Re: [Exist-open] Full backup at 4 a.m.

[Nick S. <nsi...@nu...>]

Could it be that your backups are not yet completed before the next 
backup is scheduled?

Nick

On 1/15/21 8:01 AM, Christian Achter wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I have a backup scheduler running that creates 6 backups per day, 5 
> incremental and 1 full backup.
>
> The code in my etc/conf.xml looks like this:
>
>         <job type="system" name="backup"
> class="org.exist.storage.ConsistencyCheckTask"
>                         cron-trigger="0 0 0/4 * * ?">
>                 <parameter name="output" 
> value="/opt/server/ediarum/exist-db_5.2.0/backup"/>
>                 <parameter name="backup" value="yes"/>
>                 <parameter name="incremental" value="yes"/>
>                 <parameter name="incremental-check" value="no"/>
>                 <parameter name="max" value="6"/>
>         </job>
>
> Here is my problem:
>
> I want the full backup to be created at 4:00 a.m. I consulted the 
> eXist online documentation and the book and assumed that 0 0 0/4 would 
> be translated to: every 4 hours starting at midnight with the first 
> backup being a full backup.
>
> But in reality, the full backup is created at 8:00 a.m. My experience 
> during several months showed that this time even differs. Sometimes, 
> the full backup was created at 4 p.m. oder at noon - maybe depending 
> in the time when the eXist-db ws started.
>
> What am I doing wrong? How can I improve this scheduler to have a full 
> backup at 4 a.m. while keeping the 5 incremental backups during the day?
>
> Thanks in advance and kind regards
>
> Christian
>
>
>
>
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