Re: [Duplicity-team] [Question #133863]: Is it possible to make incremental backups while the full backup runs?
Question #133863 on Duplicity changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/duplicity/+question/133863 Adam Porter posted a new comment: How much of your 50 GB changes in a month? Maybe you could drop older sets and continue making incrementals for a longer period. If only a small part of your 50 GB changes in a month, it seems...tedious to reupload it all every month. -- You received this question notification because you are a member of duplicity-team, which is an answer contact for Duplicity. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~duplicity-team Post to : duplicity-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~duplicity-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Duplicity-team] [Question #133863]: Is it possible to make incremental backups while the full backup runs?
Question #133863 on Duplicity changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/duplicity/+question/133863 Patrick Allemann posted a new comment: Hi ede, yeah - I did think of that workaround but I would still be at risk as rsync would also upload the files sequentially. I would have a backup on my usb-disk but it still would not be stored off-site in case of a catastrophic event. As far as I got the concept, a incremental backup alsways is connected to a backup chain which starts with a full backup. I don't yet see why my incremental backups could be added to last months backup chain as long as this months full backup is not finished yet. The new-recent- fullbackup is valid starting the date it finished I guess. Can't I force duplicity to connect to the old backup chain? In duply you have the possibility to force the process into full or incremental - but it gets messed up with the cached files if there are two running processes. patrick -- You received this question notification because you are a member of duplicity-team, which is an answer contact for Duplicity. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~duplicity-team Post to : duplicity-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~duplicity-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Duplicity-team] [Question #133863]: Is it possible to make incremental backups while the full backup runs?
Question #133863 on Duplicity changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/duplicity/+question/133863 Status: Open = Answered edso proposed the following answer: On 13.11.2010 13:26, Patrick Allemann wrote: Question #133863 on Duplicity changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/duplicity/+question/133863 Patrick Allemann posted a new comment: Hi ede, yeah - I did think of that workaround but I would still be at risk as rsync would also upload the files sequentially. I would have a backup on what do you do when duplicity fails because your line chokes? Restart the full? And if it chokes again? Restart again? Recent duplicity is supposed to resume, but personally I wouldn't count on it for production usage. The local storage workaround results in duplicity quickly finishing backups. This way you separate the backup creation from the upload process. You separate it from the bottleneck that your line is. my usb-disk but it still would not be stored off-site in case of a catastrophic event. This way you can in parallel to your ongoing new full upload, upload the much smaller incremental backup of the old chain. They should be much smaller of course, so they can be transferred within a day despite your other upload(s). How much daily change do you generate? As far as I got the concept, a incremental backup alsways is connected to a backup chain which starts with a full backup. I don't yet see why my incremental backups could be added to last months backup chain as long as this months full backup is not finished yet. The new-recent- fullbackup is valid starting the date it finished I guess. Right. Duplicity looks what is latest in the repository and acts accordingly. That's why i wrote 'new folder'. Reread my last comment ;). A new folder is a new empty repository, hence the old backup chain in the old repository can be incrementally extended as you like. Can't I force duplicity to connect to the old backup chain? In duply you have the possibility to force the process into full or incremental - but it duply only simplifies duplicity. You can of course force duplicity to full or incr (if a full already exists) without duply. gets messed up with the cached files if there are two running processes. yes. Duplicity currently expects that there is only one instance running per repository. ..ede/duply.net -- You received this question notification because you are a member of duplicity-team, which is an answer contact for Duplicity. ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~duplicity-team Post to : duplicity-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~duplicity-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
Re: [Duplicity-team] [Question #133863]: Is it possible to make incremental backups while the full backup runs?
On 13.11.2010 14:21, edso wrote: Can't I force duplicity to connect to the old backup chain? In duply you have yes. by using separate repositories. as described above. ..ede/duply.net ___ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~duplicity-team Post to : duplicity-team@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~duplicity-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
