BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] Disabling incremental to enable Full

2008-10-31 04:06:30
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Disabling incremental to enable Full
From: Adam Goryachev <mailinglists AT websitemanagers.com DOT au>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:04:42 +1100
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Alexandre - ArchivTech wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> Juste asking you on question on planning execution.
> 
> I'd like to disable incremental since i use rsync, and so, full backups
> are ok for my needs giving me the same results as incremental.
> 
> But, in order to disable incremental, i set Incrperiod to 360 for
> incremental, and, 0.97 For full period.
> 
> But, if i make a manual incremental (incrkeepcnt 1), then no more full
> backup happen ! Because backuppc seem to think it's ok with de last
> incremental, it then doesn't launch the full one.

What if you set set FullPeriod and IncrPeriod to the same value? That
way, if a incremental backup is due, then a full backup is also due, and
backuppc should do a full backup if both incr and full are due. (Not
that I've tested it, but I would like to think that is how it will work).

Regards,
Adam

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Adam Goryachev
Website Managers
www.websitemanagers.com.au
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