edit ../pc/<host>/backups and replace incr by full.
It will not change the content of your backup but you should be able to avoid
deletion of it.
On the other hand - if you don't make new backups it will not be removed anyway
- as far as your
$Conf{IncrAgeMax} is not reached.
br
Matthias
Am Mittwoch, dem 20.08.2025 um 17:45 +0000 schrieb [email protected]:
> My device died and I am no longer to access the device or the data on
> the device.
>
> I would therefore like to save the last incremental as a "full" &
> "filled" backup so that I can mark it to "keep" it as the last valid
> backup.
>
> Is there any reliable way to convert the (last) incremental into a
> full backup?
>
> I imagine I could restore the backup to some free space on another
> device and then back it up again but that would require some hacking
> with device names, share names and path to make it "look" like a
> legitimate backup from the original device with consistent naming and
> paths.
>
> Any ideas?
>
>
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