Mirco Piccin wrote:
> Hi all,
> i have to backup a folder (using smb).
> 
> Every day (except sunday) a procedure stores in this folder a 120GB file.
> The name of the file is the day name.
> 
> So, in a week, i have 6 different files generated (about 720 GB).
> Every week the files are overwritten by the procedure.
> 
> I'd like to backup only the newest file, and not all the folder.
> The problem is that i suppose i must have a full backup of the folder
> (720 GB), because of $Conf{FullKeepCnt}  must be >= 1, plus
> incremental backup.
> So, configuring:
> $Conf{FullPeriod} = 6.97;
> $Conf{IncrKeepCnt} = 6;
> 
> i'll have :
> on sunday the full backup -> 720 GB
> on monday the incremental backup  -> 720 GB (the full backup) plus 120
> GB (the new monday file)
> on tuesday the incremental backup  -> 840 GB (the full backup plus
> incremental) plus 120 GB (the new tuesday file)
> 
> and so on, for a total of 1440 GB (the double of the effective disk
> space needed).
> 
> And again, sunday BackupPC will move 720 GB of files, and so on.
> 
> Is there a way to backup only the new file (maybe playing with
> $Conf{IncrLevels}), without a full?
> Or a way to optimize it?

I don't think there is a good way to handle this in backuppc.  Can you 
change the procedure so the current daily file is created in a directory 
by itself and older ones rotated to a different directory?  Then you 
could do a full of the one holding the current file every day and store 
as many as you want.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com



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