Re: [Bobs-devel] Incremental backups with smb?

[Rene R. <re...@gr...>]

On Thu, 2003-04-24 at 12:22, j.m...@st... wrote:
> Hi folks,
>  
> I have setup bobs so far and it works beautifully and I really
> appreciate it.
> You guys have done a great job..... ;o)
>  
> I still have 2 questions remaining:
>  
> 1. when using smb as backup method, are incremental backups really
> done?
>    Or are they just in the incremental folder and it differs to rsync?

There is a full backup everytime bobs run. That is in "current". Every
file that differs when bobs does the full backup, is put in incremental.
The are not incremental in the sense that you can easily revert to a
state on a given day. Incremental is meant in the sense that there is a
backup for a file for all the days that is has changed.


> 2.When I edit the amount of incremental times in the admin area e.g.
> with 10
>    Does that mean, the system makes a full backup once, then 10
> incremental
>    backup and then a full backup again.

No, that is a setting for a feature which is still not implemented. Just
happens to be the one you request in your next question.

> 3.I'm running a backup to a harddisk which is slightly bigger, than
> the source
>    harddisk. 
>    Is there a possibility to drop old backups after a certain time ?

That's a feature still waiting to be implemented. Feel free to help out.

> Thanks for your help
>  
> P.S. I'm using bobs (although not really recommended) on single
> machine
>        with smb (for backup and restore -> localhost ) and it works
> soft.
>  
> Cheers
>  
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