Re: [BackupPC-users] backup recovery

2006-08-19 Thread Craig Barratt
David Koski writes: > I made some changes to config.pl to reduce the number of backups: > > $Conf{FullKeepCnt} = [2,0,0,2,0,0,2]; > > ..whereas before I had [2,2,2,2,2,2,2]; > > Now I need to recover files from a year ago and they are actually still there > but do not show up in the GUI. The G

Re: [BackupPC-users] multi level incrementals

2006-08-19 Thread Craig Barratt
Toby Johnson writes: > I'm a bit confused with the description of multi-level incrementals in > 3.0.0b1. Does this mean in plain English that incrementals will only > backup files that have changed since the previous incremental instead of > since the previous full backup? Yes. > Do these inc

[BackupPC-users] multi level incrementals

2006-08-19 Thread Toby Johnson
I'm a bit confused with the description of multi-level incrementals in 3.0.0b1. Does this mean in plain English that incrementals will only backup files that have changed since the previous incremental instead of since the previous full backup? Do these incrementals still appear "filled" when b

Re: [BackupPC-users] daily tape archive using cron

2006-08-19 Thread Vincent Fleuranceau
> One question still remains: is there any mechanism which one could use to > verify my backup on tape ? > Once a month I connect an extra USB hard disk and restore data to it. Advantages: - I know the tape is still working; - I know my data recovery procedure actually works; Bonus: - I have