Re: [BackupPC-users] Manual delete script
On 2015-05-07 11:14 AM, Gerald Brandt wrote: Hi, I recall there used to be a BackupPC_ManualDelete script or executable somewhere. I've used it in the past, and I don't remember writing any code. Does anyone know where this script is? Thanks, Gerald I talked to my ex-client and got a copy of the script. Here's the header for it... #! /bin/bash #this script contributed by Matthias Meyer #note that if your $Topdir has been changed, the script will ask you #the new location. # It's been working well for me for years. Gerald -- One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y ___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Manual delete script
Sorry. I'm trying to delete specific backups. Some older fulls that I don't need anymore. If I recall, the script took the computer name and the backup number as arguments, and deleted the files and updated anything else it needed to. It didn't run nightly though. Gerald On 2015-05-07 12:18 PM, backu...@kosowsky.org wrote: What are you seeking to delete? Gerald Brandt wrote at about 11:14:26 -0500 on Thursday, May 7, 2015: Hi, I recall there used to be a BackupPC_ManualDelete script or executable somewhere. I've used it in the past, and I don't remember writing any code. Does anyone know where this script is? Thanks, Gerald -- One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y ___ 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/ -- One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y ___ 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/ -- One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y ___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Manual delete script
Hi, Gerald Brandt wrote on 2015-05-07 12:54:51 -0500 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Manual delete script]: Sorry. I'm trying to delete specific backups. Some older fulls that I don't need anymore. If I recall, the script took the computer name and the backup number as arguments, and deleted the files and updated anything else it needed to. I believe 'rm' will get you most of the way. It sort of takes the computer name and backup number as arguments, too: rm -r $TopDir/pc/hostname/num It doesn't check dependencies, though, so it will mess up any incremental backups still depending on the backup you are removing. It will also leave the line for the backup in the backups file, so BackupPC might still show the backup in the web interface (I'm not sure whether it checks for the directory or not). This is easy to fix in a text editor. It also won't remove the corresponding backup log file. Again: rm. If I remember correctly, the script you were referring to went to some trouble to handle backup dependencies correctly, as well as delete individual *files* from one or more backups, including fixing the attrib files, which is far more difficult. It sounds as if you don't need all of that. It didn't run nightly though. I wonder why everyone is so obsessed about running BackupPC_nightly *now* (for every possible value of *now*). BackupPC runs it anyway. Each day. Or rather, each night. Running it *now* rather than in a few hours doesn't make your hard disk(s) weigh less, consume less power, produce less noise and heat in the time between, because the file system is less full. I see two reasons for wanting to run it out of schedule, and I'll omit both of them here. Chances are, if you *think* you need to run BackupPC_nightly, you really need more disk space. Regards, Holger -- One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y ___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Manual delete script
Holger Parplies wrote at about 21:24:33 +0200 on Thursday, May 7, 2015: Hi, Gerald Brandt wrote on 2015-05-07 12:54:51 -0500 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Manual delete script]: Sorry. I'm trying to delete specific backups. Some older fulls that I don't need anymore. If I recall, the script took the computer name and the backup number as arguments, and deleted the files and updated anything else it needed to. I believe 'rm' will get you most of the way. It sort of takes the computer name and backup number as arguments, too: rm -r $TopDir/pc/hostname/num It doesn't check dependencies, though, so it will mess up any incremental backups still depending on the backup you are removing. It will also leave the line for the backup in the backups file, so BackupPC might still show the backup in the web interface (I'm not sure whether it checks for the directory or not). This is easy to fix in a text editor. It also won't remove the corresponding backup log file. Again: rm. If I remember correctly, the script you were referring to went to some trouble to handle backup dependencies correctly, as well as delete individual *files* from one or more backups, including fixing the attrib files, which is far more difficult. It sounds as if you don't need all of that. I believe there are actually 2 scripts. One (which I did not write though I made some small edits to it) is called BackupPC_deleteBackups that is a relatively simple Bash shell script that does a little more than just rm -rf the backups. I believe it: - mv's them to the Backuppc trash folder to allow more graceful deleting - Allows backing up of a range of backups - Makes sure you don't delete a backup that has a backup dependency - Cuts the corresponding backup info file line from the 'backup' file at the root of the host backup. - Deletes the backup-specific log files - And optionally (laugh now) runs BackupPC_nightly afterwards... but it probably does it wrong by calling the procedure directly rather than using server message.. The other is the one Holger references which I wrote and is a relatively complicated Perl script that handles deletions/insertions and their dependencies at the individual file level. It is called BackupPC_deleteFile.pl and is used to delete one or more files (or directories) from one or more backups, while being sure not to change incremental backup dependencies -- it requires delicate surgery on the attrib files of both the selected backup(s) and their various antecedents and dependents. I suppose this second version could be used to delete entire shares but it would be just a glorified Perl version of rm -rf share name... and it wouldn't delete the log files -- One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y ___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Manual delete script
Hi, On 2015-05-07 2:24 PM, Holger Parplies wrote: Hi, Gerald Brandt wrote on 2015-05-07 12:54:51 -0500 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Manual delete script]: Sorry. I'm trying to delete specific backups. Some older fulls that I don't need anymore. If I recall, the script took the computer name and the backup number as arguments, and deleted the files and updated anything else it needed to. I believe 'rm' will get you most of the way. It sort of takes the computer name and backup number as arguments, too: rm -r $TopDir/pc/hostname/num It doesn't check dependencies, though, so it will mess up any incremental backups still depending on the backup you are removing. It will also leave the line for the backup in the backups file, so BackupPC might still show the backup in the web interface (I'm not sure whether it checks for the directory or not). This is easy to fix in a text editor. It also won't remove the corresponding backup log file. Again: rm. If I remember correctly, the script you were referring to went to some trouble to handle backup dependencies correctly, as well as delete individual *files* from one or more backups, including fixing the attrib files, which is far more difficult. It sounds as if you don't need all of that. I have a script that keeps backups for a period of time... weekly fulls for 5 weeks, monthly fulls for 12 months, and yearly fulls for 7 years. So the delete script I had is very much needed. Cron runs my scripts every Sunday to keep things clean. I have a matching script that forces full backups on Fridays and the last day of each month. BackupPC is set to never expire full backups. The old manual delete script was great. I wish I could find it again... I left it at an old employers site, and no longer have access. It didn't run nightly though. I wonder why everyone is so obsessed about running BackupPC_nightly *now* (for every possible value of *now*). BackupPC runs it anyway. Each day. Or rather, each night. Running it *now* rather than in a few hours doesn't make your hard disk(s) weigh less, consume less power, produce less noise and heat in the time between, because the file system is less full. I see two reasons for wanting to run it out of schedule, and I'll omit both of them here. Chances are, if you *think* you need to run BackupPC_nightly, you really need more disk space. I tend to agree. Regards, Holger -- One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y ___ 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/
[BackupPC-users] Manual delete script
Hi, I recall there used to be a BackupPC_ManualDelete script or executable somewhere. I've used it in the past, and I don't remember writing any code. Does anyone know where this script is? Thanks, Gerald -- One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y ___ 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/
