From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 29 14:54:56 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 608FA16A4CE for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 14:54:56 +0000 (GMT) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03FC143D39 for ; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 14:54:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD55F4AC85; Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:56:54 +0200 (CEST) From: Cordula's Web To: pieckiel+freebsd-questions@sdf.lonestar.org In-reply-to: <20040629135105.GB27491@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> (pieckiel+freebsd-questions@sdf.lonestar.org) X-Mailer: Emacs-21.3.1/FreeBSD-5.2.1-RELEASE References: <20040629135105.GB27491@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> Message-Id: <20040629145654.BD55F4AC85@fw.farid-hajji.net> Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:56:54 +0200 (CEST) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Snapshot question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: cpghost@cordula.ws List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 29 Jun 2004 14:54:56 -0000 pieckiel+freebsd-questions@sdf.lonestar.org wrote: > When I do my compare of my tape against my snapshot, it's not uncommon for > one or two files (always the same files) to be different. The most usual > culprit being my winbindd_cache.tdb file for Samba. I thought the snapshot > would not change over time as the files on the filesystem change. Does this > definitively indicate this particular file isn't being written to tape > correctly most nights? (Yes, I *AM* backing up my snapshot and comparing > the backup to my snapshot, not the live filesystem.) Are you sure you are comparing against the correct snapshot? If you use dump -L, the snapshot is created, opened, and immediately unlinked, then the open file is saved. After dump exits, the snapshot file is pysically released. Are you creating a snapshot manually? What commands do you use exactly? -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/