PDA

View Full Version : VPS Backup - Virtuozzo

danweber
07-07-2005, 02:54 PM
What is the schedule of the Virtuozzo VPS backups? If I look at the date and time of each backup they are all over the place. Sometimes early in the morning, mid-day or late at night. I can see some fluctuations as jobs are probably done sequentially and don't take the same time every day.

Dan
charles
07-07-2005, 04:14 PM
Dan they run at the same time every night, but I'll explain why you are seeing different times. The backups are done sequentially so as to not put a load on the server. So the time it takes for the VPS before yours to get backed up will vary depending where they are in their backup rotation and/or how much data has changed. Put several servers in a row and the differences can add up.

hth
charles
danweber
07-07-2005, 10:09 PM
Charles,

That's what I thought. I was only a little surprised that the difference can be that big. However, the one day a week where a full backup is taken it surley has to take a while longer.

Thanks
Dan
Hvu
07-08-2005, 04:02 AM
well atleast your backups are working correctly. Heres mine

Jul 07, 2005 02:02:24 AM 57.45 Mb
Jul 06, 2005 02:58:58 AM 134.05 Mb
Jul 05, 2005 03:18:34 PM 1.40 Gb
Jul 04, 2005 03:04:45 AM 19.85 Mb
Jul 03, 2005 01:16:38 AM 19.39 Mb
Jul 02, 2005 01:57:37 AM 51.39 Mb
Jul 01, 2005 01:03:21 AM 16.21 Mb
Jun 30, 2005 01:28:43 AM 22.59 Mb
Jun 29, 2005 06:16:20 AM 12.38 Mb
Jun 29, 2005 05:15:13 AM 1.38 Gb

They seem to start but then fail ): this been goin on for while now, Since they moved my VPS to a dual Opteron from dual Xeons.
danweber
07-08-2005, 07:38 AM
What makes you think it failed? Remember that only one full backup is taken per week and then the following six backups are incremental, that's why they are smaller.

Your June 29 and July 5 seem to be the full backups and the other ones are incremental.

Before I reconfigure or install stuff I am not sure about I take a manual backup, which is always a full one.

Dan
charles
07-08-2005, 11:07 AM
Dan is right - they are incrementals. See every 7th one is larger. As he says, if you initiate your own backup, it will be about the size of the larger ones.

charles