Hi,
I've googled around to confirm that packing means a full backup. Is there any way to carry out incremental backups and then pack the database, without carrying out a full backup each time - for example, can I continue to get nightly incremental backups if I pack nightly but retain the last 2 days' transaction history?
(I transfer the increments to a backup server, and then rebuild the database, then take a nightly snapshot to tape, so I really don't need a full backup)
I have an inkling this is not possible, but would be useful to confirm...
You're right, this is not possible. The only way to prevent full backups is to never pack the database.
Thanks for confirming. One other question which I don't know enough zodb voodoo to answer: Say I record the transaction ID of the last transaction to be backed up each night, pack the database, then with my next backup, only back up transactions with an ID above that. Is there any reason why this wouldn't work as a strategy? Not sure I really want to be responsible for a completely custom backup strategy, but I would like to know a bit more... Thanks, Miles