> Is that 1400MB before or after compression? If before, I wouldn't > expect a big problem. Without compression, the raw data in summary (of all hosts) >> But I am facing the problem, that I get up to 3-4 FullBackups for each >> host and then the other host backups fail. I cannot explain why this >> happens. I have red, that if an incremental backup is needed for the >> last FullBackup or something like that, but to be hondest I didnt >> understand that :( > Are all of your backup runs completing every day? > > Each incremental run only stores the files that have changed since the > previous full, although when you browse or restore they are merged > with the backing full. This means that (a) you will have at least 8 > copies of files that change every day (logfiles, databases, mail > archives, etc.), and (b) the full runs that back the incremental are > always kept. Until you've done the 6th incremental after your current > full, you need to keep the previous full and if you have missed any > runs, your older incrementals might go with an even older full. > I think here's my problem: let's say one or two host were not able to be backed up (incremental) Then I miss one or more incremental backups, so BackupPC doesn't delete the last Full after 7 days (when the new Full backup occurs). How can avoid that scenario? Should I decrease the FullIncrKeep to something lower? Any help appreciated.
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