Re: [BackupPC-users] Rotation question...
Thanks for the info... Rob Morin Dido InterNet Inc. Montreal, Canada Http://www.dido.ca 514-990- Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > On 10/16 12:53 , Rob Morin wrote: > >> OK cool, sorry one last question, will it delete the files before it >> starts the backup or will do backup first then delete as i have no space >> left at all? >> > > BackupPC_nightly just deletes files; it does not do any backups. > > - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Rotation question...
On 10/16 12:53 , Rob Morin wrote: > OK cool, sorry one last question, will it delete the files before it > starts the backup or will do backup first then delete as i have no space > left at all? BackupPC_nightly just deletes files; it does not do any backups. -- Carl Soderstrom Systems Administrator Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Rotation question...
OK cool, sorry one last question, will it delete the files before it
starts the backup or will do backup first then delete as i have no space
left at all?
Thanks..
Rob Morin
Dido InterNet Inc.
Montreal, Canada
Http://www.dido.ca
514-990-
Les Stott wrote:
> Rob Morin wrote:
>
>> Ahh i see the BackupPC_nightly binary, should i run this now with 0
>> 255 ?
>>
>>
>>
>>
> Yes, i believe that should work.
>
> You can manipulate when the nightly process runs by changing the
> WakeupSchedule as discussed below in the config file.
>
> set the schedule to be in 30 minutes or an hour, reload the config and wait.
>
> les
>
> # Examples:
> # $Conf{WakeupSchedule} = [22.5]; # once per day at 10:30 pm.
> # $Conf{WakeupSchedule} = [1..23];# every hour except midnight
> # $Conf{WakeupSchedule} = [2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22]; # every 2
> hours
> #
> # The default value is every hour except midnight.
> #
> # The first entry of $Conf{WakeupSchedule} is when BackupPC_nightly
> # is run. No other backups can run while BackupPC_nightly is
> # running. You might want to re-arrange the entries in
> # $Conf{WakeupSchedule} (they don't have to be ascending) so that
> # the first entry is when you want BackupPC_nightly to run
> # (eg: when you don't expect a lot of regular backups to run).
> #
> $Conf{WakeupSchedule} = [
> 1,
> 2,
> 3,
> 4,
> 5,
> 6,
> 7,
> 8,
> 9,
> 10,
> 11,
> 12,
> 13,
> 14,
> 15,
> 16,
> 17,
> 18,
> 19,
> 20,
> 21,
> 22,
> 23
> ];
>
>
>
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Rotation question...
Rob Morin wrote:
> Ahh i see the BackupPC_nightly binary, should i run this now with 0
> 255 ?
>
>
>
Yes, i believe that should work.
You can manipulate when the nightly process runs by changing the
WakeupSchedule as discussed below in the config file.
set the schedule to be in 30 minutes or an hour, reload the config and wait.
les
# Examples:
# $Conf{WakeupSchedule} = [22.5]; # once per day at 10:30 pm.
# $Conf{WakeupSchedule} = [1..23];# every hour except midnight
# $Conf{WakeupSchedule} = [2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18,20,22]; # every 2
hours
#
# The default value is every hour except midnight.
#
# The first entry of $Conf{WakeupSchedule} is when BackupPC_nightly
# is run. No other backups can run while BackupPC_nightly is
# running. You might want to re-arrange the entries in
# $Conf{WakeupSchedule} (they don't have to be ascending) so that
# the first entry is when you want BackupPC_nightly to run
# (eg: when you don't expect a lot of regular backups to run).
#
$Conf{WakeupSchedule} = [
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6,
7,
8,
9,
10,
11,
12,
13,
14,
15,
16,
17,
18,
19,
20,
21,
22,
23
];
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Rotation question...
Ahh i see the BackupPC_nightly binary, should i run this now with 0 255 ? Rob Morin Dido InterNet Inc. Montreal, Canada Http://www.dido.ca 514-990- Rob Morin wrote: > So is there a way to run this nightly process by hand now so i can clear > up a bit of space? > > Thanks > > Rob Morin > Dido InterNet Inc. > Montreal, Canada > Http://www.dido.ca > 514-990- > > > > Les Stott wrote: > >> Rob Morin wrote: >> >> >>> Thanks for the configs, i added them in just now and did a restart of >>> backuppc but a weird thing i did a du -skh on a backed up dir in >>> backup session 3(the full backup) it said it was 1.6 gigs, but when i >>> did a rm -rf on that dir i gained only about 200 megs back but all te >>> files in that dir were gone? any idea? are these only links to the >>> real files somewhere else? i hope the backup will still delete these >>> files on the next run as per config?? >>> >>> >>> >> the backup directories only contain hard links to the files that exist >> in the pool directories. >> >> if the files still are referenced by other backups then they still exist >> in the pool. When the files have no other hard links, and are not >> referenced by any other backups (like the 200mb you freed up), they will >> be deleted. >> >> The nightly process will clean the backups and the pool directories. You >> can see the status of what was done in the pool for the previous run in >> the status page of the cgi. >> >> Regards, >> >> Les >> >> >> p.s. you only need to reply to the list, not to all, that way i don't >> get the reply twice ;) >> >> >> >> - >> Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? >> Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier >> Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo >> http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 >> ___ >> BackupPC-users mailing list >> BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users >> http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ >> >> >> >> > > - > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > ___ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > > - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Rotation question...
So is there a way to run this nightly process by hand now so i can clear up a bit of space? Thanks Rob Morin Dido InterNet Inc. Montreal, Canada Http://www.dido.ca 514-990- Les Stott wrote: > Rob Morin wrote: > >> Thanks for the configs, i added them in just now and did a restart of >> backuppc but a weird thing i did a du -skh on a backed up dir in >> backup session 3(the full backup) it said it was 1.6 gigs, but when i >> did a rm -rf on that dir i gained only about 200 megs back but all te >> files in that dir were gone? any idea? are these only links to the >> real files somewhere else? i hope the backup will still delete these >> files on the next run as per config?? >> >> > the backup directories only contain hard links to the files that exist > in the pool directories. > > if the files still are referenced by other backups then they still exist > in the pool. When the files have no other hard links, and are not > referenced by any other backups (like the 200mb you freed up), they will > be deleted. > > The nightly process will clean the backups and the pool directories. You > can see the status of what was done in the pool for the previous run in > the status page of the cgi. > > Regards, > > Les > > > p.s. you only need to reply to the list, not to all, that way i don't > get the reply twice ;) > > > > - > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > ___ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > > - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Rotation question...
Rob Morin wrote: > Thanks for the configs, i added them in just now and did a restart of > backuppc but a weird thing i did a du -skh on a backed up dir in > backup session 3(the full backup) it said it was 1.6 gigs, but when i > did a rm -rf on that dir i gained only about 200 megs back but all te > files in that dir were gone? any idea? are these only links to the > real files somewhere else? i hope the backup will still delete these > files on the next run as per config?? > the backup directories only contain hard links to the files that exist in the pool directories. if the files still are referenced by other backups then they still exist in the pool. When the files have no other hard links, and are not referenced by any other backups (like the 200mb you freed up), they will be deleted. The nightly process will clean the backups and the pool directories. You can see the status of what was done in the pool for the previous run in the status page of the cgi. Regards, Les p.s. you only need to reply to the list, not to all, that way i don't get the reply twice ;) - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Rotation question...
Thanks for the configs, i added them in just now and did a restart of
backuppc but a weird thing i did a du -skh on a backed up dir in
backup session 3(the full backup) it said it was 1.6 gigs, but when i
did a rm -rf on that dir i gained only about 200 megs back but all te
files in that dir were gone? any idea? are these only links to the real
files somewhere else? i hope the backup will still delete these files on
the next run as per config??
Thanks again for all your help!
Rob Morin
Dido InterNet Inc.
Montreal, Canada
Http://www.dido.ca
514-990-
Les Stott wrote:
> Rob Morin wrote:
>
>> First off thanks for a great application & thanks for all the help i
>> have received on this list thus far...
>> :)
>>
>> I recently installed BackupPC as i had a server crash and lost some
>> clients files i was backing up before using the infamous TAR, but
>> the external disk that i was using died. So now i installed BackupPC
>> on another server till i get a decent disk array working, i only have 80
>> gigs(mirrored) on this server so it filled up rather quicklyand
>> is at 99% as i write this email
>>
>> I want to simply make changes so i can have a 3 day rotation, i want to
>> have of course one full backup up and then just 2 days of incremental ,
>> then start a new full backup and then the 2 day rotation... and of
>> course delete the previous 2 day sand full backup...so how would i
>> accomplish this? it' a little confusing at the moment as i am too
>> stressed to understand the conf file, i do not want o backup nothing by
>> mistake!
>>
>>
>>
> I think these settings will provide what you need.
>
> $Conf{FullKeepCnt} = 1;
> $Conf{FullKeepCntMin} = 1;
> $Conf{FullAgeMax} = 3;
>
> $Conf{IncrKeepCnt} = 2;
> $Conf{IncrKeepCntMin} = 1;
> $Conf{IncrAgeMax} = 2;
>
> $Conf{FullPeriod} = '2.97';
>
> $Conf{IncrPeriod} = '0.97';
>
> The above basically sets the following...
>
> Only keep 1 full backup. Keep at least 1 full backup. Delete all old
> backups greater than 3 days.
> Keep 2 incrementals with a minimum of 1, deleting incrementals older
> than 2 days.
> Set the rotation of fulls to be just under 3 days, and incremental at
> just under 1.
>
>
>
>> Also is the only way to delete current backups is by hand?
>>
>> Thanks once again for all your help!
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> I'm not sure how to invoke a commandline to do this, but if you save the
> changes as above the nightly process will cull all the old backups which
> are beyond the settings above.
>
> Regards,
>
> Les
>
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Rotation question...
Rob Morin wrote:
> First off thanks for a great application & thanks for all the help i
> have received on this list thus far...
> :)
>
> I recently installed BackupPC as i had a server crash and lost some
> clients files i was backing up before using the infamous TAR, but
> the external disk that i was using died. So now i installed BackupPC
> on another server till i get a decent disk array working, i only have 80
> gigs(mirrored) on this server so it filled up rather quicklyand
> is at 99% as i write this email
>
> I want to simply make changes so i can have a 3 day rotation, i want to
> have of course one full backup up and then just 2 days of incremental ,
> then start a new full backup and then the 2 day rotation... and of
> course delete the previous 2 day sand full backup...so how would i
> accomplish this? it' a little confusing at the moment as i am too
> stressed to understand the conf file, i do not want o backup nothing by
> mistake!
>
>
I think these settings will provide what you need.
$Conf{FullKeepCnt} = 1;
$Conf{FullKeepCntMin} = 1;
$Conf{FullAgeMax} = 3;
$Conf{IncrKeepCnt} = 2;
$Conf{IncrKeepCntMin} = 1;
$Conf{IncrAgeMax} = 2;
$Conf{FullPeriod} = '2.97';
$Conf{IncrPeriod} = '0.97';
The above basically sets the following...
Only keep 1 full backup. Keep at least 1 full backup. Delete all old
backups greater than 3 days.
Keep 2 incrementals with a minimum of 1, deleting incrementals older
than 2 days.
Set the rotation of fulls to be just under 3 days, and incremental at
just under 1.
> Also is the only way to delete current backups is by hand?
>
> Thanks once again for all your help!
>
>
>
I'm not sure how to invoke a commandline to do this, but if you save the
changes as above the nightly process will cull all the old backups which
are beyond the settings above.
Regards,
Les
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[BackupPC-users] Rotation question...
First off thanks for a great application & thanks for all the help i have received on this list thus far... :) I recently installed BackupPC as i had a server crash and lost some clients files i was backing up before using the infamous TAR, but the external disk that i was using died. So now i installed BackupPC on another server till i get a decent disk array working, i only have 80 gigs(mirrored) on this server so it filled up rather quicklyand is at 99% as i write this email I want to simply make changes so i can have a 3 day rotation, i want to have of course one full backup up and then just 2 days of incremental , then start a new full backup and then the 2 day rotation... and of course delete the previous 2 day sand full backup...so how would i accomplish this? it' a little confusing at the moment as i am too stressed to understand the conf file, i do not want o backup nothing by mistake! Also is the only way to delete current backups is by hand? Thanks once again for all your help! -- Rob Morin Dido InterNet Inc. Montreal, Canada Http://www.dido.ca 514-990- - Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
