Kameleon wrote:
> I am working on a backuppc solution to allow backups to be kept for 
> about 3 years while having a minimal impact on disk space. I was 
> following the directions located here: 
> http://www.cs.umd.edu/~cdunne/projs/backuppc_guide.html#Schedule for the 
> schedule. However, The question I have is this: Would I put the 
> Incremental portion in the $Conf{IncrKeepCnt} or  $Conf{IncrLevels} like 
> they state?
> 
> I guess I am not totally clear on how that will work. I would like to be 
> able to keep backup data for up to 3 years before having any rotated off 
> with the least impact on the disk space.
> 
> What would be the best way to accomplish what I m looking for?

The first question would be whether you need all the incrementals or 
just recent incrementals and all old fulls.  Growing logfiles/maiboxes 
etc., can take a lot of space with a copy every day, but maybe you need 
them.

In any case, $Conf{IncrLevels} has to do with something else (whether 
incrementals are based on a prior full or incremental).  Use 
$Conf{FullKeepCntMin} and $Conf{IncrKeepCntMin} to force an absolute 
number of backups to be saved.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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