PBS Namespace Sync

Apr 27, 2024
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Somehow I've copied the namespaces themselves, in addition to the content.
This is ... odd. Unexpected.

I'm trying to build a system where we have a baremetal SDD primary PBS (to do the backups fast)
and a virtual secondary PBS (to hold the backups long).

I have multiple colos.
I have cust and infra environments.
And I will do both backup and site-to-site sync (in addition to local sync between the primary and secondary).

I setup these namespaces.
Local Primary and Secondary server have identical Namespaces.
colo-infra/back - Infra backups.
colo-infra/sync - Infra Offsite DR? This doesn't happen. Will be empty.
colo-cust/back - Customer backups.
colo-cust/sync - Customer Offsite DR.

My backup jobs into these namespaces work exactly as I expected. No issue with backup.

My sync job from (Primary/Source) colo-infra/back to (Secondary/Target) colo-infra/back left me with a mess.
colo-infra/back/colo-infra/back

So I guess I need to point the sync job target at the root?
How is that I managed to replicate a namespace instead of just data? Somehow its properties come with it.
None of this is very clear. Trial and error has proven to be very messy so far.