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Possible to overwrite Vm Snapshots? #38

Closed AbubakrSamsodien closed 7 years ago

AbubakrSamsodien commented 7 years ago

Im new to scripting, looking for a way to overwrite the exported snapshot instead of it creating /snapshot/BACKUP/(VM)/backup(date), i just want to remove (date) so that it doesnt make multiple VMs.

It has to overwrite the existing VM snapshot.

Everyone welcome to ask me questions if things are unclear.

blu-IT commented 7 years ago

Hello,

you can set how many/how long snapshots should be saved.

So if you set the value to one, after the new snapshot has been saved, the old one will be canceled. Is this what you are looking for?

Regards,

Ivan

Von: AbubakrSamsodien [mailto:notifications@github.com] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 16. März 2017 09:51 An: NAUbackup/VmBackup Cc: Subscribed Betreff: [NAUbackup/VmBackup] Possible to overwrite Vm Snapshots? (#38)

Im new to scripting, looking for a way to overwrite the exported snapshot instead of it creating /snapshot/BACKUP/(VM)/backup(date), i just want to remove (date) so that it doesnt make multiple VMs.

It has to overwrite the existing VM snapshot.

Everyone welcome to ask me questions if things are unclear.

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AbubakrSamsodien commented 7 years ago

Thanks Do you know which line in the script to configure?

Because ive tried changing: 710 def get_dir_to_remove(path, numbackups): 711 # Find oldest backup and select for deletion 712 dirs = os.listdir(path) 713 dirs.sort() 714 if (len(dirs) > numbackups and len(dirs) > 1): 715 return dirs[1] 716 else: 717 return False

but still no luck, it still creates a new snapshot without removing the old 1

AbubakrSamsodien commented 7 years ago

Hey

I trust you are well

If you have time, what line in the script do i have to config to overwrite my old backups?

kind regards

From: Ivan De Masi notifications@github.com Sent: 16 March 2017 10:09 AM To: NAUbackup/VmBackup Cc: AbubakrSamsodien; Author Subject: Re: [NAUbackup/VmBackup] Possible to overwrite Vm Snapshots? (#38)

Hello,

you can set how many/how long snapshots should be saved.

So if you set the value to one, after the new snapshot has been saved, the old one will be canceled. Is this what you are looking for?

Regards,

Ivan

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Im new to scripting, looking for a way to overwrite the exported snapshot instead of it creating /snapshot/BACKUP/(VM)/backup(date), i just want to remove (date) so that it doesnt make multiple VMs.

It has to overwrite the existing VM snapshot.

Everyone welcome to ask me questions if things are unclear.

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blu-IT commented 7 years ago

It is at the beginning oft the script:

DEFAULT_MAX_BACKUPS = 4 (change to 1)

Regards, Ivan

Am 17. März 2017 08:47:44 MEZ schrieb AbubakrSamsodien notifications@github.com:

Hey

I trust you are well

If you have time, what line in the script do i have to config to overwrite my old backups?

kind regards

From: Ivan De Masi notifications@github.com Sent: 16 March 2017 10:09 AM To: NAUbackup/VmBackup Cc: AbubakrSamsodien; Author Subject: Re: [NAUbackup/VmBackup] Possible to overwrite Vm Snapshots? (#38)

Hello,

you can set how many/how long snapshots should be saved.

So if you set the value to one, after the new snapshot has been saved, the old one will be canceled. Is this what you are looking for?

Regards,

Ivan

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Im new to scripting, looking for a way to overwrite the exported snapshot instead of it creating /snapshot/BACKUP/(VM)/backup(date), i just want to remove (date) so that it doesnt make multiple VMs.

It has to overwrite the existing VM snapshot.

Everyone welcome to ask me questions if things are unclear.

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blu-IT commented 7 years ago

Line 51 ;-)

Regards,

Ivan

Von: AbubakrSamsodien [mailto:notifications@github.com] Gesendet: Freitag, 17. März 2017 08:48 An: NAUbackup/VmBackup Cc: Ivan De Masi; Comment Betreff: Re: [NAUbackup/VmBackup] Possible to overwrite Vm Snapshots? (#38)

Hey

I trust you are well

If you have time, what line in the script do i have to config to overwrite my old backups?

kind regards

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Hello,

you can set how many/how long snapshots should be saved.

So if you set the value to one, after the new snapshot has been saved, the old one will be canceled. Is this what you are looking for?

Regards,

Ivan

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Im new to scripting, looking for a way to overwrite the exported snapshot instead of it creating /snapshot/BACKUP/(VM)/backup(date), i just want to remove (date) so that it doesnt make multiple VMs.

It has to overwrite the existing VM snapshot.

Everyone welcome to ask me questions if things are unclear.

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AbubakrSamsodien commented 7 years ago

you are amazing!

have an awesome day

From: Ivan De Masi notifications@github.com Sent: 17 March 2017 08:11 AM To: NAUbackup/VmBackup Cc: AbubakrSamsodien; Author Subject: Re: [NAUbackup/VmBackup] Possible to overwrite Vm Snapshots? (#38)

It is at the beginning oft the script:

DEFAULT_MAX_BACKUPS = 4 (change to 1)

Regards, Ivan

Am 17. März 2017 08:47:44 MEZ schrieb AbubakrSamsodien notifications@github.com:

Hey

I trust you are well

If you have time, what line in the script do i have to config to overwrite my old backups?

kind regards

From: Ivan De Masi notifications@github.com Sent: 16 March 2017 10:09 AM To: NAUbackup/VmBackup Cc: AbubakrSamsodien; Author Subject: Re: [NAUbackup/VmBackup] Possible to overwrite Vm Snapshots? (#38)

Hello,

you can set how many/how long snapshots should be saved.

So if you set the value to one, after the new snapshot has been saved, the old one will be canceled. Is this what you are looking for?

Regards,

Ivan

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Im new to scripting, looking for a way to overwrite the exported snapshot instead of it creating /snapshot/BACKUP/(VM)/backup(date), i just want to remove (date) so that it doesnt make multiple VMs.

It has to overwrite the existing VM snapshot.

Everyone welcome to ask me questions if things are unclear.

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NAUbackup commented 7 years ago

Thanks, Ivan (blu-IT). That is indeed the best way to restrict the number of backups to just the current one (one copy).