Yes, the numbered backup is completely deleted. Backup #0 under the directory '0' is now the backup of the new configuration. I know the old backup was definitely there before. I know this because I browsed it through the Web interface. Then, I changed the configuration, restarted BackupPC service, went to the web interface and saw that Backup #0 for that machine was now the new stuff only. I was expecting to see the old configuration's Backup #0 and the new configuration's Backup #1. So, then, I decided to go straight to the disk and see what's in there. Sure enough, only the new configuration's files were there under '0' directory. There was nothing else numbered around.
This naturally scared me... This was just tryout/playing around, but I have another machine that has been backed up for the last few months.... I have only 50 backups of that machine... I wouldn't want to accidentally do something to the configuration and see all of those backups disappear. That's the scary part. Can you explain this at all? Is this because the new machine is a Windows client??? I don't see how that should make any difference, but I don't know. Yaakov. On 10/31/07, Craig Barratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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/
