On 30/11/14 23:28, Bodo Eggert wrote: > From: Adam Goryachev <mailinglists@we...> - 2014-11-28 03:29:58 > >> On 28/11/14 12:59, Bodo Eggert wrote: >>> If a file from a full backup failed to transfer, what is the best way >>> to make a subsequent, incremental backup include these (few) files? >>> >>> The remote system is a Windows system, reachable using rsyncd. >> If a full backup failed, then the next backup will be a full backup, but >> it will use the partial backup created by the failed full backup, which >> will include all changed files, up to (but not including) the file it >> failed on. I think this will mostly give you what you expect, just keep >> in mind when you say "(few) files" it actually means all files and >> directories after the file it failed on. >> >> So, you need to ensure that the largest file you want to transfer will >> successfully transfer without error within a single backup attempt. > Is this new behavior?
Is what new behaviour? > I'm using Version 3.3 (Ubuntu), and since skipping > one file does not count as failure, How do you define "skipping one file does not count as failure" ? I suppose it depends on "why" the file was skipped. I think failure due to permission error, or similar are not considered failures for the backup overall, so in some cases they will be skipped, while in others, it will be a fatal failure and the backup will not continue passed that file. > and since that file isn't written > since the full backup, it doesn't get backed up in subsequent > (incremental) backups. In addition, an incremental backup failure will never "continue" or be saved as a partial, only full backups get this benefit. However, after a few days of failed incremental backups, the next full backup will be due, and then you will see it saved as partial in between failed backup attempts. > Also, whenever theren is a connection problem, all the downloaded files > from the next, incremental backup are thrown away. I'm currently > circumventing that problem manually. Correct for incremental backups, but not for full backups. Although I think that is a config setting, so your config might be different to mine (ie, keeping failed full backups is a config setting, I don't think there is any option to keep failed incremental backups). Regards, Adam -- Adam Goryachev Website Managers www.websitemanagers.com.au ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ 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/
