On 09/01/2011 03:32 PM, Mark wrote:
Is it not acceptable to do your fulls on the first and third Sunday of each month, with diffs on the second, fourth, and fifth (if it exists) Sunday?

Run = Level=Full Pool="Full-Pool Developer-PC" on first, third Sun at 0:05 Run = Level=Differential Pool="Diff-Pool Developer-PC" on second, fourth, fifth Sun at 0:15 Run = Level=Incremental Pool="Inc-Pool Developer-PC" mon-sat at 0:25

That syntax may not be exactly perfect (I don't have access to bacula right now), but it's close if not correct.

On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Dan Schaefer <d...@performanceadmin.com <mailto:d...@performanceadmin.com>> wrote:

    In English, I want to do a full backup on the 1st and the 16th of
    every
    month. I also want to do a differential backup every Sunday and an
    Incremental Monday-Saturday.
    Here is my config:
            Run = Level=Full Pool="Full-Pool Developer-PC" on 1,16 at 0:05
            Run = Level=Differential Pool="Diff-Pool Developer-PC" sun
    at 0:15
            Run = Level=Incremental Pool="Inc-Pool Developer-PC"
    mon-sat at
    0:25

    Since the Full backups are represented in numbers, the Diff and Inc
    backups always have overlap with the Full. For example, today Sept
    1, a
    full backup was scheduled to run @ 00:05 and an incremental backup was
    scheduled @ 0:25. If in fact there were no changes to the files in the
    fileset, the incremental backup shouldn't have backed up anything. But
    it runs anyway.

    Is there a schedule that I can configure that will eliminate backup
    redundancy? One option is to do a diff on, say, the 8th and 22st
    of the
    month and the incremental on every other day not covered. I would,
    however, like to keep the differentials on Sunday.

    Thanks in advance.

    --
    Thanks,
    Dan Schaefer
    Web Developer/Systems Analyst
    Performance Administration Corp.
    ph 800-405-3148 <tel:800-405-3148>


Mark,

No, it is not acceptable. We do a financial closing on the last business day on or before the 15th of the month and the last business day of the month. It is in our company's best interest to create a full backup and keep it for a relatively longer period of time than the diffs and incs, in case our company has an audit.

Thanks,
Dan Schaefer
Web Developer/Systems Analyst
Performance Administration Corp.
ph 800-405-3148

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