Stefan Schumacher wrote at about 11:29:14 +0000 on Tuesday, June 16, 2020: > Hello, > > I use Backuppc to backup VMs running mostly Webservers and a few custom > services. As everyone knows, Websites have a lifetime and at a certain > point the customer wishes for the site to be taken offline. We have one > Backuppc which we use for one big, special customer who wants a > FullKeepCnt of 4,0,12,0,0,0,10. > > Now I have multiple websites which for which I have deactivated the > backup, but which still have multiple full and incremental backups > stored - up to 17 full backups to be exact. > > Is there a way to delete all but the latest full backup and still be be > able to restore the website on demand? Is this technically possible or > will this clash with the pooling and deduplication functions of > backuppc? How should I proceed? I am still using Backuppc 3.3, because > of problems with backuppc4. (No need to go into details here)
FYI - Backuppc 4.x is really significantly better than Backuppc 3.x. - Getting rid of all the hard-links and using full-file md5sums for the pool digests is infinitely cleaner, simpler, and faster. - It makes it so much easier and faster to archive a copy of your backups. - It can reliably back-up and restore xattributes (e.g., SELinux) as well as ACLs -- making a perfect restore possible. - Specifically, if rsync can make a perfect copy, then BackupPC can do a perfect restore. - It also seems quite stable. Finally, all the new dev work is being done on 4.x so 3.x is effectively end-of-life other than perhaps simple/critical bug fixes. To all those out there still using 3.x, if you haven't tried upgrading to 4.x yet, I suggest you do. If you have, I suggest you try again. BackupPC_migrateV3toV4 does a great job of converting 3.x backups to 4.x backups. If you have questions or need help, I suggest you ask for assistance on the group as people are always willing and able to answer questions. _______________________________________________ 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/
