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Re: [BackupPC-users] Fully disable Incremental

2010-11-02 16:59:28
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Fully disable Incremental
From: Timothy Omer <Tim AT TwoIT.co DOT uk>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 20:30:47 +0000
On 29 October 2010 13:35, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
>
> On 10/29/10 6:06 AM, Timothy Omer wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am only running full backups for my clients to make sure we are
> > transferring the minimal amount of data possible.
> >
> > My Schedule...
> > FullPeriod - 6.67
> > FullKeepCnt - 12
> > FullKeepCntMin - 4
> > FullAgeMax - 180
> >
> > IncrPeriod - 0
> > IncrKeepCnt - 0
> > IncrKeepCntMin - 0
> > IncrAgeMax - 30
> > IncrLevels - 1, 2, 3
> >
> > But, even with Incremental set to 0, every day an Incr is ran, files
> > transferred and then deleted...
> >
> > 2010-10-29 12:49:24 incr backup 5 complete, 16 files, 1808886163
> > bytes, 890 xferErrs (0 bad files, 0 bad shares, 890 other)
> > 2010-10-29 12:49:24 removing incr backup 5
> >
> > This is a waste of bandwidth - is there a way to fully disable
> > Incremental? (-1?)
>
> Set FullPeriod the same or less than IncrPeriod.  I think the doc for 
> FullPeriod
> explains it: dumps are scheduled at IncrPeriod intervals and if FullPeriod has
> elapsed, a full is run.
>
> --
>   Les Mikesell
>    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com
>
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Thanks Les,

setting FullPeriod the same as IncrPeriod did not work, but putting
IncrPeriod higher worked fine after testing. I have read the
documentation a few times and it is well written and detailed, but I
don't believe this is very clear - maybe something that could be
improved?

thanks for your help

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