mrl@drutx.UUCP (LongoMR) (07/30/85)
[] I am currently thinking about possible solutions to a problem we have come across and would appreciate knowing if anyone else has had a similar problem and how it was resolved. Our back up procedure currently consists of a full image-copy back up once a week (volcopy) with incremental back-ups taken the other 6 nights. About a month ago we lost a complete file system. This happened on a thursday (3rd night of incrementals). The restore procedure consists of restoring the last good full image of the file system and then overlaying each subsequent incremental on top of that. The problem this created was due to the fact that between the time of the last image copy and the time we lost the file system several directories were moved to different names using cpio. When the file system was recreated, it first installed the original named directories (which were on the volcopied version) then proceded to write the files with the new names as they existed on the incrementals. These were in addition to the original files. The file system quickly ran out of space and the restore failed. Without input from our users we found it impossible to remove the proper files and directories and complete the restore. Has anyone else faced this problem? Any thoughts on a possible solution would be greatly appreciated. I feel that replies to the net in this situation would generate more insight as solutions are usually seen and commented upon by many, so please reply to this newsgroup. As usual, thanks in advance. Mark Longo ...!ihnp4!drutx!mrl