Craig Barratt wrote:
>
> This is correct. Your configuration asks for at least one full
> and at least 6 incrementals. It looks like this machine isn't
> regularly on the network. The oldest incremental is quite old
> (10/30) and the 10/24 full has to be kept for this incremental.
> That full won't be deleted until another incremental occurs
> (allowing the 10/30 incremental to be deleted).
>
> In fact, the next time this machine is backed up, another full will
> be done, not an incremental, since the oldest full is more than 7
> days old. At this point, if you want fewer fulls you should either
> reduce the number of old incrementals (see: $Conf{IncrKeepCntMin}
> and $Conf{IncrAgeMax}), or reduce the total number of incrementals
> (see $Conf{IncrKeepCnt}).
>
> The basic point is that the number of incrementals (and their timing)
> affects the number of fulls that needs to be kept. However, the
> additional storage for each full is more modest than you might
> expect beacuse of pooling.
The thing is... that the nightly cleanups do not happen. And thus, we
get this in log files:
Contents of file /var/lib/backuppc/log/LOG, modified 2006-11-29 05:00:00
2006-11-28 13:00:00 Running 2 BackupPC_nightly jobs from 0..15 (out of
0..15)
2006-11-28 13:00:00 Running BackupPC_nightly -m 0 127 (pid=14374)
2006-11-28 13:00:00 Running BackupPC_nightly 128 255 (pid=14375)
2006-11-28 13:00:00 Next wakeup is 2006-11-28 19:00:00
2006-11-28 19:00:00 Next wakeup is 2006-11-28 20:00:00
2006-11-28 20:00:00 Next wakeup is 2006-11-28 21:00:00
2006-11-28 21:00:00 Next wakeup is 2006-11-28 22:00:00
2006-11-28 21:06:38 Finished admin1 (BackupPC_nightly 128 255)
2006-11-28 21:06:39 BackupPC_nightly now running BackupPC_sendEmail
2006-11-28 21:06:39 Disk too full (96%); skipping 61 hosts
2006-11-28 21:06:44 Finished admin (BackupPC_nightly -m 0 127)
2006-11-28 21:06:44 Pool nightly clean removed 0 files of size 0.00GB
2006-11-28 21:06:44 Pool is 0.00GB, 0 files (0 repeated, 0 max chain, 0
max links), 1 directories
2006-11-28 21:06:44 Cpool nightly clean removed 0 files of size 0.00GB
2006-11-28 21:06:44 Cpool is 327.32GB, 5121905 files (2053 repeated, 44
max chain, 31999 max links), 4369 directories
2006-11-28 22:00:00 Disk too full (96%); skipping 61 hosts
2006-11-28 22:00:00 Next wakeup is 2006-11-28 23:00:00
2006-11-28 23:00:00 Disk too full (96%); skipping 61 hosts
2006-11-28 23:00:00 Next wakeup is 2006-11-29 01:00:00
2006-11-29 01:00:00 Disk too full (96%); skipping 61 hosts
2006-11-29 01:00:00 Next wakeup is 2006-11-29 02:00:00
2006-11-29 02:00:00 Disk too full (96%); skipping 61 hosts
2006-11-29 02:00:00 Next wakeup is 2006-11-29 03:00:00
2006-11-29 03:00:00 Disk too full (96%); skipping 61 hosts
2006-11-29 03:00:00 Next wakeup is 2006-11-29 04:00:00
2006-11-29 04:00:00 Disk too full (96%); skipping 61 hosts
2006-11-29 04:00:00 Next wakeup is 2006-11-29 05:00:00
2006-11-29 05:00:00 Disk too full (96%); skipping 61 hosts
2006-11-29 05:00:00 Next wakeup is 2006-11-29 13:00:00
Hm, I will make the suggested changes and see tomorrow, how it goes.
Thanks! I really appreciate pointing me in the right direction!
:)
[d]
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