[SOLVED] How Can I keep not completely backup ?

shugen

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I have setup a cron to run backup daily.
But I notice that, if it faile in the middle of backup process, everything already send to server will be disappear.
For example, my command is like :

Bash:
proxmox-backup-client backup foo.pxar:foo/ bar.pxar:bar/ baz.pxar:baz --repository node@pbs@192.168.1.2:data --ns server

I can see foo.pxar.didx and bar.pxar.didx in the web ui while baz is backuping.
But if for unknown reason, the backup process was failed.
The snapshot which include foo.pxar.didx and bar.pxar.didx will disappear.
How can I keep the foo.pxar.dix and bar.pxar.didx ?

notes:
the content of foo,bar,baz are individual, if one of them lost, the others will still work.
 
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Hi,
a backup snapshot is only considered complete if all of the specified archives are backed up completely. Easiest way to achieve what you would like to do is to invoke the proxmox-backup-client command for each archive individually, maybe placing the snapshots for each in different sub-namespaces to get more efficient chunk reuse for subsequent backup runs and for better overview.
 
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