Hi,
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Boniforti Flavio wrote on 2009-04-29 16:06:23 +0200 [Re: [BackupPC-users]
Defining data retention periods]:
>
> > close, but not quite. In order for the incremental to be done
> > against the last incremental, you need to set
> >
> > $Con
Holger Parplies wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Boniforti Flavio wrote on 2009-04-29 14:22:36 +0200 [Re: [BackupPC-users]
> Defining data retention periods]:
>
>>>> OK, now the main question of my post: data retention.
>>>> [...]
>>>>
>> In m
Hy Carl,
> actually, I believe that the fulls are expired when BOTH:
> - all incrementals depending on them expire
> - the retention period for fulls expires
you say you *believe* that BackupPC is working like above, which would
be very intelligent and would make sense. Still, is there anybody wh
> close, but not quite. In order for the incremental to be done
> against the last incremental, you need to set
>
> $Conf{IncrLevels} = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6];
>
> (provided you have 6 days of incrementals between fulls)
OK, so *this* would make them become "differential" rather than pure
"increme
Hi,
Boniforti Flavio wrote on 2009-04-29 14:22:36 +0200 [Re: [BackupPC-users]
Defining data retention periods]:
> > > OK, now the main question of my post: data retention.
> > > [...]
>
> In my actual setup when the oldest FULL gets deleted (because it is now
> olde
Boniforti Flavio wrote:
> I'm coming back on following part:
>
>>> OK, now the main question of my post: data retention.
>>> I want to have one full month of daily retrievable backups:
>> would this
>>> be achieved by setting ³FullKeepCnt² to 4 and ³IncrKeepCnt² to 24?
>> If your months have 28
On 04/29 02:22 , Boniforti Flavio wrote:
> In my actual setup when the oldest FULL gets deleted (because it is now
> older than 4 weeks), do I loose also all the subsequent INCREMENTALS that
> were done?
actually, I believe that the fulls are expired when BOTH:
- all incrementals depending on the
I'm coming back on following part:
> > OK, now the main question of my post: data retention.
> > I want to have one full month of daily retrievable backups:
> would this
> > be achieved by setting ³FullKeepCnt² to 4 and ³IncrKeepCnt² to 24?
>
> If your months have 28 days, yes. In my personal e
On 04/28 11:03 , Boniforti Flavio wrote:
> Am
> I right if I understand that leaving INCR Backups with IncrLevel=1, means in
> fact that every incremental backup is done in relation to the most recent
> FULL backup? Thus, if I¹d change the level from 1 to 6 (for example) I
> simply would be turning
> > Thus, if I¹d change the level from 1 to 6 (for example) I
> simply would
> > be turning the ³pure incremental² backups into
> ³differential² backups?
> > I mean, in this latter case, incr backups would be done in
> relation to
> > the most recent BACKUP (full or incremental wouldn¹t play
Hi,
Boniforti Flavio wrote on 2009-04-28 23:03:05 +0200 [[BackupPC-users] Defining
data retention periods]:
> Am I right if I understand that leaving INCR Backups with IncrLevel=1, means
> in fact that every incremental backup is done in relation to the most recent
> FULL backup?
yes
Hello list!
Now that my backups are working with the default settings, I¹d like to go a
bit deeper and tune them for my needs.
Actually the parameters are set in a way that I get 1 FULL and 6 INCR
backups. Let me immediately address the first argument: the ³IncrLevel². Am
I right if I understand
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