[Box Backup] question for mailinglist: Maintanance on a store..?

[Chris Wilson]

Hi Robin,

On Fri, 11 Sep 2009, robinharteveld at gmail.com wrote:

> Is it wise/necessary to do a weekly check+ fix on a store?

I don't think it should be necessary. The store should not be getting 
corrupted. If it is, I'd first investigate whether the server or bbstored 
is crashing, or perhaps whether the server has bad memory or a faulty disk 
controller.

> I use a boxbackup 0.11rc2 installation on a Centos 4.4 server. There are 
> over 50 store on it. Sometimes when there is a problem with a client, it 
> is fixed by checking and fixing the store.

What exactly are the problems that the clients have in these cases, and 
what does bbstoreaccounts output when it's fixing the accounts?

> Is this wise? Is there any risk?

I don't think there's a risk in running bbstoreaccounts check fix, except 
that it may mask an underlying problem that could be putting your backups 
at risk.

You are regularly running compares on the clients and checking the 
outputs, aren't you?

Cheers, Chris.
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