[BackupPC-users] Defining data retention periods

Hello list!

Now that my backups are working with the default settings, I’d 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 “IncrLevel”. 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 I’d change the level from 1 to 6 (for example) I simply would be turning the “pure incremental” backups into “differential” backups? I mean, in this latter case, incr backups would be done in relation to the most recent BACKUP (full or incremental wouldn’t play a role)?!

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 “FullKeepCnt” to 4 and “IncrKeepCnt” to 24? Would I need to change something else?

Thanks in advance,

Flavio Boniforti

PIRAMIDE INFORMATICA SAGL
Via Ballerini 21
6600 Locarno
Switzerland
Phone: +41 91 751 68 81
Fax: +41 91 751 69 14
Url: http://www.piramide.ch
E-mail: flavio AT piramide DOT ch--

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