Incremental Backups

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#1 Wed, 02/20/2013 - 19:40

bill56

Incremental Backups

Hello:

I have been using Webmin -> System -> Filesystem Backup which is working fine. However, I would like to do incremental backups daily and a full backup just once a week. When I try to edit the backup or create a new one, I don't see any option for Incremental. What am I missing?

Webmin 1.610 Virtualmin 3.98 gpl CentOS 5.9 Backup format (at top of page says Unix Tar.

Thanks, Bill

#2 Wed, 02/20/2013 - 22:19

andreychek

Howdy,

While the Virtualmin Virtual Server backups do offer an incremental, the filesystem backups don't offer that option. At the moment, it's only possible to do a full backup with those.

-Eric

#3 Wed, 02/20/2013 - 22:57

bill56

Hi Eric;

OK, thanks for the info. Do the Virtual Server backups get the homes/user/Maildir/./.mailboxes directories so all email is backed up?

Bill

#4 Thu, 02/21/2013 - 08:25

bill56

Eric:

I tested it, and it seems VS backups do get email also. Great!

So, using a combination of VS backups and filesystem backups, what is your recommendation for the best backup plan so I can easily restore in the event of disaster?

Thanks, Bill

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