delete some servers backup.
looks good
will wait for next maintenance.
thanks one more time Craig
nice product
Alex
On 22 May 2017 at 12:44, Alexey Safonov <asafo...@kokomocapital.com> wrote:
> ah... sorry.
>
> now i clearly understand. many thanks, Craig
>
> Alex
>
> On 22 May 2017 at 12:42, Craig Barratt <cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Alex,
>>
>> You didn't answer my question.
>>
>> It should be ok to use BackupPC_backupDelete as Michael suggested, even
>> without taking a new full backup. I recommend using the -r option, which
>> will re-run BackupPC_refCountUpdate:
>>
>> su backuppcUser
>>
>> BackupPC_backupDelete -h HOST -n 134 -r
>>
>>
>> It will merge changes into the prior backup #133 so that viewing #133
>> will look the same. But it should remove references to the additional
>> files since they are not present in #133 (if people want to know the
>> details, #133 has delete attributes for the new top-level directories in
>> 134, so the merging will not copy them). After two nights of
>> BackupPC_nightly runs the extra pool files should be removed.
>>
>> BackupPC_backupDelete also supports the option of deleting just a portion
>> (ie: a list of directories) of a backup rather than the whole backup. That
>> should also have the desired effect - the files shouldn't be merged into
>> the prior #133 since they weren't present in #133.
>>
>> Craig
>>
>>
>> On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 9:31 PM, Alexey Safonov <
>> asafo...@kokomocapital.com> wrote:
>>
>>> sorry? what do you mean?
>>>
>>> let me try full backup first and then wait for night maintenance. but
>>> i'm sure that pool size will be same as that not needed files was backed up
>>> and now will be in pool for history.
>>>
>>> for me it's not big problem as i have free size in pool and can wait 8
>>> weeks (our backup policy) until files will be deleted. but may be we need
>>> to find solution to help other users in future
>>>
>>> many thanks for your answers
>>> Alex
>>>
>>> On 22 May 2017 at 12:24, Michael Huntley <mich...@huntley.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Can we stick to the backups with #133, #134, #135?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers!
>>>>
>>>> mph
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2017-05-21 21:19, Alexey Safonov wrote:
>>>>
>>>> here is one real example
>>>>
>>>> 321 incr num of files = 131074
>>>> 322 incr num of files = 774220 (because of error ib backupfilesonly)
>>>> 324 incr num of files 130946 (after applying hotfix)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> and i can see graph on main page that show usage of pool ~3 times
>>>> higher than regular. so now i'm looking how to reduce size of pool.
>>>>
>>>> Alex
>>>>
>>>> On 22 May 2017 at 12:14, Craig Barratt <cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Is 134 large because it included additional directories or files that
>>>>> are not in 133 or 135?
>>>>>
>>>>> Is backup 133 filled?
>>>>>
>>>>> Craig
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 8:49 PM, Alexey Safonov <
>>>>> asafo...@kokomocapital.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> but if i do full backup for example 135 it will copy existing 134 and
>>>>>> then do diff into 134
>>>>>> that's new in V4
>>>>>> so there are no way to delete data that was backup by mistake and
>>>>>> preserver history.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> V4 is good one but more complex according to V3.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> and now i have 500GB used on /mnt/backup (and regular was about
>>>>>> 100-1500GB :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Alex
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 22 May 2017 at 11:45, Michael Huntley <mich...@huntley.net> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Ah, ok. I would run a Full backup (now considered "Filled").
>>>>>>> That's the safest move prior to removing 134. The most recent backup is
>>>>>>> always Filled, but were talking about important data so I don't see a
>>>>>>> problem with doing on more Full (Filled) backup to ensure safety.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Craig - anything wrong with my logic here?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> mph
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 2017-05-21 20:29, Alexey Safonov wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for quick reply.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> but as i understan in V4 full backup in last folder. My question is
>>>>>>> related to bug in 4.1.2 (that is now fixed). But because of that bug i
>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>> regular backup 133 , abnormal backup 134 (it's huge in size) and again
>>>>>>> normal backup 135
>>>>>>> i need to really cleanup my NFS storage. So if i delete 134 it will
>>>>>>> not help? is it correct?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Alex
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 22 May 2017 at 11:26, Michael Huntley <mich...@huntley.net>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I would strongly suggest the use of BackupPC_backupDelete -n 134 to
>>>>>>>> properly remove the backup. It should be fine to remove. You'll lose
>>>>>>>> whatever changes occurred between 133 and 134.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> mph
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 2017-05-21 19:36, Alexey Safonov wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi, All
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm usinv V4 backuppc. is it safe to delete one intermediate
>>>>>>>> backup? for example we have in /pc/litspc123 dirs 133 135 and 135
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> is it safe to delete backup 134 directly from nfs?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Alex
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