> -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Bright [mailto:nick.bri...@valnet.net] > Sent: den 28 november 2017 17:47 > To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Mark backup for premenent retention > > On 11/28/2017 10:38 AM, Nick Bright wrote: > > Is there a way to mark a backup point (in this case, it's an > > incremental) so that the backup (and all backups it depends on) are > > preeminently retained? > > > > e.g. for a server that's failed or been decommissioned? > > > I may have already done so by disabling backups with > $Conf{BackupsDisable} = 0; > > "Disable all full and incremental backups. These settings are useful for > a client that is no longer being backed up (eg: a retired machine), but > you wish to keep the last backups available for browsing or restoring to > other machines." > > Sounds like that does what I'm looking for, and I just skimmed over the > part about "keep the last backups available". I'm interpreting this as > it'll retain all existing backups. Could anybody confirm?
That's what I do with decommissioned machines. -- //Sorin
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