Resolved Do incremental backups know about deleted files?

[Kroptokin]

Server operating system version

AlmaLinux 8.5

Plesk version and microupdate number

Plesk Obsidian 18.0.45

Hi

Let's say I have a website. I set in motion an incremental backup on Monday. So; on Monday it backs up the complete site. On Tuesday (daily schedule) it backs up the new files I added on Tuesday and so we now have the original full backup and an incremental which just contains the files I added on Tuesday. Good.

On Wednesday I delete a file. The next incremental backup runs after this.

On Thursday I do a restore using the last incremental backup from Wednesday as the starting point.

Will the file I deleted on Wednesday be in the restored site? If not (and I hope/assume not) how does Plesk 'delete' it? It must maintain some kind of an index of deleted files?

Thanks,

 

[WebHostingAce]

Hi,

Will the file I deleted on Wednesday be in the restored site?

- No

This explains - Incremental Backup

There are many other documents online explaining how the Incremental Backup works.

 

[Bitpalast]

@WebHostingAce I did not find the information, that a deleted file is not included in a restore, in the docs. It is only saying that is stores changed files and new files. I think the question was whether a file that was included in the full backup, but not in a later increment, will be restored. The docs are not saying that meanwhile deleted files are no longer present in a restore.

Probably the best will be to test the scenario in a small test account in order to find out what will really happen.

 

[WebHostingAce]

@Peter Debik I did test this. It works. In the above scenario if you restore the Wednesday Backup, the deleted file is not there.

 

[Bitpalast]

@Peter Debik I did test this. It works. In the above scenario if you restore the Wednesday Backup, the deleted file is not there.

Wonderful! Thank you!