Difference between revisions of "Backups"
From Briki
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. /etc/restic-init | . /etc/restic-init | ||
restic snapshots | restic snapshots | ||
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| + | == Deleting old snapshots == | ||
| + | Substitute `2021-12` with the month (or months) for which you want to keep a full history | ||
| + | for snap in `restic snapshots -c | grep maine | sed -e 's!.* !!' | grep -v -- '-01$' | grep -v '2021-12'` | ||
| + | do | ||
| + | restic forget --path /var/backup/snapshot/latest --tag $snap --keep-last=-1 | ||
| + | done | ||
== Pruning old history == | == Pruning old history == | ||
Revision as of 17:03, 31 December 2021
Listing previous snapshots
sudo -i . /etc/restic-init restic snapshots
Deleting old snapshots
Substitute `2021-12` with the month (or months) for which you want to keep a full history
for snap in `restic snapshots -c | grep maine | sed -e 's!.* !!' | grep -v -- '-01$' | grep -v '2021-12'` do restic forget --path /var/backup/snapshot/latest --tag $snap --keep-last=-1 done
Pruning old history
Note: This will also trim the size of the /root/.cache/restic directory
sudo -i . /etc/restic-init restic prune
