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Offline _alex

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incremental backups
« on: April 04, 2012, 11:42:10 AM »
Hello,

I am doing backups over a nfs share. The idea is to do a full backup on sunday and an incremental one every other day.

The current plan is:
Number of rotating backup sets: 7
Daily backups in each set: 1
Full backup is allowed on: Sunday

The problem is that it is doing full backups every day.

Any hint/idea?

Cheers.

Offline Fumetto

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Re: incremental backups
« Reply #1 on: April 04, 2012, 01:47:46 PM »
Reverse the numbers on "Number..." and "Daily..." ;)

Offline TerryF

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Re: incremental backups
« Reply #2 on: April 04, 2012, 10:07:09 PM »
Also be aware of this bug 6876 when using Sunday for Full backup..
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Offline _alex

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Re: incremental backups
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2012, 10:38:29 PM »
Reverse the numbers on "Number..." and "Daily..." ;)
Damnit!  It works :-)

Molte grazie

Offline _alex

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Re: incremental backups
« Reply #4 on: April 04, 2012, 10:41:51 PM »
Also be aware of this bug 6876 when using Sunday for Full backup..
Thanks a lot. I have patched /etc/e-smith/events/actions/workstation-backup-dar as explained in the link, let's see how it goes next sunday.