Re: [BackupPC-users] BlackoutPeriods seemingly ignored

2011-06-02 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Holger Parplies [2011.06.01.2010 +0200]: > > To get my desired behaviour, I set BlackoutGoodCnt to 0 globally and > > deleted all global BlackoutPeriods. […] > As I understand the concept of blackouts in BackupPC, I think it > is meant to automagically adapt backup strategy to avoid th

Re: [BackupPC-users] BlackoutPeriods seemingly ignored

2011-06-02 Thread Christian Völker
Hi Martin, I had a similar issue here with a remote site where I have a couple of hosts to backup. Only one host at a time should be backuped as otherwise the slow remote connection will be congested. What I did was to reduce (or raise?) the ping timeout time. As BackupPC tries to ping the destin

[BackupPC-users] backuppc keeping too many fulls

2011-06-02 Thread Matthew Ayres
I current have backuppc set up as this $Conf{FullPeriod} = '6.97' $Conf{FullKeepCnt} = ‘1’ $Conf{FullKeepCntMin}=’1’ $Conf{FullAgeMax}=’90’ But my system is saving 3 full backups how can I make only keep 1 full Thanks Matthew Ayres ProObject Systems Administrator PH 410-993-1699 Fax 410

Re: [BackupPC-users] BlackoutPeriods seemingly ignored

2011-06-02 Thread Tod Detre
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 4:28 AM, martin f krafft wrote: > Yes, I understand the concept too, and it makes sense for an office. > However, I am using BackupPC chiefly to back up globally spread > machines. There are no office hours really. The only "office hours" > that exist are for the machines be

Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc keeping too many fulls

2011-06-02 Thread Bowie Bailey
On 6/2/2011 9:58 AM, Matthew Ayres wrote: > > I current have backuppc set up as this > > $Conf{FullPeriod} = '6.97' > > $Conf{FullKeepCnt} = ‘1’ > > $Conf{FullKeepCntMin}=’1’ > > $Conf{FullAgeMax}=’90’ > > But my system is saving 3 full backups how can I make only keep 1 full > BackupPC will alway

Re: [BackupPC-users] BlackoutPeriods seemingly ignored

2011-06-02 Thread John Rouillard
On Thu, Jun 02, 2011 at 10:31:57AM -0400, Tod Detre wrote: > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 4:28 AM, martin f krafft wrote: > > Yes, I understand the concept too, and it makes sense for an office. > > However, I am using BackupPC chiefly to back up globally spread > > machines. There are no office hours r

Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc keeping too many fulls

2011-06-02 Thread Matthew Ayres
Thanks for the response My settings for incremental backups $Conf{IncrPeriod} = '2.97' $Conf{IncrKeepCnt} = 3; Conf{IncrKeepCntMin} = 1; $Conf{IncrAgeMax} = 30; Matthew Ayres ProObject Systems Administrator PH 410-993-1699 Fax 410-993-1691 mgay...@proobject.com -Original Message- From

Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc keeping too many fulls

2011-06-02 Thread Bowie Bailey
On 6/2/2011 9:58 AM, Matthew Ayres wrote: > > > > I current have backuppc set up as this > > > > $Conf{FullPeriod} = '6.97' > > > > $Conf{FullKeepCnt} = ‘1’ > > > > $Conf{FullKeepCntMin}=’1’ > > > > $Conf{FullAgeMax}=’90’ > > > > But my system is saving 3 full backups how can I make only keep 1 fu

Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc keeping too many fulls

2011-06-02 Thread Matthew Ayres
Thanks I will try that out you were a big help Matthew Ayres ProObject Systems Administrator PH 410-993-1699 Fax 410-993-1691 mgay...@proobject.com -Original Message- From: Bowie Bailey [mailto:bowie_bai...@buc.com] Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 11:31 AM To: backuppc-users@lists.sourcef