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</span></b><span style="color:black">gpfsug-discuss <gpfsug-discuss-bounces@gpfsug.org> on behalf of Ahmed Nasr <ahnasr@taltech.ee><br>
<b>Date: </b>Thursday, January 25, 2024 at 3:47</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">\u202f</span><span style="color:black">AM<br>
<b>To: </b>gpfsug-discuss@gpfsug.org <gpfsug-discuss@gpfsug.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[EXTERNAL] [gpfsug-discuss] mmbackup against snapshot backup failing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.75pt"><span style="font-size:1.0pt;color:white">Good Day, this is my first time posting. it is great to talk to everyone here. so i have an issue where mmbackup is not working properly and i don't know why. Problem:
mmbackup doesn't find any files that are eligible for backup. i used to <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">this is my first time posting. it is great to talk to everyone here.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#174E86"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">so i have an issue where mmbackup is not working properly and i don't know why.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#174E86"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Problem: mmbackup doesn't find any files that are eligible for backup. i used to work with dsmc and it is working fine but i want to employ the snapshot option within mmbackup.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#174E86"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">here are my steps:</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#174E86"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">backup to tsm with mmbackup using the full backup option . that took around one month<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">tried to do an incremental backup with mmbackup against a snapshot (Failed)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">tried to rebuild shadow database then backup but that failed as well<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">tried dsmc incremental which found eligible files and worked<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">i want to use snapshots which seems to be problematic </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">please let me know if you have any recommendations or ideas</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">command used:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black;background:white">mmbackup /gpfs/mariana/home/ -S home_snapshot_2024-01-25-09-23 -t incremental -L 2 -d --scope inodespace -v</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">logs:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#174E86"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black;background:white">DEBUGtsbackup33:oldShadow found, validShadows: 1</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">DEBUGtsbackup33:shadow DB /gpfs/mariana/home/.mmbackupShadow.1.gv-backup.fileset format version 1400</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">..</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#174E86"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black">DEBUGtsbackup33: policy0: 0 86091506 16736 0 0 0 RULE 'Exclude<br>
Rule' LIST 'mmbackup.1.gv-backup' EXCLUDE DIRECTORIES_PLUS WHERE(.)<br>
DEBUGtsbackup33: policy0: 1 0 0 0 0 0 RULE 'BackupR<br>
ule' LIST 'mmbackup.1.gv-backup' DIRECTORIES_PLUS SHOW(.) WHERE(.)<br>
DEBUGtsbackup33: policy0: <br>
DEBUGtsbackup33: policy0: [I] Filesystem objects with no applicable rules: 0.<br>
DEBUGtsbackup33: policy0: <br>
DEBUGtsbackup33: policy0: Predicted Data Pool Utilization in KB and %:<br>
DEBUGtsbackup33: policy0: Pool_Name KB_Occupied KB_Total Percent_Occupied<br>
DEBUGtsbackup33: policy0: system 623453700096 1595564097536 39.074187058%<br>
Thu Jan 25 10:01:09 2024 mmbackup:New list file /gpfs/mariana/home/.mmbackupCfg/prepFiles/list.mmbackup.1.gv-backup is missing or emp<br>
ty. <br>
Do the TSM include/exclude rules exclude all contents of /gpfs/mariana/home for TSM server gv-backup ?<br>
Thu Jan 25 10:01:09 2024 mmbackup:No changed or deleted files for mariana.home since mmbackup was last invoked.<br>
DEBUGtsbackup33: Changed:0 Backed:0 Excl:0 DSMC:0 anyFail:1 Audit:0 Severe:0 FailuresFound:0<br>
Thu Jan 25 10:01:09 2024 mmbackup:Incremental backup completely failed. <br>
TSM had 0 severe errors and returned 0. See the TSM log file for more information.<br>
0 files had errors, <br>
TSM exit status: exit 12<br>
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mmbackup: Backup of /gpfs/mariana/home completed with errors at Thu Jan 25 10:01:09 EET 2024.<br>
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mmbackup: Command failed. Examine previous error messages to determine cause.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">i will also add the policy file</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";color:black;background:white">RULE 'ExcludeRule' LIST 'mmbackup.1.gv-backup' EXCLUDE DIRECTORIES_PLUS </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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((PATH_NAME LIKE '%/.TsmCacheDir' AND MODE LIKE 'd%') OR (PATH_NAME LIKE '%/.TsmCacheDir/%')) <br>
OR ((PATH_NAME LIKE '%/.pip%%%' AND MODE LIKE 'd%') OR (PATH_NAME LIKE '%/.pip%%%/%')) <br>
OR ((PATH_NAME LIKE '%/site-packages%%%' AND MODE LIKE 'd%') OR (PATH_NAME LIKE '%/site-packages%%%/%')) <br>
OR ((PATH_NAME LIKE '%/pip%%%' AND MODE LIKE 'd%') OR (PATH_NAME LIKE '%/pip%%%/%')) <br>
OR ((PATH_NAME LIKE '%/.local%%%' AND MODE LIKE 'd%') OR (PATH_NAME LIKE '%/.local%%%/%')) <br>
OR ((PATH_NAME LIKE '%/.cache%%%' AND MODE LIKE 'd%') OR (PATH_NAME LIKE '%/.cache%%%/%')) <br>
OR ((PATH_NAME LIKE '%/cache%%%' AND MODE LIKE 'd%') OR (PATH_NAME LIKE '%/cache%%%/%')) <br>
OR ((PATH_NAME LIKE '%/.tmp%%%' AND MODE LIKE 'd%') OR (PATH_NAME LIKE '%/.tmp%%%/%')) <br>
OR ((PATH_NAME LIKE '%/tmp%%%' AND MODE LIKE 'd%') OR (PATH_NAME LIKE '%/tmp%%%/%')) <br>
OR ((PATH_NAME LIKE '%/.miniconda%%%' AND MODE LIKE 'd%') OR (PATH_NAME LIKE '%/.miniconda%%%/%')) <br>
OR ((PATH_NAME LIKE '%/miniconda%%%' AND MODE LIKE 'd%') OR (PATH_NAME LIKE '%/miniconda%%%/%')) <br>
OR ((PATH_NAME LIKE '%/.snapshots' AND MODE LIKE 'd%') OR (PATH_NAME LIKE '%/.snapshots/%')) <br>
OR ((PATH_NAME LIKE '%/.conda%%%' AND MODE LIKE 'd%') OR (PATH_NAME LIKE '%/.conda%%%/%')) <br>
OR ((PATH_NAME LIKE '%/conda%%%' AND MODE LIKE 'd%') OR (PATH_NAME LIKE '%/conda%%%/%')) <br>
OR ((PATH_NAME LIKE '/gpfs/mariana/home/.snapshots/home_snapshot_2024-01-25-09-23/nagyim/%%%' AND MODE LIKE 'd%') OR (PATH_NAME<br>
LIKE '/gpfs/mariana/home/.snapshots/home_snapshot_2024-01-25-09-23/nagyim/%%%/%')) <br>
OR (PATH_NAME LIKE '/%/.mmbackup%') OR<br>
(PATH_NAME LIKE '/%/.mmLockDir' AND MODE LIKE 'd%') OR<br>
(PATH_NAME LIKE '/%/.mmLockDir/%') OR<br>
(MODE LIKE 's%') <br>
OR (PATH_NAME LIKE '/gpfs/mariana/.mmSharedTmpDir' AND MODE LIKE 'd%') OR<br>
(PATH_NAME LIKE '/gpfs/mariana/.mmSharedTmpDir/%')<br>
OR (PATH_NAME LIKE '/%/.SpaceMan' AND MODE LIKE 'd%') OR (PATH_NAME LIKE '/%/.SpaceMan/%') <br>
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RULE 'BackupRule' LIST 'mmbackup.1.gv-backup' DIRECTORIES_PLUS <br>
SHOW(VARCHAR(MODIFICATION_TIME) || ' ' || VARCHAR(CHANGE_TIME) || ' ' ||<br>
VARCHAR(FILE_SIZE) || ' ' || VARCHAR(FILESET_NAME) ||<br>
' ' || 'resdnt' )<br>
WHERE <br>
(MISC_ATTRIBUTES LIKE '%u%')<br>
AND (NOT (PATH_NAME LIKE '/%.swp' AND NOT MODE LIKE 'd%' ))<br>
AND (NOT (PATH_NAME LIKE '/%.tmp' AND NOT MODE LIKE 'd%' ))<br>
OR (((PATH_NAME LIKE '/gpfs/mariana/home/.snapshots/home_snapshot_2024-01-25-09-23/%') AND (MISC_ATTRIBUTES LIKE '%u%') ) AND<br>
((NOT (PATH_NAME LIKE '/%.swp' AND NOT MODE LIKE 'd%' ))) AND<br>
((NOT (PATH_NAME LIKE '/%.tmp' AND NOT MODE LIKE 'd%' ))) )<br>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Kind Regards,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Ahmed Nasr</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;background:white">Administrator of cloud service</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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