If I understand my settings should be:
FullPeriod = 6.97
FullKeepCnt = 4, 2, 3
FullKeepCntMin = 1
FullAgeMax = 90
IncrPeriod = 0.97
IncrKeepCnt = 30
IncrKeepCntMin = 30
IncrAgeMax = 60
This way I can keep backups for 30 days and go rotating
Is it right?
2014-11-24 13:01 GMT-03:00 Les Mikesell <[email protected]>:
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 8:18 AM, Fanny Alexandra Oyarzún Bórquez
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > I base my host configuration:
> >
> > FullPeriod = 6.97
> > FullKeepCnt = 4, 2, 3
> > FullKeepCntMin = 1
> > FullAgeMax = 90
> > IncrPeriod = 0.97
> > IncrKeepCnt = 6
> > IncrKeepCntMin = 1
> > IncrAgeMax = 60
> >
> [...]
> >
> > But I wish I could hold a higher amount of incremental backups, such as:
> >
> > Retention of 30 days with 4 full and incremental backups others.
>
> You shouldn't think about full/incremental runs with backuppc in the
> same way that you do with other systems because there is essentially
> no difference in the space they consume and in either case, keeping
> more copies will only take the additional space of the files that were
> modified or deleted in that time. Also, when restoring, the
> incrementals are 'filled' from the backing full so you don't have to
> restore the full and then overlay the incremental.
>
> If you want to keep a backup from every day for the last 30 days, just
> set your IncrKeepCnt and IncrKeepCntMin to 30. The backing fulls you
> need will automatically be retained until the matching incrementals
> are expired.
>
> --
> Les Mikesell
> [email protected]
>
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