File-level backup with "/" as directory does not include all directories

[hxp]

If you create a new file level backup job and include "/" as the sole directory, not all dirs under / are included in the backup.

Example system (v5.0.1.4493) with no symlinks:

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Backup job:
   ID: {b14ccf50-46d1-42c7-a8cf-eb71a413577f}
   Name: hostname01
   Repository ID: {cbcaf6cd-59ff-4948-8489-d61cd51bdfd1}
   Repository name: [reposerver] reponame
   Creation time: 2021-10-20 12:01:01
   Options:
      Compression: Lz4
      Max points: 14
      Block size: 1024 KB
      File system indexing is disabled
      No snapshot required
   Objects for backup:
      Include Directory: /
   Schedule:
      Every day
      At: 02:00
      

lsblk output:

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NAME             MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda                8:0    0 223.6G  0 disk
├─sda1             8:1    0   487M  0 part /boot
├─sda2             8:2    0     1K  0 part
└─sda5             8:5    0 223.1G  0 part
  ├─vg00-root    254:0    0   3.8G  0 lvm  /
  ├─vg00-swap_1  254:1    0   1.9G  0 lvm  [SWAP]
  ├─vg00-tmp     254:2    0   976M  0 lvm  /tmp
  ├─vg00-var     254:3    0     3G  0 lvm  /var
  └─vg00-var_log 254:4    0   976M  0 lvm  /var/log

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ls -lah / |grep -v "\->"
drwxr-xr-x  18 root root 4.0K Oct 20 12:17 .
drwxr-xr-x  18 root root 4.0K Oct 20 12:17 ..
drwxr-xr-x   4 root root 1.0K Oct 20 12:17 boot
drwxr-xr-x  20 root root 3.5K Oct 20 12:14 dev
drwxr-xr-x  95 root root 4.0K Oct 20 12:17 etc
drwxr-xr-x   5 root root 4.0K Mar 17  2021 home
drwx------   2 root root  16K Mar 17  2021 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4.0K Mar 17  2021 media
drwxr-xr-x   3 root root 4.0K Oct 20 12:14 mnt
drwxr-xr-x   6 root root 4.0K Oct 19 14:02 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 287 root root    0 Oct 18 14:26 proc
drwx------   5 root root 4.0K Oct 20 12:16 root
drwxr-xr-x  23 root root  820 Oct 20 12:17 run
drwxr-xr-x   2 root root 4.0K Mar 17  2021 srv
dr-xr-xr-x  13 root root    0 Oct 20 12:12 sys
drwxrwxrwt  13 root root 4.0K Oct 20 12:17 tmp
drwxr-xr-x  13 root root 4.0K Mar 17  2021 usr
drwxr-xr-x  12 root root 4.0K Mar 17  2021 var

After mounting the backup:

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ls -lah /mnt/backup |grep -v "\->"
drwxr-xr-x 10 root root 4.0K Sep 20 13:05 .
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root 4.0K Oct 20 12:14 ..
drwxr-xr-x 95 root root 4.0K Oct 19 16:29 etc
drwxr-xr-x  5 root root 4.0K Mar 17  2021 home
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4.0K Mar 17  2021 media
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4.0K Mar 17  2021 mnt
drwxr-xr-x  6 root root 4.0K Oct 19 14:02 opt
drwx------  5 root root 4.0K Oct 20 12:12 root
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root 4.0K Mar 17  2021 srv
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4.0K Mar 17  2021 usr

/boot and /var are missing. Is this intentional?

[HannesK]

Hello,
sounds correct to me.

from the user guide

Tip: If you want to back up the root directory and specify the '/' (slash) character, Veeam Agent does not automatically include mount points in the backup scope. To include mount points, you need to specify paths to these mount points manually.

Best regards,
Hannes

[hxp]

Thanks!