From: Craig B. <cba...@us...> - 2004-09-22 05:39:59
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Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu writes: > I could use some clarification on the following from the main config.pl > file: > > # Note that $Conf{FullAgeMax} will be increased to $Conf{FullAgeMax} > # times $Conf{FullPeriod} if $Conf{FullAgeMax} specifies enough > # full backups to exceed $Conf{FullAgeMax}. This is a typo. It should say: # Note that $Conf{FullAgeMax} will be increased to $Conf{FullKeepCnt} # times $Conf{FullPeriod} if $Conf{FullKeepCnt} specifies enough # full backups to exceed $Conf{FullAgeMax}. > So, here's my settings in the main config.pl: > > $Conf{FullPeriod} = 6.97; > $Conf{FullKeepCnt} = 2; > $Conf{FullKeepCntMin} = 1; > $Conf{FullAgeMax} = 14; > > My current setup is working fine, but for remote clients I want to > change the $Conf{FullPeriod} parameter to 14 days, possibly more. But, > I don't quite understand what the comment means, which is making it a > little difficult for me to figure out if what I want to do will affect > $Conf{FullAgeMax}: how can $Conf{FullAgeMax} specify enough full backups > to exceed $Conf{FullAgeMax}? Is that a typo or am I dense? Hopefully the corrected version about makes more sense. Craig |
From: Kanwar R. S. <m3...@ro...> - 2004-10-15 21:55:04
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On Wed, 2004-09-22 at 01:39, Craig Barratt wrote: > This is a typo. It should say: > > # Note that $Conf{FullAgeMax} will be increased to $Conf{FullKeepCnt} > # times $Conf{FullPeriod} if $Conf{FullKeepCnt} specifies enough > # full backups to exceed $Conf{FullAgeMax}. [snip] > Hopefully the corrected version about makes more sense. Yes it does: thanks a lot! I hope the change makes it into the docs. Regards, Ranbir P.S. I know...laaaaaate reply. :) -- Ranbir Systems Aligned Inc. www.systemsaligned.com |