From 61691abbfc8fc1351908ce8a97d5e2908dc8d9b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Axel Burri Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2022 15:16:18 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] documentation: update deletion of raw targets --- doc/btrbk.conf.5.asciidoc | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/btrbk.conf.5.asciidoc b/doc/btrbk.conf.5.asciidoc index 7478856..e5eed19 100644 --- a/doc/btrbk.conf.5.asciidoc +++ b/doc/btrbk.conf.5.asciidoc @@ -605,10 +605,6 @@ TARGET TYPES btrfs-send(8), with optional compression and encryption. + -- -Note that the target preserve mechanism is currently disabled for -incremental raw backups (btrbk does not delete any incremental raw -files)! - Raw backups consist of two files: the main data file containing the btrfs send stream, and a sidecar file ".info" containing metadata: @@ -624,6 +620,11 @@ For 'incremental' backups ("incremental yes"), please note that: make sure that a non-incremental backup is triggered from time to time. +* The scheduler will never delete dependent parents of backups + preserved by the retention policy (run btrbk with the '-S', + '--print-schedule' option to get a comprehensive output of the + scheduler results). + * There is currently no support for rotation of incremental backups: if 'incremental' is set, a full backup must be triggered manually from time to time in order to be able to delete old backups.