Re: [BackupPC-users] Rolling Full Backup + Incremental

jonathan AT infinitedepth.com DOT au wrote:
> Hey Guys,
> 
> Trying to get BackupPC to implement the following backup schedule.
> 
> Full Backup
> With 13 incrementals
> 
> Instead of having the Full Backup scheduled off a timer, I would like 
> the oldest incremental to be merged into the Full Backup.
> The objective is to achieve a Full Backup 14 days old, with 
> incremental's up until the last backup.
> 
> I can't see how BackupPC can achieve this, however it may be something I 
> have not deduced myself from the documentation.
> 
> Any idea's if a schema like this is possible ?

You can control the timing of fulls with $Conf{FullPeriod}, but if you are 
using 
rsync or rsyncd, the full runs will always copy the differences from the 
previous full even if subsequent incrementals have already copied them.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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