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Remove contents of backup destination option
Hello all, I'm using a ReadyNAS 104 at level 6.4.1. When defining a backup job to backup ReadyNAS contents to an external USB/eSATA drive connected to the ReadyNAS, there's an option to remove t...
HolgerGT86 wrote:
This was a quick one.
It happens when you run a backup job and do not specify a destination path.
I defined a test backup job to back up source /data/backup (share:Backup) to destination USB back top. I did not specify a path for the destination, I selected to run a full backup and checked the option "Remove the contents ...".
When running the test backup job all data on the destination device was deleted, including the already backed up data for "BackupHomeFoldersToTaurus" and "BackupTimeMachineToTaurus".
Don't know if this makes a difference now?
Regards,
Holger
That means its working as designed - deleting all files in the specified destination folder before beginning the backup.
The option warns that "this option deletes all folders and files in the backup destination."
I get that you thought it did something else, but I'm not seeing a way to word it more clearly. Do you have a suggestion?
This is the current text for the option:
"Remove the contents of the backup destination before performing a full backup.
This option removes from the backup destination any files that were removed in the backup source.
Warning: This option deletes all files and folders in the backup destination."
Before I suggest another text, let me ask one more thing to ensure I get it right.
The text says that the contents of the backup destination are only removed when a full backup is run. Does it mean nothing is removed when an incremental backup is done?
Means, when I decide to schedule a full backup every week, than every week, before the full backup starts, everything is deleted? Nothing is deleted when running incremental backups between the full backups?
For me the message text should say something like this:
"Remove the contents of the backup destination before performing a full backup.
This option removes from the backup destination any files that were removed in the backup source.
Warning: This option deletes all files and folders in the backup destination. It is not limitted to the destination path used by this backup job but impacts the data of all backup jobs using the same backup destination device."
Maybe an English native speaker is able to do better.
Regards,
Holger
What it does is delete ALL files and folders from the destination folder BEFORE the full backup is run. It doesn't check for files that were deleted on the source or anything else.
If you want to just delete files that are no longer on the source, there is a different option for that (but it is only available for some protocols - rsync in particular).
I think you are might be saying that the option deleted files on the drive that were not in the destination folder. If so, I think you've found a bug. Please confrim that I'm understanding you correctly. If you can post of screen shot of the backup settings, that would be helpful.
you misunderstood my update - sorry if I was not clear enough.
I already started this thread with a screen shot of the backup option I'm talking about.
There you can see what the original option text says, including the warning.
I don't have the time to do a detailed update now. Please give me some more time.
I will update this thread with more details and examples so that it will hopefully become more clear.
Thanks for taking care!
Holger
What I'm interested in seeing is the destination configuration page, and getting some more details on the folder name(s) that the backup job deleted.
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