Remove old backups via CLI

[flex1]

Hello,
I am planning to backup my server on a nfs storage space. Unfortunately, I only could achieve this by creating backups via CLI. In Plesk, I can choose how many scheduled backups should be persisted (the other will be deleted). Is it possible via CLI? Furthermore I want to use the incremental backup function.


Thank you very much for your help!

flex1

 

[IgorG]

Look at possible options for pleskbackup CLI utility with

# /usr/local/psa/bin/pleskbackup --help

 

[flex1]

Hey Igor,
thank you for your fast answer. I used your tip to look for a useful parameter. Unfortunately there is no parameter, which deletes the nth-old backup file (or older than a specific date). On the opposite, in Plesk there is an option.
I could change the DUMP_D variable to store the backups on my nfs storage space. With the scheduled backup function in Plesk I'm able to delete old backup files. But now, I have only one backup per day. It would be nice to get 2-3 backups per day because I have sensible customer data on my server.
So it would be nice to get an option to delete old backups via CLI or a possibility to create more than one backup per day via Plesk GUI.

 

[gbotica]

Hi,

I also use a network drive for Plesk backups, though I am using CIFS rather than NFS.

May I ask, with your set up, are you still able to run Plesk microupdates with the DUMP_DIR set to the NFS drive?

On my Plesk 12.0 server this fails because of permissions issues when the auto-updater makes a backup of the MySQL PSA database. See: http://talk.plesk.com/threads/plesk...ing-nas-for-plesk-backups.334935/#post-788852

 

[flex1]

@gbotica Unfortunately I have that configuration with NFS about two days. In that period there was no micro update and this is why I cant detect if I am still able to to run Plesk micro updates.

//Edit:
@gbotica Now I can confirm that I am still able to rune the Plesk micro updates. It works fine without any problems.