Rob Ogle wrote: > > Dan, > > I waited 4 days with no change in size on any directory. The data > being backed up doesn’t change that much, but with the removal of old > full backups, I would have expected it to come down. The data being > backed up is about 3GB uncompressed. The directory ‘hostB’ (which > holds the backups) is holding steady at around 12GB compressed. > > I also changed the system date up to dec 29^th , 2007 and let the > nightly scripts run. The log files showed the adjusted date, but still > no change in directory size. > > Rob >
If you delete a machine you must remove it's directory by hand. Once thats done the next nightly run will purge it's files from the pool and only then will you get the disk space back. John > > *From:* dan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Sent:* Wednesday, December 12, 2007 11:50 PM > *To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *Cc:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [BackupPC-users] Deleted Host > > how long did you wait? did you give the nightly scritps a chance to > run? maybe try to run the nightlys and see what happens > > On Dec 12, 2007 9:09 PM, Rob Ogle < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > I'm running Backuppc 3 on ubuntu gutsy. I deleted a host via the gui. > The log file shows it as deleted. However, the machine's directory > still resides in the 'pc' directory and it's still taking up disk space. > > In addition, I reduced my number of full backups to keep via the gui > for another host and that directory size has not changed either. > > The backuppc service is running and daily backups are occurring, but > there appears to be no cleanup. > > How do I remedy these two situations? > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services > for just about anything Open Source. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It's the best place to buy or sell services > for just about anything Open Source. > http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
