Yaakov writes: > When I changed which "shares" I wanted to backup (through samba > client), the ones that were there already all backed up disappeared. > They disappeared not just from the web-based interface, but after > checking the actual back up location on the disk, I saw that they > disappeared completely. > > Is this a normal behavior for BackupPC? I mean, if I accidentally > change what I want backup and take out the configuration of what I was > backing up before, it is supposed to get rid of every backup there was > for the directory that I was backing up before??? > > Seems like such an odd behavior! Just because I don't want to back up > some directory anymore, doesn't mean I don't want the previous backups > to still be there!
This definitely shouldn't happen. Other than chaning the expiry schedule for backups, no configuration changes should cause a backup to be deleted. Does the numbered backup directory still exist (eg, TOPDIR/pc/HOST/nnn)? If so, are you saying it is now empty? Craig ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
