Post backup processing

  • Resolved duanemitchell

    (@duanemitchell)


    7 years, 11 months ago

    My backups are being sent to S3. However, a copy still remains in the local directory as does the log file. I’d like to remove both since the backup is now on S3.

    I notice in the Cleanup Options pane of Settings there’s an option to “Cleanup by Date (days)”. If I set that to 1 day would that clean out the local backup and log file a day after the backup ran. I suppose I could also run a cron job from my cPanel?

    Thanks.

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  • Thread Starter duanemitchell

    (@duanemitchell)

    Answering part of my question…I see I can disable the backup log in Settings.

    Yes, logs can be disabled although XCloner has a log rotation option implemented in latest 4.0.2 version, so it will not keep logs older than 1 week.

    And yes, you can use the days setting to delete backups older than that period.

    Will mark this as resolved for now

    Thread Starter duanemitchell

    (@duanemitchell)

    This isn’t working. Please correct me as to where to make the settings.

    First, with regard to the log file. I go into Settings->General Settings-Enable XCloner Backup Log. I turn that off because I don’t want the log files. I then save the settings. Next time I log in it’s turned on and it’s creating log files. How do I set this? Also, where is this option for log rotation?

    Also, local backups are not being deleted. Since I send them to S3 I don’t want to save them at all. I don’t understand what I’m doing wrong? What should my settings be for the following options if I want to delete a local backup as soon as possible after it has been moved to S3?

    In Settings->Cleanup Options there are the following 3 settings. What should I set them to?

    Cleanup by Date(days)
    Cleanup by Quantity
    Cleanup by Capacity(MB)

    Thanks!

    Thread Starter duanemitchell

    (@duanemitchell)

    OK, I may have answered one of my questions regarding the backup removal. I have the following settings:

    Cleanup by Date(days) – 1
    Cleanup by Quantity – 1
    Cleanup by Capacity(MB) – 0

    Right now I’m running a daily backup only because I want to get this working. So with the above settings it keeps just one backup for 24 hours on the local server and all the backups on S3.

    Now just have to figure out the log files.

    Could be a bug in XCloner so when you deactivate/activate XCloner the default log setting will reset itself to true. I will have that fixed for the next release

    Thread Starter duanemitchell

    (@duanemitchell)

    I just checked it is off. The last time I set it to off I deliberately clicked the Save Settings button before moving to the next pane. Since I’m also trying to config Cleanup Options I would wait until I got done there to click the Save Setting button. So maybe that is it. I’m watching it close but at least for now it seems to be good. Thanks.

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