[BackupPC-users] Managing Outlook pst files

[Ryan J. <ry...@un...>]

Hello. I have a question related to how backuppc manages locked .pst =
files.
I have been up and down the list archives, and have even posted a =
similar
question to this list (w/o reply), and I still can't seem to get clarity =
on
a couple things. Sorry to bring up a similar question to the list again, =
but
I'm not sure where else to go.
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Basically, I am wanting to understand how backuppc manages locked pst =
files
in the 'long-term.' I understand that locked files are simply a problem =
that
backuppc cannot overcome, and I understand how the outlook e-mail =
warning
feature works (and it's quite a nice add-in). What I don't know is how =
does
backuppc manage the 'bad' pst files that it comes across, or the good =
pst
files that are manually captured. For example, if a user receives an =
e-mail
warning that their outlook files have not been backed up in xx days, and
they manually run an incremental backup, then this backup only lasts a =
few
days (until incremental backups expire). If they manually run a full =
backup
instead, then this good .pst backup may get some extra mileage, but =
there is
not guarantee that it makes it past the first full backup expiry =
period...
and thus it does not propagate through time. This all means that if a =
user
skips one of the e-mail warnings, and then needs to recover mail data, =
it is
unlikely that they will find ANY useful old mail backups... even though
there are plenty of backups for their pc dating back many weeks, and =
even
though they DID remember to do a manual backup a couple e-mail warnings =
ago.
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I also saw somewhere that backuppc attempts to 'link' bad .pst files =
with
previous good copies in the pool. However, I cannot find any indication =
that
this is happening with my setup (Debian package version:  2.1.0pl1)
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So I am simply wondering how one can assure that the "good" =
captures/backups
of problematic .pst files propagate through the backup storage so there =
is
always (at least) an old .pst backup which is useful.
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Any help would be greatly appreciated...
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Cheers,
Ryan
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