On 02/16/2012 09:07 AM, Bowie Bailey wrote:
> 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?
>
I can confirm that if you have no backups, it will not delete the
current backups. At least that is my experience doing exactly what you
are doing.
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