2017-08-31 16:33 GMT+02:00 Ray Frush <fr...@rams.colostate.edu>:
> The values you'll want to check:
> $Conf{IncrKeepCnt} = 26;      # This is the number of total 'unfilled'
> backups kept.
>
> $Conf{FillCycle} = 7;    # This is how often a filled backup is kept (1 per
> week) which strongly influences the next setting
>
> $Conf{FullKeepCnt} = [  4,  3,  0, ];  # This defines how many 'filled'
> backups are retained.
>
> The combination of filled and unfilled backups result in ~32 days of daily
> backups plus a couple of older ones just in case a user needs a file from
> more than a month ago.

So, to archieve a 7 days of daily backups with 1 filled backup every 4
months, the following would be ok ?

$Conf{IncrKeepCnt} = 7; # 7 days of incrementals
$Conf{FillCycle} = 120; # 1 filled every 120 days (4 months)
$Conf{FullKeepCnt} = [ 0 ]; # keep only the latest full

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