On 2/16/2012 9:57 AM, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:
> On 02/16 09:45 , Bowie Bailey wrote:
>> Now I need to access some information from one of the old backups.  I
>> can boot it up normally, but I want to make sure that BackupPC does not
>> try to run any backups or do any cleanup while I'm working with it.  I
>> know there's a flag I can set to prevent backups from running, but what
>> do I need to do to prevent the cleanup from removing any of the existing
>> backups?
> To disable backups, set this in your config.pl:
> $Conf{BackupsDisable} = 2;
>
> BackupPC shouldn't delete old backups if new ones aren't being run. (tho
> this depends on settings). If you want to be really certain, stop the
> BackupPC process when you aren't actively browsing/restoring files. :)

Right.  I can use the BackupsDisable option to prevent new backups from
starting.  Based on the documentation, it looks like the cleanup of old
backups is done by BackupPC_dump which is apparently started for each
server regardless of whether any backups are scheduled.

It appears that the cleanup of old backups only happens after a
successful backup, but this is not completely clear from the
documentation.  Can someone confirm this for me?

What would happen if I emptied the WakeupSchedule?

-- 
Bowie

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