Daniel writes:
> > 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:
My guess is that nothing is getting deleted from the pool since no
further backups have been deleted.
Craig
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