Just to make sure: This swap.state behavior is only for UFS/AUFS cache_dir or also to rock? Thanks, Eliezer ---- Eliezer Croitoru Linux System Administrator Mobile: +972-5-28704261 Email: eliezer@xxxxxxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: squid-users [mailto:squid-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alex Rousskov Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2019 19:23 To: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Backing up squid cache and restoring it On 1/17/19 6:47 AM, Arne-Tobias Rak wrote: > my goal is to restore a previous cache state in squid 3.x running on > Ubuntu 16.04. > > So far I have tried to create a copy of the /var/spool/squid and > /var/log/squid folders. > When restoring the cache, I first shutdown squid using > /sudo squid -k shutdown// > //sudo service squid stop -k > /and then restore the previously copied folder contents. I then start > squid again using > /sudo service squid start./ > Unfortunately, this does not restore the previous cache contents, as the > spool/squid/swap.state file is modified during squid startup. Modification of swap.state upon startup is not incompatible with cache contents preservation. In a clean shutdown context, the swap.state* files are essentially an optimization. You may preserve/restore them if you want to speed up building of the restored cache index OR you can delete them (and Squid will slowly build a new cache index from scratch). Just do not leave the newer swap.state* files when trying to restore the old cache. If you preserve/restore the old swap.state* files, you may need to preserve their timestamps as well. If you need further help, please share cache.log entries related to cache_dir loading and indicate why you think the old cache contents is not preserved. Sharing your cache_dir configuration may also help. Cheers, Alex. _______________________________________________ squid-users mailing list squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users _______________________________________________ squid-users mailing list squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users