Re: [BackupPC-users] How to delete old backups

[Mauro C. <mc...@mc...>]

Adam Goryachev ha scritto:
> Mauro Condarelli wrote:
>> Hi,
>> sorry for the apparently obvious question, but I couldn't find a good
>> answer...
>> I have BackupPC installed and working to backup the localhost (which is
>> also a file server) and two other hosts (one Linux and one WinXP).
>> My backup storage is big enough to hold two full backups, but not three.
>> I have thus set FullKeepCnt=1 and FullKeepCntMin=1 thinking the older
>> full backup would be deleted as soon as a new one is completed.
>> The complete schedule is:
> 
>> Full Backups
>> FullPeriod
>> <http://localhost/backuppc/index.cgi?action=view&type=docs#item__conf_fullperiod_>
> 
>>  Override 	
>> FullKeepCnt
>> <http://localhost/backuppc/index.cgi?action=view&type=docs#item__conf_fullkeepcnt_>
> 
>>  Override 	
>> FullKeepCntMin
>> <http://localhost/backuppc/index.cgi?action=view&type=docs#item__conf_fullkeepcntmin_>
> 
>>  Override 	
>> FullAgeMax
>> <http://localhost/backuppc/index.cgi?action=view&type=docs#item__conf_fullagemax_>
> 
>>  Override 	
>> Incremental Backups
>> IncrPeriod
>> <http://localhost/backuppc/index.cgi?action=view&type=docs#item__conf_incrperiod_>
> 
>>  Override 	
>> IncrKeepCnt
>> <http://localhost/backuppc/index.cgi?action=view&type=docs#item__conf_incrkeepcnt_>
> 
>>  Override 	
>> IncrKeepCntMin
>> <http://localhost/backuppc/index.cgi?action=view&type=docs#item__conf_incrkeepcntmin_>
> 
>>  Override 	
>> IncrAgeMax
>> <http://localhost/backuppc/index.cgi?action=view&type=docs#item__conf_incragemax_>
> 
>>  Override 	
>> IncrLevels
>> <http://localhost/backuppc/index.cgi?action=view&type=docs#item__conf_incrlevels_>
> 
>>  Override 	
>> IncrFill
>> <http://localhost/backuppc/index.cgi?action=view&type=docs#item__conf_incrfill_>
> 
>>  Override 	
>> Blackouts
>> BackupsDisable
>> <http://localhost/backuppc/index.cgi?action=view&type=docs#item__conf_backupsdisable_>
> 
>>  Override 	
>> BlackoutBadPingLimit
>> <http://localhost/backuppc/index.cgi?action=view&type=docs#item__conf_blackoutbadpinglimit_>
> 
>>  Override 	
>> BlackoutGoodCnt
>> <http://localhost/backuppc/index.cgi?action=view&type=docs#item__conf_blackoutgoodcnt_>
> 
>>  Override 	
>> BlackoutPeriods
>> <http://localhost/backuppc/index.cgi?action=view&type=docs#item__conf_blackoutperiods_>
> 
>>  Override 	
> 
>> hourBegin 	
>> hourEnd 	
>> weekDays 	
> 
>> Other
>> PartialAgeMax
>> <http://localhost/backuppc/index.cgi?action=view&type=docs#item__conf_partialagemax_>
> 
>>  Override 	
>> RestoreInfoKeepCnt
>> <http://localhost/backuppc/index.cgi?action=view&type=docs#item__conf_restoreinfokeepcnt_>
> 
>>  Override 	
>> ArchiveInfoKeepCnt
>> <http://localhost/backuppc/index.cgi?action=view&type=docs#item__conf_archiveinfokeepcnt_>
> 
>>  Override 	
>> BackupZeroFilesIsFatal
>> <http://localhost/backuppc/index.cgi?action=view&type=docs#item__conf_backupzerofilesisfatal_>
> 
>>  Override 	
> 
> 
> 
>> Apparently this is not the case: I now have:
>> Backup# 	Type 	Filled 	Level 	Start Date 	Duration/mins 	Age/days
>> Server Backup Path
>> 1
>> <http://localhost/backuppc/index.cgi?action=browse&host=localhost&num=1>
>> full 	yes 	0 	4/30 13:50 	284.1 	28.8 	/media/BackupPC/pc/localhost/1
>> 4
>> <http://localhost/backuppc/index.cgi?action=browse&host=localhost&num=4>
>> incr 	no 	1 	5/3 14:00 	0.9 	25.8 	/media/BackupPC/pc/localhost/4
>> 5
>> <http://localhost/backuppc/index.cgi?action=browse&host=localhost&num=5>
>> incr 	no 	1 	5/4 14:00 	8.7 	24.8 	/media/BackupPC/pc/localhost/5
>> 6
>> <http://localhost/backuppc/index.cgi?action=browse&host=localhost&num=6>
>> incr 	no 	1 	5/5 20:00 	12.2 	23.5 	/media/BackupPC/pc/localhost/6
>> 7
>> <http://localhost/backuppc/index.cgi?action=browse&host=localhost&num=7>
>> incr 	no 	1 	5/6 20:00 	17.6 	22.5 	/media/BackupPC/pc/localhost/7
>> 8
>> <http://localhost/backuppc/index.cgi?action=browse&host=localhost&num=8>
>> full 	yes 	0 	5/7 20:00 	292.1 	21.5 	/media/BackupPC/pc/localhost/8
>> 9
>> <http://localhost/backuppc/index.cgi?action=browse&host=localhost&num=9>
>> incr 	no 	1 	5/12 09:33 	46.0 	17.0 	/media/BackupPC/pc/localhost/9
>> 10
>> <http://localhost/backuppc/index.cgi?action=browse&host=localhost&num=10>
>> 	incr 	no 	1 	5/13 20:00 	59.3 	15.5 	/media/BackupPC/pc/localhost/10
> 
>> The error is because the backup disk is full.
>> What am I doing wrong?
> 
> It can't delete a full backup if there are incremental backups between
> it and the next one. Backup 4, 5, 6, and 7 are stopping backup 1 from
> being deleted. You need to reduce the IncrKeepCnt values, probably to 0.
> Hopefully that will stop ALL incremental backups.
> 
> Regards,
> Adam
> 
Thanks for the fast answer.

I changed both IncrKeepCnt and IncrKeepCntMin to 0 in the main config
*and* in the host-specific one, but nothing got deleted.
The disk is still 100% full.

In any case:
I would like to set-up BackupPC so that I do a weekly full backup,
daily incremental ones and I want to delete all old incremental ones
as soon as I have a good full.
How can I do this?

Side issue:
Can I manually delete the old backups? How?

TiA
Mauro