Hello, I am trying to configure Bareos to do something similar to TimeMachine on OSX with my backups. Basically I want to ensure that any file present on my computer is also present and browsable in the backup. I do not need to store infinite previous versions of a file, but I do not want to have an old file deleted from the backup database, if it is still present on my computer. See what I mean? One version of every old file that hardly changes is OK, but deleting the record of an old file (even if it hasn't been touched in 5-10 years) is not OK.
So how can I accomplish this? Do I need to have a really long "File Retention" variable? Or is File Retention something that refers to how long a file is retained after it has been deleted? So basically my optimum backup strategy would be this, could someone help me accomplish this in my settings? 1) At least one copy of every file that is present on my computer is kept on my backup device, regardless of the age of the file. 2) If a file is not changed, do not store extra copies of it. (it looks like you accomplish this with "Base = file_list" or something?) 3) If a file does change, store the old version of that file for up to 3 months 4) Store any incremental changes daily on a weekly basis Thank you for your time! Best, John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "bareos-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
