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May 9th, 2019 08:00

Linux Fast Incrementals

Hello,

I must backup a Linux File Server with millions of files (it's a RHEV VM) and the backups are during many days. I saw in the backup client documentation that I could use "Linux Fast Incrementals". I made the the configuration but I must prepare the mount points (from this KB: https://emcservice.force.com/CustomersPartners/kA2j0000000R9lGCAS)

 

configure the mount point:
lfs-config –c
lfs-config –e

 

My problem is that the "lfs-config" command does not exist. Anybody can help?

 

Thank you

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May 9th, 2019 10:00

You can find the instructions on how to install and configure the software required for the Fast Incrementals feature starting on page 36 of the User Guide:

https://support.emc.com/docu91839_Avamar-18.2-Backup-Clients-User-Guide.pdf?language=en_US

I wasn't sure what version of Avamar you're using so this is a link to the documentation for the latest release. Other versions will be similar. You can find the User Guide for other Avamar versions on Online Support.

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May 10th, 2019 00:00

I already followed this documentation. I think I have to prepare the mount points for linux fast incrementals but the documentation does not show how to do. I use Avamar v7.5.1-101

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May 10th, 2019 06:00

It sounds like you may not have have downloaded the "AvamarFastIncrementals" RPM from the Avamar server and installed it on this client system. On RHEL systems, this package places lfi-config or lfs-config into the /sbin directory. One other possibility I can think of is that /sbin may not be in your PATH, although this would be very unusual.

Edit: Unfix typo

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May 10th, 2019 09:00

Great! I found the lfi-cong in /sbin :)

I tried to prepare the mount points with 

[root@centos6 ~]# /sbin/lfi-config -c /dev/mapper/vg_centos6-lv_root
Error:Configuration library initialization failed

I tried also:

[root@centos6 ~]# /sbin/lfi-config -c /
Error:Configuration library initialization failed

[root@centos6 ~]# cat /etc/mtab
/dev/mapper/vg_centos6-lv_root / ext4 rw 0 0
proc /proc proc rw 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0
tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw,rootcontext="system_u:object_r:tmpfs_t:s0" 0 0
/dev/sda1 /boot ext4 rw 0 0
none /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw 0 0

 

But I don't know this kind of error :(

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May 10th, 2019 10:00

Sorry, my typo. The binary is called lfs-config, not lfi-config. Check if the Avamar Fast Incrementals package is installed, please:

rpm -qa | grep AvamarFast

If it is not installed, you will need to install it as described in the guide.

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May 10th, 2019 10:00

The package is installed but I don't have "lfs-config"

[root@centos6 logs]# rpm -qa | grep AvamarFast
AvamarFastIncrementals-linux-7.5.101-101.x86_64

[root@centos6 logs]# find / -name lfs-config
[root@centos6 logs]#

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May 10th, 2019 11:00

Okay, so I double-checked the contents of the 7.5.1-101 RPM package for RHEL6 and the binary is called /sbin/lfi-config. I apologize for the confusion.

When I run this binary on a local test system -- even without installing the RPM package -- it works without issue. I think there may be something happening at an OS level on your client system that is preventing the binary from properly loading shared libraries.

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May 10th, 2019 12:00

Please try running the following and see if it reports missing dependencies:

ldd /sbin/lfi-config

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May 12th, 2019 14:00

Here the output. On the other hand it is a test server that I use before working on the production. Do not spend too much time :) I will try the installation on the production server. I have to move on.

[root@centos6 ~]# ldd /sbin/lfi-config
linux-vdso.so.1 => (0x00007fff769a0000)
libext2fs.so.2 => /lib64/libext2fs.so.2 (0x00007f015aba9000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007f015a98c000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x00007f015a787000)
libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x00007f015a3f3000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x0000560876820000)
libcom_err.so.2 => /lib64/libcom_err.so.2 (0x00007f015a1ef000)
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