Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote at about 13:26:47 -0500 on Friday, December 12, 2008: > I did the first backup on a new machine but aborted it part way > through because I had the excludes wrong. It was recorded as a partial > level 0 backup. > > I then ran BackupPC_dump from the command line using '-i' > (incremental) which completed without errors > The partial backup was (appropriately) replaced by the new backup > which was (appropriately) assigned Type=full (since there were no > previous full backups). > > However, the first backup on my list now is: > > Backup# Type Filled Level > 0 full yes 1 > > This seems strange (at least at first glance) to have a "full" backup > that is not level 0. > > Is this intentional? If so, what is the reasoning behind it? > > Thanks >
Actually, after doing some subsequent incrementals, I believe it is a 'bug' and not a feature. In particular, the next incremental is all messed up since it is coded as still a level 1 but as an incremental backup it has no files but also no preceding lower level (i.e. 0) full backup to fill in from. The incremental after that sees to correct the problem by copying *all* the files as if it were a full backup but it is labeled an incremental. In any case, something does appear to be broken here... Here are the stats: Backup# Type Filled Level Files Xferred Commentary 0 full yes 1 987 Full but should be level zero 1 incr no 1 0 Very broken - incremental but no previous full 2 incr no 2 987 Incremental but acts more like a full 3 incr no 3 0 OK 4 incr no 4 0 OK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
