Thank you for the very quick respons!
So if I just would have let it run a bit longer i wouldn't have needed to
send this email :P
Thanks.
-Björn
On 27 February 2017 at 11:59, Johan Ehnberg <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 02/27/2017 12:50 PM, Björn Daunfeldt wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > I'm trying out BackupPC to decide whether or not I'm going to use it on
> > my production servers/desktops.
> > Only one problem occurs for me that i can't figure out, and that is that
> > the backup server running BackupPC won't delete my (old)full backup. Ie.
> > there is more than one full backup(even tho my configuration
> > specifically tells it to only keep only one).
> >
> > My backup machine:
> > CentOS Linux release 7.3.1611 (Core)
> > BackupPC-3.3.1-5
> > I use rsync+ssh for backup to another CentOS 7 machine.
> >
> > The config for the hosts in separate file:
> > $Conf{IncrPeriod} = 0.97;
> > $Conf{IncrKeepCnt} = 4;
> > $Conf{IncrKeepCntMin} = 1;
> > $Conf{IncrAgeMax} = 30;
> >
> > $Conf{FullPeriod} = 6.97;
> > $Conf{FullKeepCnt} = 1;
> > $Conf{FullKeepCntMin} = 1;
> > $Conf{FullAgeMax} = 90;
> >
> > Logs shows no error messages whatsoever when backup/restore is done. It
> > works fine in that regard.
> >
> > Output looks as follows:
> > Backup# Type Filled Level Start Date Duration/mins
> > Age/days Server Backup Path
> > 0 full yes 0 2/20 10:00 12.6 7.0
> > /var/lib/BackupPC//pc/centos.local/0
> > 1 incr no 1 2/21 10:11 8.8 6.0
> > /var/lib/BackupPC//pc/centos.local/1
> > 2 incr no 1 2/22 10:00 10.9 5.0
> > /var/lib/BackupPC//pc/centos.local/2
> > 3 incr no 1 2/23 14:00 7.3 3.9
> > /var/lib/BackupPC//pc/centos.local/3
> > 4 incr no 1 2/24 14:00 9.9 2.9
> > /var/lib/BackupPC//pc/centos.local/4
> > 5 full yes 0 2/27 10:00 13.6 0.0
> > /var/lib/BackupPC//pc/centos.local/5
> >
> > So why is full backup #0 not deleted?
> > Have I missed something or is there something else going on here?
> >
> > Regards,
> > -Björn
> >
>
> Hi Björn,
>
> The incremental backups depend on it, so BackupPC ensures that they work
> by keeping the full until the incrementals also expire.
>
> For example, if you were to decrease IncrKeepCnt and IncrKeepCntMin to
> 0, all but the latest backups should be deleted automatically.
>
> Not sure why one would do that except for testing purposes, though :)
>
> Best regards,
> Johan Ehnberg
>
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>
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