Anand Gupta wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a backuppc installation, where i have a few problems.
>
> 1. Scheduling: We wish to schedule the clients backup only after
> 11:00am, and till 07:00pm. Further we want to keep only 1 full backup,
> and 5 incremental backups for each weekday. I know having 1 full
> backup is bad, but thats how the management wants it. This is how i
> have setup in the config.pl file
>
> $Conf{WakeupSchedule} = [11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19];
>
> $Conf{FullPeriod} = '6.97';
>
> $Conf{IncrPeriod} = '0.97';
>
> $Conf{FullKeepCnt} = [1];
>
> $Conf{FullKeepCntMin} = 1;
>
> $Conf{FullAgeMax} = 90;
>
> $Conf{IncrKeepCnt} = 5;
>
> $Conf{IncrKeepCntMin} = 1;
>
> $Conf{IncrAgeMax} = 6;
>
> $Conf{IncrLevels} = [1];
>
> Now i see that instead of taking 1 full backups, its keeping 2 full
> backups. How do i force it to store only 1 backup ?

It's because of the incrementals.  You can't keep an incremental without
the related full backup.  So since you told it to keep 5 incrementals,
it will keep the extra full until the last related incremental is gone.

-- 
Bowie

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