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sympanse
Level 3
15 years ago
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Backup job deletes folder


Hello,

I got following backup job:
\\server01\B:\BW\logbackup\*.* /ACESSDAYS:01

The logbackup folder contains log files which are usually written every 30 min. I got this job especially to delete logs which are older than 1 day.
Sometimes the complete folder ('logbackup') is deleted, so the log files can't be written anymore and everything gets a little messy.

What can I do to prevent arcserv to delete the folder?
Just wanna clean up log files > 1 day old.
2010
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  • Colin_Weaver's avatar
    Colin_Weaver
    15 years ago
    It probably deletes the folder if all the files in it meet the ACCESSDAYS:01 filter

    I's suggest putting a text file in the folder but give it a really odd extension and add an exclude filter to your backup jobs that specifically excludes backing up (and therefore archiving/deleting) that single file by it's name/extension.

    BTW I hope you mentioned Arcserv in your questiion by accident as if you didn't you might need to go and look at someone elses's website for help.
  • RahulG's avatar
    RahulG
    Level 6
    15 years ago
    Which log files you are tryign to backup ? I mean for which application the log files belong too?
  • Colin_Weaver's avatar
    Colin_Weaver
    Moderator
    15 years ago
    It probably deletes the folder if all the files in it meet the ACCESSDAYS:01 filter

    I's suggest putting a text file in the folder but give it a really odd extension and add an exclude filter to your backup jobs that specifically excludes backing up (and therefore archiving/deleting) that single file by it's name/extension.

    BTW I hope you mentioned Arcserv in your questiion by accident as if you didn't you might need to go and look at someone elses's website for help.
  • sympanse's avatar
    sympanse
    Level 3
    15 years ago
    oh f***!
    Got totally confused. Arcserve was the solution we had before.
    Well, this shows that we improved our backup solution. ;-)

    Capital idea with the odd extension.
    Here's my additional setup after I created fakefile.fkf:
    \\server01\B:\BW\logbackup\*.fkf /EXCLUDE

    Will take some time before I can give feedback.
  • sympanse's avatar
    sympanse
    Level 3
    15 years ago
    Works!
    Today I had an empty folder only with the fake file in it.