keep multiple backup copies

[rudravan]

With the NETFS_KEEP_OLD_BACKUP_COPY=true I am able to keep one copy of the backup.

Is it possible to keep multiple backup copies ? I would like to retain 6 copies.

[jsmeix]

With NETFS_KEEP_OLD_BACKUP_COPY=true
it is not possible to keep multiple backup copies.

In general regarding NETFS_KEEP_OLD_BACKUP_COPY
and things like that see the section
"Relax-and-Recover versus backup and restore" in
https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:Disaster_Recovery

[didacog]

Hello @rudravan,

This option only allows you to keep previous copy, as far as I know. If you use DRLM 2.4.x (www.drlm.org) to manage your DR environment you can keep as many copies as you want/can for each backup/config.

These are the config options:

# ================================
# ==== History Backup files ======
# ================================

# Max numbers of backups for client backup configration to keep in filesystem
#
#HISTBKPMAX=2

# ================================
# ===== Incremental Backups ======
# ================================

# DRLM_INCREMENTAL by defautl incremental backups are disabled. Put
# this var to "yes" in order to enable
#
#DRLM_INCREMENTAL="yes"

# DRLM_INCREMENTAL_HIST defines how many snaps to save
#
#DRLM_INCREMENTAL_HIST=6

# DRLM_INCREMENTAL_BEHAVIOR
# 0 - Always incremental. When DRLM_INCREMENTAL_HIST is exceeded deletes the oldest snap. HISTBKPMAX is ignored.
# 1 - New and empty DR File. When DRLM_INCREMENTAL_HIST is exceeded makes a New and empty DR File before runbackup
# 2 - New inherited DR File. When DRLM_INCREMENTAL_HIST is exceeded makes a New DR File from last backup.
#
#DRLM_INCREMENTAL_BEHAVIOR=1

So maybe in your use case you can use DRLM to manage DR with rear and get this feature along with some others?

Hope this can help.

Kind regards,
Didac