Retains more backups then defined in settings

  • Resolved ekesto

    (@ekesto)


    1 month, 2 weeks ago

    Heya everyone, and thanks for your work!

    I’m using the free version, and store the backups on the webserver itself.

    Issue: Even though I set the weekly backups to “retain this many scheduled backups:” to 2, it doesn’t delete older backups, and keeps piling them up. This obviously results in using up a lot of storage.

    Did I miss something? Or is there anything server related (e.g. cron) that isn’t working as expected?

    Would love to hear from you! Best wishes…

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  • Plugin Support nrobertsudp

    (@nrobertsudp)

    Hi there,

    Thank you very much, we appreciate your kind appreciation!

    Could you please provide the latest backup log file using PasteBin or a similar service?
    There’s information in the log file which can help us identify the cause of the problem.

    Best regards,

    Nick

    Thread Starter ekesto

    (@ekesto)

    Hi Nick

    Appreciate your quick response!

    Here’s the log file:

    https://www.swisstransfer.com/d/b4776a26-422e-4719-a326-c453a96412dd

    Hope that brings some clarity?

    Best wishes,

    Beat

    Plugin Support nrobertsudp

    (@nrobertsudp)

    Hi there,

    Thank you very much, I’m happy to help.

    Thank you for the log file, it does indeed give me an idea of the problem with this line:
    0021.067 (0) Prune old backups from local store: nothing to do, since the user disabled local deletion and we are using local backups.

    This infers you should reactivate the Delete local backup in Settings >> Expert settings.
    It may seem counter intuitive but should result in retention rules being correctly applied.

    If you could please try this and run a test backup we can review if your problem is solved.

    Best regards,

    Nick

    Thread Starter ekesto

    (@ekesto)

    Thanks for looking into this, Nick!

    I adjusted the settings accordingly and hope it will work. Otherwise I’d get back to you.

    Best wishes!

    Plugin Support nrobertsudp

    (@nrobertsudp)

    Hi there,

    Thank you very much!

    This should fix the problem, I’ll keep an eye open for your update.

    Best regards,

    Nick

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