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Remove the contents of the backup.... doesn't work on Duo v2
During incremental backup files are not removed for my backup (USB device). All newly added or changed files/directories are correctly updated. For testing purposes I've created a new directory an...
RAIDiator 5.3.5 (ARM)
FS of USB (WD MyBook 500GB) NTFS
I've assigned my test backup job to the backup button and also tried to run it directly via web GUI
mdgm why should I set schedule for doing full backup? I want to do incremental backup
So it seems that the option "Remove the contents of the backup destination..." doesn't work somehow for me using incremental backup.
Could someone test this in my scenario.
1. Create a new share and add some files
2. Create a new backup job for this using USB NTFS FS without schedule enabled and "Remove the contents of the backup destination." option enabled and Full backup: First time option selected
3. Perform backup - rear top usb port - using backup button or run it via gui
4. remove files from source directory
5. perform backup
6. check if the files were removed form the destination directory
FS of USB (WD MyBook 500GB) NTFS
I've assigned my test backup job to the backup button and also tried to run it directly via web GUI
mdgm why should I set schedule for doing full backup? I want to do incremental backup
So it seems that the option "Remove the contents of the backup destination..." doesn't work somehow for me using incremental backup.
Could someone test this in my scenario.
1. Create a new share and add some files
2. Create a new backup job for this using USB NTFS FS without schedule enabled and "Remove the contents of the backup destination." option enabled and Full backup: First time option selected
3. Perform backup - rear top usb port - using backup button or run it via gui
4. remove files from source directory
5. perform backup
6. check if the files were removed form the destination directory
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