Hi,
I wondered for some time - since Friday 21.5.2021 ( ;-) ) - that the IPF files of the ISO backups turned out much larger than before.
Today I tested: when I make a backup *without* logs, the resulting IPF is about *26MB* in size.
The same file is about *108MB* in size when I make an *ISO backup*.
So I ran ' /var/ipfire/backup/bin/backup.pl iso' from console and watched the output.
After some time, 'gzip' told me:
... gzip: /var/ipfire/backup/2021-12-25-20:34.ipf already has .ipf suffix -- unchanged ...
For results, please see attached screenshot (and yes: I use tables... ;-) ).
The first IPF was created using 'Generate ISO', the second using 'Exclude logfiles'.
Can anyone confirm?
Best, Matthias
Hello,
On 25 Dec 2021, at 20:53, Matthias Fischer matthias.fischer@ipfire.org wrote:
Hi,
I wondered for some time - since Friday 21.5.2021 ( ;-) ) - that the IPF files of the ISO backups turned out much larger than before.
Yes, they were indeed not compressed at all:
https://bugzilla.ipfire.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12737
So this should be resolved in c163. Can you test and confirm?
-Michael
Today I tested: when I make a backup *without* logs, the resulting IPF is about *26MB* in size.
The same file is about *108MB* in size when I make an *ISO backup*.
So I ran ' /var/ipfire/backup/bin/backup.pl iso' from console and watched the output.
After some time, 'gzip' told me:
... gzip: /var/ipfire/backup/2021-12-25-20:34.ipf already has .ipf suffix -- unchanged ...
For results, please see attached screenshot (and yes: I use tables... ;-) ).
The first IPF was created using 'Generate ISO', the second using 'Exclude logfiles'.
Can anyone confirm?
Best, Matthias<ipf_files_differ_in_size.png>
Hi,
On 26.12.2021 21:48, Michael Tremer wrote:
Hello,
On 25 Dec 2021, at 20:53, Matthias Fischer matthias.fischer@ipfire.org wrote:
Hi,
I wondered for some time - since Friday 21.5.2021 ( ;-) ) - that the IPF files of the ISO backups turned out much larger than before.
Yes, they were indeed not compressed at all:
Seems I was really busy in the last weeks, otherwise I would have seen that this problem was already reported. D'oh!
So this should be resolved in c163. Can you test and confirm?
I first applied the changes from "[2/3] backup: Create tarball in one pass" and can confirm.
The IPF file of the *ISO backup* is now identical to the one created *without logs* and correctly compressed as reported by Larsen in https://bugzilla.ipfire.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12737#c2 (see attachment).
In a second run I also applied "[1/3] backup: Use filename as specified on console" and "[3/3] backup: Fork ISO job into the background in CGI script" from https://patchwork.ipfire.org/project/ipfire/list/?series=2450
Looking good.
Best, Matthias
-Michael
Today I tested: when I make a backup *without* logs, the resulting IPF is about *26MB* in size.
The same file is about *108MB* in size when I make an *ISO backup*.
So I ran ' /var/ipfire/backup/bin/backup.pl iso' from console and watched the output.
After some time, 'gzip' told me:
... gzip: /var/ipfire/backup/2021-12-25-20:34.ipf already has .ipf suffix -- unchanged ...
For results, please see attached screenshot (and yes: I use tables... ;-) ).
The first IPF was created using 'Generate ISO', the second using 'Exclude logfiles'.
Can anyone confirm?
Best, Matthias<ipf_files_differ_in_size.png>
Hello,
Thank you for double-checking.
-Michael
On 27 Dec 2021, at 10:32, Matthias Fischer matthias.fischer@ipfire.org wrote:
Hi,
On 26.12.2021 21:48, Michael Tremer wrote:
Hello,
On 25 Dec 2021, at 20:53, Matthias Fischer matthias.fischer@ipfire.org wrote:
Hi,
I wondered for some time - since Friday 21.5.2021 ( ;-) ) - that the IPF files of the ISO backups turned out much larger than before.
Yes, they were indeed not compressed at all:
Seems I was really busy in the last weeks, otherwise I would have seen that this problem was already reported. D'oh!
So this should be resolved in c163. Can you test and confirm?
I first applied the changes from "[2/3] backup: Create tarball in one pass" and can confirm.
The IPF file of the *ISO backup* is now identical to the one created *without logs* and correctly compressed as reported by Larsen in https://bugzilla.ipfire.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12737#c2 (see attachment).
In a second run I also applied "[1/3] backup: Use filename as specified on console" and "[3/3] backup: Fork ISO job into the background in CGI script" from https://patchwork.ipfire.org/project/ipfire/list/?series=2450
Looking good.
Best, Matthias
-Michael
Today I tested: when I make a backup *without* logs, the resulting IPF is about *26MB* in size.
The same file is about *108MB* in size when I make an *ISO backup*.
So I ran ' /var/ipfire/backup/bin/backup.pl iso' from console and watched the output.
After some time, 'gzip' told me:
... gzip: /var/ipfire/backup/2021-12-25-20:34.ipf already has .ipf suffix -- unchanged ...
For results, please see attached screenshot (and yes: I use tables... ;-) ).
The first IPF was created using 'Generate ISO', the second using 'Exclude logfiles'.
Can anyone confirm?
Best, Matthias<ipf_files_differ_in_size.png>
<01_ipf_iso_and_without_logs.png><02_ipf_iso_and_without_logs.png>
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Matthias Fischer -
Michael Tremer