Ian Levesque wrote: > On May 12, 2009, at 6:14 PM, Ian Levesque wrote: > >> I've got a client I'm backing up via rsync (BackupPC v3.1). I recently >> added a very large directory to the filesystem I'm backing up, which >> has many hundred thousand files inside it. I don't need to backup this >> directory, so I've added a BackupFilesExclude entry (i.e., /home/ >> username/directory) to my config. Sure enough, the directory is not >> being backed up -- that's good. The only problem is that since I've >> added this directory, backups are taking _very_ long; incrementals are >> taking 3 days, where they used to take 10 hours. So my guess is that >> the rsync is evaluating all of the directory's contents rather than >> excluding en masse. > > > FYI, running a full backup appears to have resolved the slow > incremental issue. I'm not entirely sure why that is, but I'm glad > things are back to normal. I saw this solution mentioned quite a bit > in the mailing list for people complaining about long backup times; > Perhaps a candidate for the FAQ?
Incrementals are normally based on the last previous full run. Check the documentation for: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#item__conf_incrlevels_ -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Crystal Reports - New Free Runtime and 30 Day Trial Check out the new simplified licensing option that enables unlimited royalty-free distribution of the report engine for externally facing server and web deployment. http://p.sf.net/sfu/businessobjects _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/