Alex,
You didn't answer my question.
It should be ok to use BackupPC_backupDelete as Michael suggested, even
without taking a new full backup. I recommend using the -r option, which
will re-run BackupPC_refCountUpdate:
su backuppcUser
BackupPC_backupDelete -h HOST -n 134 -r
It will merge changes into the prior backup #133 so that viewing #133 will
look the same. But it should remove references to the additional files
since they are not present in #133 (if people want to know the details,
#133 has delete attributes for the new top-level directories in 134, so the
merging will not copy them). After two nights of BackupPC_nightly runs the
extra pool files should be removed.
BackupPC_backupDelete also supports the option of deleting just a portion
(ie: a list of directories) of a backup rather than the whole backup. That
should also have the desired effect - the files shouldn't be merged into
the prior #133 since they weren't present in #133.
Craig
On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 9:31 PM, Alexey Safonov <asafo...@kokomocapital.com>
wrote:
> sorry? what do you mean?
>
> let me try full backup first and then wait for night maintenance. but i'm
> sure that pool size will be same as that not needed files was backed up and
> now will be in pool for history.
>
> for me it's not big problem as i have free size in pool and can wait 8
> weeks (our backup policy) until files will be deleted. but may be we need
> to find solution to help other users in future
>
> many thanks for your answers
> Alex
>
> On 22 May 2017 at 12:24, Michael Huntley <mich...@huntley.net> wrote:
>
>> Can we stick to the backups with #133, #134, #135?
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> mph
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2017-05-21 21:19, Alexey Safonov wrote:
>>
>> here is one real example
>>
>> 321 incr num of files = 131074
>> 322 incr num of files = 774220 (because of error ib backupfilesonly)
>> 324 incr num of files 130946 (after applying hotfix)
>>
>>
>> and i can see graph on main page that show usage of pool ~3 times higher
>> than regular. so now i'm looking how to reduce size of pool.
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> On 22 May 2017 at 12:14, Craig Barratt <cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Is 134 large because it included additional directories or files that
>>> are not in 133 or 135?
>>>
>>> Is backup 133 filled?
>>>
>>> Craig
>>>
>>> On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 8:49 PM, Alexey Safonov <
>>> asafo...@kokomocapital.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> but if i do full backup for example 135 it will copy existing 134 and
>>>> then do diff into 134
>>>> that's new in V4
>>>> so there are no way to delete data that was backup by mistake and
>>>> preserver history.
>>>>
>>>> V4 is good one but more complex according to V3.
>>>>
>>>> and now i have 500GB used on /mnt/backup (and regular was about
>>>> 100-1500GB :)
>>>>
>>>> Alex
>>>>
>>>> On 22 May 2017 at 11:45, Michael Huntley <mich...@huntley.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Ah, ok. I would run a Full backup (now considered "Filled"). That's
>>>>> the safest move prior to removing 134. The most recent backup is always
>>>>> Filled, but were talking about important data so I don't see a problem
>>>>> with
>>>>> doing on more Full (Filled) backup to ensure safety.
>>>>>
>>>>> Craig - anything wrong with my logic here?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> mph
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2017-05-21 20:29, Alexey Safonov wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for quick reply.
>>>>>
>>>>> but as i understan in V4 full backup in last folder. My question is
>>>>> related to bug in 4.1.2 (that is now fixed). But because of that bug i
>>>>> have
>>>>> regular backup 133 , abnormal backup 134 (it's huge in size) and again
>>>>> normal backup 135
>>>>> i need to really cleanup my NFS storage. So if i delete 134 it will
>>>>> not help? is it correct?
>>>>>
>>>>> Alex
>>>>>
>>>>> On 22 May 2017 at 11:26, Michael Huntley <mich...@huntley.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I would strongly suggest the use of BackupPC_backupDelete -n 134 to
>>>>>> properly remove the backup. It should be fine to remove. You'll lose
>>>>>> whatever changes occurred between 133 and 134.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> mph
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2017-05-21 19:36, Alexey Safonov wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi, All
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm usinv V4 backuppc. is it safe to delete one intermediate backup?
>>>>>> for example we have in /pc/litspc123 dirs 133 135 and 135
>>>>>>
>>>>>> is it safe to delete backup 134 directly from nfs?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Alex
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