmp/**
/var/tmp/**
/shares/local-only/
/lib/rpm/
/log/
*.bak
/spool/
/backup/
-bash-4.1#

what is wrong with my expire rule?

Thanks

Tom

[george_toolan]

As you can see the bank /var/backup/ is excluded in both conf files.

No, it isn't. After everything else has failed try to read the FAQ http://www.dirvish.org/FAQ.html#what...ile_formatting

[fedorahack]

Sorry,

But I have read the FAQS

And YES the bank /VAR/BACKUP is in the exclude section of both master.conf and default.conf

No explanation of why something does not work.

Only simple and I mean simple examples.

If you do not have an answer then do not reply

Only looking for support from someone that is willing to help need some experts in the field.

[Dan]

Threads merged.

One thread per subject at a time per customer. Please read the posting rules.

[jpollard]

Originally Posted by fedorahack

Sorry,

But I have read the FAQS

And YES the bank /VAR/BACKUP is in the exclude section of both master.conf and default.conf

No explanation of why something does not work.

Only simple and I mean simple examples.

If you do not have an answer then do not reply

Only looking for support from someone that is willing to help need some experts in the field.

According to the FAQ it is improperly formatted.

No "wildcards" such as "**" are listed.

Also - indenting is important. You would do better to include your samples within code blocks to preserve indentation - otherwise it becomes hard to see what might actually be wrong.

[fedorahack]

thanks

what are the indent rules seems that the faqs shows indents but does not explain how many characters to indent or is it just make sure that you indent

[jpollard]

For a simple thing, just try using a tab.

I also suggest reading the documentation

http://www.dirvish.org/dirvish.conf.5.html

[fedorahack]

tab indent and removing the ** corrected the problem thanks