From trac at boxbackup.org Sat Nov 2 12:00:00 2013 From: trac at boxbackup.org (trac at boxbackup.org) Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2013 12:00:00 GMT Subject: [Boxbackup-dev] Current open tickets Message-ID: <201311021200.rA2C00Z1012020@wm.boxbackup.org> Note: to view an indiviual ticket, use: https://www.boxbackup.org/trac/ticket/(number) The following is a listing of current problems submitted by Box Backup users. These represent problem reports covering all versions including experimental development code and obsolete releases. S Ticket Owner Component Summary - ------ ------ ------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ n 4 martin box libraries Port Box Backup to AIX n 6 box libraries Contribute code: SMTP client, HTTP server, Database drivers, n 7 box libraries Improve restore speed on local repositories n 8 chris box libraries Improve handling of directories with many files n 13 chris bbackupd Fix file locking on Windows n 14 chris bbackupd Fix large file issues on Windows n 16 chris bbackupquery Restore deleted directories may fail a 17 chris bbackupquery List files using wildcards a 20 chris bbackupctl bbackupctl reload reports prior settings n 45 ben bbackupd File diff performance patch (reduced disk IO and wall time n 46 chris bbackupd bbackupd only ever saves reverse diffs, corrupted files on s n 47 chris bbackupd Account numbers greater than 2^31 (0x7fffffff) do not work c n 48 chris bbackupd Locations that don't exist on first run are never tried agai n 49 chris bbackupd ID map (rename tracking) broken since [288] n 50 chris bbackupquery No way to capture stderr under Windows n 51 chris bbackupd No way to force bbackupd to re-upload files under Windows n 52 chris bbackupd Unable to control the maintenance of old vs. deleted files n 53 chris bbackupd Comparing root directory locations does not work under Windo n 54 chris bbackupd Locations not found on disk (e.g. unmounted filesystems) can n 55 chris bbackupd Should store and preserve directory timestamps n 56 bbackupquery Windows: User can polute restore directory by adding a trail n 57 ben bbackupd Create boxbackupresume and other files in DataDirectory n 58 ben bbackupd bbackupquery connection timeout results in error message, sh n 59 ben bbackupd Inconsistent treatment of NotifyScript between Box Backup an n 60 ben bbstored Case sensitivity between bbstored-certs and Boxi n 62 ben bbackupd Backups of deleted files may be removed very quickly by hous a 63 chris bbackupd Support hard links in directories n 65 ben bbackupd Some file attributes under Windows are not backed up n 66 ben bbackupd Windows ACL support a 67 chris bbackupd Add mutexes for Win32 (client) to enable detection of runnin n 68 ben bbackupd More details when ReadError occurs n 69 bbackupquery CRTL+C closes bbackupquery console window under Windows n 70 ben bbackupd Non-ascii character cause error for notifyscript path n 71 ben bbackupd bbackupd.log gets randomly deleted n 72 test suite Patch intercept.h and intercept.c for NetBSD 4 and 5 n 74 bbackupquery Reconnect bbackupquery automatically, or at least have a "co n 75 ben bbackupd Restore times wrong, times on store correct n 77 ben bbackupd Min verbosity switch broken for bbackupquery a 78 chris bbackupd Error level for "bbackupquery.exe -u" 39 tickets total. From pjalajas at gigalock.com Fri Nov 8 04:06:38 2013 From: pjalajas at gigalock.com (Peter Jalajas, GigaLock Backup Services) Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2013 23:06:38 -0500 Subject: [Boxbackup-dev] Feature Request: check sample of store integrity at end of backup run? Message-ID: Hi all, From: http://www.duplicati.com/news/theduplicati20storageengineishere "...Finally, it will download a sample of backups files and check their integrity." Seems like a good feature/option to add to the BoxBackup bbackupd client? Thanks, Pete From pjalajas at tebuco.com Fri Nov 8 05:10:49 2013 From: pjalajas at tebuco.com (Pete Jalajas) Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2013 00:10:49 -0500 Subject: [Boxbackup-dev] Feature Concept: Use local blocks to reduce restore bandwidth Message-ID: Hi again, I've always had in the back of mind the concept that BoxBackup (and others) can simplify the handling of very large files by breaking them up into more manageable chunks, and just keep track of those chunks needed to restore a file (an easy way to get around any 2GB limit or whatever). Well, these guys implemented that idea, but also put it on steroids (as we say here in America): https://duplicati.googlecode.com/files/Block-basedstorageformat.pdf Under "Reconstruction" on page 5, it says in effect I think: --- When reconstructing files (restoring data), the [client-side] database is queried to obtain [a listing of] all required blocks. ... Then the database is [again] queried to find potential local files that may hold the desired blocks. Should such [local!] blocks be found, they are used to patch the target files [instead of retrieving those blocks from the remote store]. --- I think lay folks generally tend to concentrate on how to improve "backup" performance, but in reality, backup can generally be a slow and leisurely, albeit careful, thing. It's the "restore" that is generally an emergency, urgent and stressful, and so anything to improve that restore speed is important to consider. Just guessing, but it seems like their use-local-blocks concept could sometimes save a few percent of the restore bandwidth. A few percent here, a few percent there, and pretty soon... Anyway, FYI, Pete From trac at boxbackup.org Sat Nov 9 12:00:00 2013 From: trac at boxbackup.org (trac at boxbackup.org) Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2013 12:00:00 GMT Subject: [Boxbackup-dev] Current open tickets Message-ID: <201311091200.rA9C00ht065439@wm.boxbackup.org> Note: to view an indiviual ticket, use: https://www.boxbackup.org/trac/ticket/(number) The following is a listing of current problems submitted by Box Backup users. These represent problem reports covering all versions including experimental development code and obsolete releases. S Ticket Owner Component Summary - ------ ------ ------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ n 4 martin box libraries Port Box Backup to AIX n 6 box libraries Contribute code: SMTP client, HTTP server, Database drivers, n 7 box libraries Improve restore speed on local repositories n 8 chris box libraries Improve handling of directories with many files n 13 chris bbackupd Fix file locking on Windows n 14 chris bbackupd Fix large file issues on Windows n 16 chris bbackupquery Restore deleted directories may fail a 17 chris bbackupquery List files using wildcards a 20 chris bbackupctl bbackupctl reload reports prior settings n 45 ben bbackupd File diff performance patch (reduced disk IO and wall time n 46 chris bbackupd bbackupd only ever saves reverse diffs, corrupted files on s n 47 chris bbackupd Account numbers greater than 2^31 (0x7fffffff) do not work c n 48 chris bbackupd Locations that don't exist on first run are never tried agai n 49 chris bbackupd ID map (rename tracking) broken since [288] n 50 chris bbackupquery No way to capture stderr under Windows n 51 chris bbackupd No way to force bbackupd to re-upload files under Windows n 52 chris bbackupd Unable to control the maintenance of old vs. deleted files n 53 chris bbackupd Comparing root directory locations does not work under Windo n 54 chris bbackupd Locations not found on disk (e.g. unmounted filesystems) can n 55 chris bbackupd Should store and preserve directory timestamps n 56 bbackupquery Windows: User can polute restore directory by adding a trail n 57 ben bbackupd Create boxbackupresume and other files in DataDirectory n 58 ben bbackupd bbackupquery connection timeout results in error message, sh n 59 ben bbackupd Inconsistent treatment of NotifyScript between Box Backup an n 60 ben bbstored Case sensitivity between bbstored-certs and Boxi n 62 ben bbackupd Backups of deleted files may be removed very quickly by hous a 63 chris bbackupd Support hard links in directories n 65 ben bbackupd Some file attributes under Windows are not backed up n 66 ben bbackupd Windows ACL support a 67 chris bbackupd Add mutexes for Win32 (client) to enable detection of runnin n 68 ben bbackupd More details when ReadError occurs n 69 bbackupquery CRTL+C closes bbackupquery console window under Windows n 70 ben bbackupd Non-ascii character cause error for notifyscript path n 71 ben bbackupd bbackupd.log gets randomly deleted n 72 test suite Patch intercept.h and intercept.c for NetBSD 4 and 5 n 74 bbackupquery Reconnect bbackupquery automatically, or at least have a "co n 75 ben bbackupd Restore times wrong, times on store correct n 77 ben bbackupd Min verbosity switch broken for bbackupquery a 78 chris bbackupd Error level for "bbackupquery.exe -u" 39 tickets total. From trac at boxbackup.org Sat Nov 16 12:00:03 2013 From: trac at boxbackup.org (trac at boxbackup.org) Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 12:00:03 GMT Subject: [Boxbackup-dev] Current open tickets Message-ID: <201311161200.rAGC03vc019002@wm.boxbackup.org> Note: to view an indiviual ticket, use: https://www.boxbackup.org/trac/ticket/(number) The following is a listing of current problems submitted by Box Backup users. These represent problem reports covering all versions including experimental development code and obsolete releases. S Ticket Owner Component Summary - ------ ------ ------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ n 4 martin box libraries Port Box Backup to AIX n 6 box libraries Contribute code: SMTP client, HTTP server, Database drivers, n 7 box libraries Improve restore speed on local repositories n 8 chris box libraries Improve handling of directories with many files n 13 chris bbackupd Fix file locking on Windows n 14 chris bbackupd Fix large file issues on Windows n 16 chris bbackupquery Restore deleted directories may fail a 17 chris bbackupquery List files using wildcards a 20 chris bbackupctl bbackupctl reload reports prior settings n 45 ben bbackupd File diff performance patch (reduced disk IO and wall time n 46 chris bbackupd bbackupd only ever saves reverse diffs, corrupted files on s n 47 chris bbackupd Account numbers greater than 2^31 (0x7fffffff) do not work c n 48 chris bbackupd Locations that don't exist on first run are never tried agai n 49 chris bbackupd ID map (rename tracking) broken since [288] n 50 chris bbackupquery No way to capture stderr under Windows n 51 chris bbackupd No way to force bbackupd to re-upload files under Windows n 52 chris bbackupd Unable to control the maintenance of old vs. deleted files n 53 chris bbackupd Comparing root directory locations does not work under Windo n 54 chris bbackupd Locations not found on disk (e.g. unmounted filesystems) can n 55 chris bbackupd Should store and preserve directory timestamps n 56 bbackupquery Windows: User can polute restore directory by adding a trail n 57 ben bbackupd Create boxbackupresume and other files in DataDirectory n 58 ben bbackupd bbackupquery connection timeout results in error message, sh n 59 ben bbackupd Inconsistent treatment of NotifyScript between Box Backup an n 60 ben bbstored Case sensitivity between bbstored-certs and Boxi n 62 ben bbackupd Backups of deleted files may be removed very quickly by hous a 63 chris bbackupd Support hard links in directories n 65 ben bbackupd Some file attributes under Windows are not backed up n 66 ben bbackupd Windows ACL support a 67 chris bbackupd Add mutexes for Win32 (client) to enable detection of runnin n 68 ben bbackupd More details when ReadError occurs n 69 bbackupquery CRTL+C closes bbackupquery console window under Windows n 70 ben bbackupd Non-ascii character cause error for notifyscript path n 71 ben bbackupd bbackupd.log gets randomly deleted n 72 test suite Patch intercept.h and intercept.c for NetBSD 4 and 5 n 74 bbackupquery Reconnect bbackupquery automatically, or at least have a "co n 75 ben bbackupd Restore times wrong, times on store correct n 77 ben bbackupd Min verbosity switch broken for bbackupquery a 78 chris bbackupd Error level for "bbackupquery.exe -u" 39 tickets total. From trac at boxbackup.org Sat Nov 23 12:00:00 2013 From: trac at boxbackup.org (trac at boxbackup.org) Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 12:00:00 GMT Subject: [Boxbackup-dev] Current open tickets Message-ID: <201311231200.rANC00JL069591@wm.boxbackup.org> Note: to view an indiviual ticket, use: https://www.boxbackup.org/trac/ticket/(number) The following is a listing of current problems submitted by Box Backup users. These represent problem reports covering all versions including experimental development code and obsolete releases. S Ticket Owner Component Summary - ------ ------ ------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ n 4 martin box libraries Port Box Backup to AIX n 6 box libraries Contribute code: SMTP client, HTTP server, Database drivers, n 7 box libraries Improve restore speed on local repositories n 8 chris box libraries Improve handling of directories with many files n 13 chris bbackupd Fix file locking on Windows n 14 chris bbackupd Fix large file issues on Windows n 16 chris bbackupquery Restore deleted directories may fail a 17 chris bbackupquery List files using wildcards a 20 chris bbackupctl bbackupctl reload reports prior settings n 45 ben bbackupd File diff performance patch (reduced disk IO and wall time n 46 chris bbackupd bbackupd only ever saves reverse diffs, corrupted files on s n 47 chris bbackupd Account numbers greater than 2^31 (0x7fffffff) do not work c n 48 chris bbackupd Locations that don't exist on first run are never tried agai n 49 chris bbackupd ID map (rename tracking) broken since [288] n 50 chris bbackupquery No way to capture stderr under Windows n 51 chris bbackupd No way to force bbackupd to re-upload files under Windows n 52 chris bbackupd Unable to control the maintenance of old vs. deleted files n 53 chris bbackupd Comparing root directory locations does not work under Windo n 54 chris bbackupd Locations not found on disk (e.g. unmounted filesystems) can n 55 chris bbackupd Should store and preserve directory timestamps n 56 bbackupquery Windows: User can polute restore directory by adding a trail n 57 ben bbackupd Create boxbackupresume and other files in DataDirectory n 58 ben bbackupd bbackupquery connection timeout results in error message, sh n 59 ben bbackupd Inconsistent treatment of NotifyScript between Box Backup an n 60 ben bbstored Case sensitivity between bbstored-certs and Boxi n 62 ben bbackupd Backups of deleted files may be removed very quickly by hous a 63 chris bbackupd Support hard links in directories n 65 ben bbackupd Some file attributes under Windows are not backed up n 66 ben bbackupd Windows ACL support a 67 chris bbackupd Add mutexes for Win32 (client) to enable detection of runnin n 68 ben bbackupd More details when ReadError occurs n 69 bbackupquery CRTL+C closes bbackupquery console window under Windows n 70 ben bbackupd Non-ascii character cause error for notifyscript path n 71 ben bbackupd bbackupd.log gets randomly deleted n 72 test suite Patch intercept.h and intercept.c for NetBSD 4 and 5 n 74 bbackupquery Reconnect bbackupquery automatically, or at least have a "co n 75 ben bbackupd Restore times wrong, times on store correct n 77 ben bbackupd Min verbosity switch broken for bbackupquery a 78 chris bbackupd Error level for "bbackupquery.exe -u" 39 tickets total. From trac at boxbackup.org Sat Nov 30 12:00:00 2013 From: trac at boxbackup.org (trac at boxbackup.org) Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 12:00:00 GMT Subject: [Boxbackup-dev] Current open tickets Message-ID: <201311301200.rAUC00GK022133@wm.boxbackup.org> Note: to view an indiviual ticket, use: https://www.boxbackup.org/trac/ticket/(number) The following is a listing of current problems submitted by Box Backup users. These represent problem reports covering all versions including experimental development code and obsolete releases. S Ticket Owner Component Summary - ------ ------ ------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ n 4 martin box libraries Port Box Backup to AIX n 6 box libraries Contribute code: SMTP client, HTTP server, Database drivers, n 7 box libraries Improve restore speed on local repositories n 8 chris box libraries Improve handling of directories with many files n 13 chris bbackupd Fix file locking on Windows n 14 chris bbackupd Fix large file issues on Windows n 16 chris bbackupquery Restore deleted directories may fail a 17 chris bbackupquery List files using wildcards a 20 chris bbackupctl bbackupctl reload reports prior settings n 45 ben bbackupd File diff performance patch (reduced disk IO and wall time n 46 chris bbackupd bbackupd only ever saves reverse diffs, corrupted files on s n 47 chris bbackupd Account numbers greater than 2^31 (0x7fffffff) do not work c n 48 chris bbackupd Locations that don't exist on first run are never tried agai n 49 chris bbackupd ID map (rename tracking) broken since [288] n 50 chris bbackupquery No way to capture stderr under Windows n 51 chris bbackupd No way to force bbackupd to re-upload files under Windows n 52 chris bbackupd Unable to control the maintenance of old vs. deleted files n 53 chris bbackupd Comparing root directory locations does not work under Windo n 54 chris bbackupd Locations not found on disk (e.g. unmounted filesystems) can n 55 chris bbackupd Should store and preserve directory timestamps n 56 bbackupquery Windows: User can polute restore directory by adding a trail n 57 ben bbackupd Create boxbackupresume and other files in DataDirectory n 58 ben bbackupd bbackupquery connection timeout results in error message, sh n 59 ben bbackupd Inconsistent treatment of NotifyScript between Box Backup an n 60 ben bbstored Case sensitivity between bbstored-certs and Boxi n 62 ben bbackupd Backups of deleted files may be removed very quickly by hous a 63 chris bbackupd Support hard links in directories n 65 ben bbackupd Some file attributes under Windows are not backed up n 66 ben bbackupd Windows ACL support a 67 chris bbackupd Add mutexes for Win32 (client) to enable detection of runnin n 68 ben bbackupd More details when ReadError occurs n 69 bbackupquery CRTL+C closes bbackupquery console window under Windows n 70 ben bbackupd Non-ascii character cause error for notifyscript path n 71 ben bbackupd bbackupd.log gets randomly deleted n 72 test suite Patch intercept.h and intercept.c for NetBSD 4 and 5 n 74 bbackupquery Reconnect bbackupquery automatically, or at least have a "co n 75 ben bbackupd Restore times wrong, times on store correct n 77 ben bbackupd Min verbosity switch broken for bbackupquery a 78 chris bbackupd Error level for "bbackupquery.exe -u" 39 tickets total.