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Re: [BackupPC-users] Backups -- too big

2009-08-20 09:06:15
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Backups -- too big
From: Rob Poe <rob AT poeweb DOT com>
To: omar AT tsolucio DOT com, "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:01:24 -0500
That's an interesting idea...

Omar Llorens Crespo Domínguez wrote:
> Rob Poe escribió:
>   
>> I'm running out of disk space on my BackupPC server.  We'll just say 
>> that there's a lot of unnecessary PST duplication that I cannot control 
>> (i.e. backup a 1.5g PST, then compress, leave the backup there, forget 
>> it's there, it gets backed up). 
>>
>> I notice that a lot of the PC's have multiple FULL backups, and many 
>> inc.  Is there a way to keep 1 FULL and maybe 3-4 days of INCR ?
>>
>> Even if that means running a full every 3-4 days (as long as the current 
>> full expires quickly).
>>
>> This is temporary until more disk space is aquired.  But for now .. It's 
>> necessary (pool is 98%)
>>
>> Thanks!
>>   
>>     
> Hi!!
>
> When i have a host with pst files , i create a new host only for copy 
> pst files.
> For example:
>
> You have a host *pc1 *-> where your are coping all. ( here you must to 
> exclude the pst files).
> And now create in backuppc an other host *pc1PST *-> where you will copy 
> only the pst files.
>
> In *pc1PST *you have to change the configuration in schedule. Put 
> FullKeepCnt 
> <http://bearnas:8004/backuppc?action=view&type=docs#item__conf_fullkeepcnt_> 
> = 1 and IncrKeepCnt 
> <http://bearnas:8004/backuppc?action=view&type=docs#item__conf_incrkeepcnt_> 
> = 2, whith this you copy only 1 full and 2 incr.
>
>
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