#321 Issue `closed`: lots of empty ISOs are made¶

Labels: support / question

sirtow opened issue at 2013-10-29 19:10:¶

Hi,
Running rear -vdD mkbackup.
I get the following

Preparing 9 ISO images ...
Preparing 9 ISO images for /mnt/Pluto_Rescue/pluto/backup.tar.gz.??...
AUTHORS COPYING Makefile README doc etc packaging usr var
/opt/rear
Making additionnal ISO image : rear-pluto_01.iso
Wrote ISO image: /opt/rear/var/lib/rear/output/rear-pluto_01.iso (372K)
Making additionnal ISO image : rear-pluto_02.iso
Wrote ISO image: /opt/rear/var/lib/rear/output/rear-pluto_02.iso (372K)
Making additionnal ISO image : rear-pluto_03.iso
Wrote ISO image: /opt/rear/var/lib/rear/output/rear-pluto_03.iso (372K)
Making additionnal ISO image : rear-pluto_04.iso
Wrote ISO image: /opt/rear/var/lib/rear/output/rear-pluto_04.iso (372K)
Making additionnal ISO image : rear-pluto_05.iso
Wrote ISO image: /opt/rear/var/lib/rear/output/rear-pluto_05.iso (372K)
Making additionnal ISO image : rear-pluto_06.iso
Wrote ISO image: /opt/rear/var/lib/rear/output/rear-pluto_06.iso (372K)
Making additionnal ISO image : rear-pluto_07.iso
Wrote ISO image: /opt/rear/var/lib/rear/output/rear-pluto_07.iso (372K)
Making additionnal ISO image : rear-pluto_08.iso
Wrote ISO image: /opt/rear/var/lib/rear/output/rear-pluto_08.iso (372K)

The output/ISO/Linux-i386/81_prepare_multiple_iso.sh has the following :

# in mkrescue workflow there is no need to check the backups made, otherwise,
# NB_ISOS=(ls . | wc -l) [side effect is that lots of empty ISOs are made]
[[ "$WORKFLOW" = "mkrescue" ]] && return

Is it a bug as its happening during mkbackup?

gdha commented at 2013-10-30 12:46:¶

Can you paste your /etc/rear/local.conf file please?

I have a working configuration with:

OUTPUT=ISO
## ISO backup included
BACKUP=NETFS
BACKUP_URL=iso://backup
ISO_MAX_SIZE=4500
###ISO_MAX_SIZE=650

sirtow commented at 2013-11-01 01:06:¶

Sorry for late response....Thsi is my local.conf:

OUTPUT=ISO
BACKUP=NETFS
BACKUP_URL=file:///mnt/Pluto_Rescue
#BACKUP_URL=iso://backup
ISO_MAX_SIZE=4500


EXCLUDE_MD=(${EXCLUDE_MD[@]} /dev/md0)
EXCLUDE_MOUNTPOINTS=( ${EXCLUDE_MOUNTPOINTS[@]} /mnt/vol1 /mnt/mirror )
COPY_AS_IS_EXCLUDE=( ${COPY_AS_IS_EXCLUDE[@]} /opt/mkcdrec /opt/ut/settings/torrents )

sirtow commented at 2013-11-03 22:43:¶

Here whats happening now :

pluto rear # cat etc/rear/local.conf
# Create Relax-and-Recover rescue media as ISO image

OUTPUT=ISO
BACKUP=NETFS
#BACKUP_URL=file:///mnt/Pluto_Rescue

BACKUP_URL=iso://backup
ISO_MAX_SIZE=4500



EXCLUDE_MD=(${EXCLUDE_MD[@]} /dev/md0)
EXCLUDE_MOUNTPOINTS=( ${EXCLUDE_MOUNTPOINTS[@]} /mnt/vol1 /mnt/mirror )
COPY_AS_IS_EXCLUDE=( ${COPY_AS_IS_EXCLUDE[@]} /opt/mkcdrec /opt/ut/settings/torrents )

pluto rear # ./usr/sbin/rear -vDd mkbackup
Relax-and-Recover 1.15 / Git
Using log file: /opt/rear/var/log/rear/rear-pluto.log
ERROR: The OUTPUT_URL scheme can't be iso. You must choose a correct location !
Aborting due to an error, check /opt/rear/var/log/rear/rear-pluto.log for details
You should also rm -Rf /tmp/rear.5bynFUwU0HqVFxK
Terminated
pluto rear

gdha commented at 2013-11-04 09:14:¶

You need to define an OUTPUT_URL location which is different then the BACKUP_URL location. If you omit, the OUTPUT_URL definition then it is the same as the BACKUP_URL location and in your case it becomes OUTPUT_URL=iso://backup. Therefore, you got the error message above.
Please use something like OUTPUT_URL=nfs://server/location/ and keep the BACKUP_URL=iso://backup setting.
My local.conf copy/paste was not complete - sorry about that.

sirtow commented at 2013-11-05 02:02:¶

Yep that worked :) the backup completed without any problem and iso created .Thank you very much!!!
The final local.conf looks like :

OUTPUT=ISO
BACKUP=NETFS
BACKUP_URL=iso://backup
ISO_MAX_SIZE=4500

OUTPUT_URL=file:///mnt/Pluto_Rescue/

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#321 Issue closed: lots of empty ISOs are made¶