Claus,
Thanks for the update. Since $Conf{FullKeepCnt} really means the number of
filled backups to keep (and the most recent backup is always filled), it
seems like I should make the default value 2, not 1. Or alternatively, not
count the most recent filled backup.
Craig
On Tue, Apr 4, 2017 at 5:39 AM, Claus Tøndering <cl...@tondering.dk> wrote:
> After using $Conf{FullKeepCnt}=4 for a couple of days, I believe the
> problem has been solved.
>
> Thank you.
>
> /Claus
>
>
>
> On 03-04-2017 11:22, I wrote:
>
> $Conf{FullKeepCnt} = 1;
> $Conf{FullKeepCntMin} = 1;
> $Conf{FullAgeMax} = 90;
>
> I'll try increasing $Conf{FullKeepCnt} to see if that helps.
>
> /Claus
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> *Subject: *Re: [BackupPC-users] Full backups disappear
> *From: *Craig Barratt <cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net>
> <cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net>
> *To: *General list for user discussion, questions and support
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> <backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
> *Date: *02-04-2017 20:44
>
> How many full backups are you keeping (ie, what are $Conf{FullKeepCnt},
> $Conf{FullAgeMax} and $Conf{FullKeepCntMin} set to)?
>
> With 4.x, it is no longer necessary to keep extra full backups around for
> the incrementals (since filled/non-filled and incremental/full are
> decoupled), so it's possible those settings were too small.
>
> Craig
>
> On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 5:21 AM, Claus Tøndering <cl...@tondering.dk>
> wrote:
>
>> I have recently moved to BackupPC version 4, and strange things now
>> happen to my full backups.
>>
>> I have set
>> $Conf{FullPeriod} = '60';
>> which I believe would indicate a full backup every 60 days. However,
>> instead I get a full backup every other day.
>>
>> The "Backup Summary" on the admin page looks like this:
>>
>> Backup# Type Filled Level Start Date Duration/mins Age/days Server
>> Backup Path
>> 15 <http://kreacher/bpc?action=browse&host=legolas&num=15> incr no 1 3/20
>> 20:06 14.0 12.7 /var/lib/backuppc/pc/legolas/15
>> 17 <http://kreacher/bpc?action=browse&host=legolas&num=17> incr no 1 3/22
>> 20:05 15.3 10.7 /var/lib/backuppc/pc/legolas/17
>> 19 <http://kreacher/bpc?action=browse&host=legolas&num=19> incr no 1 3/24
>> 20:04 12.6 8.7 /var/lib/backuppc/pc/legolas/19
>> 21 <http://kreacher/bpc?action=browse&host=legolas&num=21> incr no 1 3/27
>> 20:05 13.3 5.8 /var/lib/backuppc/pc/legolas/21
>> 22 <http://kreacher/bpc?action=browse&host=legolas&num=22> partial no 0 3/28
>> 20:00 0.0 4.8 /var/lib/backuppc/pc/legolas/22
>> 25 <http://kreacher/bpc?action=browse&host=legolas&num=25> incr no 1 4/1
>> 10:01 12.9 1.2 /var/lib/backuppc/pc/legolas/25
>> 26 <http://kreacher/bpc?action=browse&host=legolas&num=26> full yes 0 4/2
>> 13:00 62.6 0.1 /var/lib/backuppc/pc/legolas/26
>>
>> Except for a problem around backup 22/23 you see this pattern: Backups
>> 15, 17, 19, 21, 25 (all odd numbers) are incremental; backups 16, 18, 20,
>> 24 (all even numbers) are missing.
>>
>> Backup 26 (an even number) is full. Tomorrow, the list will show backup
>> 27 being incremental and backup 26 will have disappeared. The day after
>> tomorrow a new full backup 28 will appear.
>>
>> Is this the intended behaviour?
>>
>> /Claus
>>
>>
>>
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