Would this https://sourceforge.net/p/backuppc/mailman/message/59193166/
help to answer the question?Short: Old V3 backups are still in the cpool in "single digit" subdirectories. V4 always creates a "two digit" subdirectories. I already deleted the V3 subdirs and reclaimed the space.
Adam Pribyl On Sun, 16 Nov 2025, klxout wrote:
Hi, I'll try to answer your questions: First let's make sure that there *is* a problem. In some commands below you may need to change the logged-in user ID to one which can read the necessary files (often, for example, to user 'backuppc'). ---> Sorry I don't know how to check this, user is running backuppc is backuppc and seems ok, any other check? 1. Did you run BackupPC_nightly by hand? How many times has it been run on the nightly backup schedule since your most recent install of BackupPC version 4? I have forced executed multiples times changing time, and now after 7 day seems that some files were purged but not all because I have a retention full 2 days and incremental 1 day config [image: imatge.png] *** 2025-11-16 18:00:00 Running 2 BackupPC_nightly jobs from 0..15 (out of 0..15) 2025-11-16 18:00:00 Running BackupPC_nightly -m -P 2 0 127 (pid=67245) 2025-11-16 18:00:00 Running BackupPC_nightly -P 2 128 255 (pid=67246) 2025-11-16 18:00:00 Next wakeup is 2025-11-17 04:00:00 2025-11-16 18:00:01 BackupPC_nightly now running BackupPC_refCountUpdate -m -s -c -P 2 -r 128-255 2025-11-16 18:00:01 BackupPC_nightly now running BackupPC_refCountUpdate -m -s -c -P 2 -r 0-127 2025-11-16 18:00:01 admin : __bpc_pidStart__ 67259 2025-11-16 18:00:01 admin1 : __bpc_pidStart__ 67258 2025-11-16 18:00:23 admin1 : __bpc_pidEnd__ 67258 2025-11-16 18:00:23 Finished admin1 (BackupPC_nightly -P 2 128 255) 2025-11-16 18:00:47 admin : __bpc_pidEnd__ 67259 2025-11-16 18:00:47 BackupPC_nightly now running BackupPC_sendEmail 2025-11-16 18:00:47 Finished admin (BackupPC_nightly -m -P 2 0 127) 2025-11-16 18:00:47 Pool nightly clean removed 0 files of size 0.00GB 2025-11-16 18:00:47 Pool is 0.00GB, 0 files (0 repeated, 0 max chain, 0 max links), 0 directories 2025-11-16 18:00:47 Cpool nightly clean removed 0 files of size 0.00GB 2025-11-16 18:00:47 Cpool is 0.00GB, 0 files (0 repeated, 0 max chain, 0 max links), 0 directories 2025-11-16 18:00:47 Pool4 nightly clean removed 0 files of size 0.00GB 2025-11-16 18:00:47 Pool4 is 0.00GB, 0 files (0 repeated, 0 max chain, 0 max links), 0 directories 2025-11-16 18:00:47 Cpool4 nightly clean removed 2710 files of size 309.23GB 2025-11-16 18:00:47 Cpool4 is 1413.54GB, 95357 files (0 repeated, 0 max chain, 1496 max links), 16467 directories 2025-11-16 18:00:47 Running BackupPC_rrdUpdate (pid=67276) 2025-11-16 18:00:47 admin-1 : RRD updated: date 1763337600; cpoolKb 0.000000; total 1351783435.940430; poolKb 0.000000; pool4Kb 0.000000; cpool4Kb 1447466560.000000 2025-11-16 18:00:47 Finished admin-1 (BackupPC_rrdUpdate) *** It seems that no tall backups are purge, I suspect... 2.- find /local/var/lib/backuppc/cpool/ -type f -mtime +9 | head root@opencde-backups-1:/local/var/lib/backuppc# find /local/var/lib/backuppc/cpool/ -type f -mtime +7 | head /local/var/lib/backuppc/cpool/b2/b2/b3b31903e2aca45f31a482993eaed662 /local/var/lib/backuppc/cpool/b2/b2/b3b3b58e806d43a38e983909305aa39c /local/var/lib/backuppc/cpool/b2/b2/b3b3a0ba5c8b13f51c9a87bfc7c56b3e /local/var/lib/backuppc/cpool/b2/b2/b3b3f43686dd71f467b9c14d04f7d993 /local/var/lib/backuppc/cpool/b2/b2/b3b25f7087776b1a4b1e1698e89c337d /local/var/lib/backuppc/cpool/b2/b2/b3b3c6f036d4833e86db3803d88e8023 /local/var/lib/backuppc/cpool/b2/ba/b2bb85d79e6345166ff714eec5543699 /local/var/lib/backuppc/cpool/b2/ba/b3ba25b2c0e22981764533d2a25c75a6 /local/var/lib/backuppc/cpool/b2/ba/b3ba52777bf7a5c8853cdb78ca4def07 /local/var/lib/backuppc/cpool/b2/ba/b3ba794ee40fc2f1549bd96ba64f1757 3.- grep 'my $minMtime' /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_refCountUpdate my $minMtime = time() - 7 * 24 * 3600; Missatge de G.W. Haywood <[email protected]> del dia dt., 11 de nov. 2025 a les 14:50:Hi there, On Tue, 11 Nov 2025, klxout wrote:I have similar issues described in https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/issues/418 I have the same problem recently upgraded debian with 3.3 backuppc to debian 13 with latest backuppc 4.4 from debian repositories and space is increasing.... seems files are never purged Now I have reinstalled backuppc with a fresh install using apt-get remove --purge backuppc* and I'm evaluating the results in the logs appears always 0 space recovered from v4 pool (only v4 is enabled as it was a default install) 2025-11-10 18:00:00 Running 2 BackupPC_nightly jobs from 0..15 (out of0..15)2025-11-10 18:00:00 Running BackupPC_nightly -m -P 11 0 127 (pid=50769) 2025-11-10 18:00:00 Running BackupPC_nightly -P 11 128 255 (pid=50770) 2025-11-10 18:00:00 Next wakeup is 2025-11-11 04:00:00 2025-11-10 18:00:01 BackupPC_nightly now running BackupPC_refCountUpdate-m -s -c -P 11 -r 128-2552025-11-10 18:00:01 BackupPC_nightly now running BackupPC_refCountUpdate-m -s -c -P 11 -r 0-1272025-11-10 18:00:01 admin : __bpc_pidStart__ 50783 2025-11-10 18:00:01 admin1 : __bpc_pidStart__ 50782 2025-11-10 18:00:16 admin : __bpc_pidEnd__ 50783 2025-11-10 18:00:16 BackupPC_nightly now running BackupPC_sendEmail 2025-11-10 18:00:16 Finished admin (BackupPC_nightly -m -P 11 0 127) 2025-11-10 18:00:37 admin1 : __bpc_pidEnd__ 50782 2025-11-10 18:00:37 Finished admin1 (BackupPC_nightly -P 11 128 255)*2025-11-10 18:00:37 Pool nightly clean removed 0 files of size0.00GB2025-11-10 18:00:37 Pool is 0.00GB, 0 files (0 repeated, 0 max chain, 0max links), 0 directories2025-11-10 18:00:37 Cpool nightly clean removed 0 files of size 0.00GB 2025-11-10 18:00:37 Cpool is 0.00GB, 0 files (0 repeated, 0 max chain, 0max links), 0 directories2025-11-10 18:00:37 Pool4 nightly clean removed 0 files of size 0.00GB 2025-11-10 18:00:37 Pool4 is 0.00GB, 0 files (0 repeated, 0 max chain, 0max links), 0 directories2025-11-10 18:00:37 Cpool4 nightly clean removed 0 files of size 0.00GB* 2025-11-10 18:00:37 Cpool4 is 782.54GB, 92649 files (0 repeated, 0 maxchain, 1632 max links), 16452 directories2025-11-10 18:00:37 Running BackupPC_rrdUpdate (pid=50797) 2025-11-10 18:00:38 admin-1 : skipping repeated RRD update for the sameday: last update time is 17628192002025-11-10 18:00:38 Finished admin-1 (BackupPC_rrdUpdate) Any suggestion to solve this problems?First let's make sure that there *is* a problem. In some commands below you may need to change the logged-in user ID to one which can read the necessary files (often, for example, to user 'backuppc'). 1. Did you run BackupPC_nightly by hand? How many times has it been run on the nightly backup schedule since your most recent install of BackupPC version 4? 2. In the Github issue (#418) on which you commented, did you read Craig's post of Feb 25, 2021 at https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/issues/418#issuecomment-785825325 in which he talks about the mtimes of pool files? Did you try any of Craig's suggestions there? Does your filesystem properly set the 'x' bit in file metadata? Do you know roughly how old (looking at mtimes of the files) is the oldest file in your 'cpool'? If not, what's the output of find /POOLDIR/ -type f -mtime +9 | head where /POOLDIR/ is the full path to your cpool ? (For example on a system *here*, that would be find /var/lib/BackupPC/cpool/ -type f -mtime +9 | head because the cpool directory *here* is in /var/lib/BackupPC/ - but note that your cpool directory might not be in the same place as mine). 3. What's the output of grep 'my $minMtime' /path/to/BackupPC_refCountUpdate where /path/to/ is the path to your BackupPC Perl scripts. -- 73, Ged. _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
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