Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup
> Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2024 at 12:38 AM > From: "Les Mikesell" > To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" > > Cc: "daggs" > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup > > > > > Error: Can't open/create > > > > /var/lib/backuppc/pc/localhost/restoreReq.22495.0 > > > is there any other info required? > > Specifically, you need to know why the backuppc user can't write in > that location. > Maybe 'ls -l /var/lib/backuppc/pc' > or > 'ls -ld /var/lib/backuppc/pc/localhost' > will tell you. $ ls -ld /var/lib/backuppc/pc/localhost drwxr-x--- 4 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 /var/lib/backuppc/pc/localhost $ ls -l /var/lib/backuppc/pc total 72 drwxr--r-- 5 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 dtv_server drwxr--r-- 11 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 idesesm-pc drwxr-x--- 4 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 localhost drwxr-x--- 2 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 media drwxr-x--- 3 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 michal_desktop drwxr--r-- 10 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 michalvirtpc drwxr-x--- 7 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 3 23:00 nas_server drwxr--r-- 10 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 ncc-5001-d_confs_n_scripts drwxr--r-- 7 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 ncc-5001-d_home drwxr--r-- 5 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 ncc-5001-d_imgs drwxr--r-- 7 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 ncc-5001-d_media drwxr-x--- 5 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 ncc-5001-d_personal drwxr--r-- 7 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 ncc-5001-d_pictures drwxr--r-- 8 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 ncc-5001-d_remote_media drwxr-x--- 4 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 ncc-5001-d_snapshot drwxr--r-- 15 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 3 23:00 streamer drwxr--r-- 4 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 tvheadend_server drwxr-x--- 6 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 3 23:00 utils_server seems ok to me ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup
> > > Error: Can't open/create /var/lib/backuppc/pc/localhost/restoreReq.22495.0 > is there any other info required? Specifically, you need to know why the backuppc user can't write in that location. Maybe 'ls -l /var/lib/backuppc/pc' or 'ls -ld /var/lib/backuppc/pc/localhost' will tell you. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
[BackupPC-users] BackupPC V3 -> V4 pool migration mandatory?
Do I need to migrate anything with V3 to V4 upgrade (using tar, no rsync)? I am fine having old backups in V3, create a new ones with V4. Does BackupPC V4 handles this? I know there is /usr/share/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_migrateV3toV4 -a but is it mandatory to continue backuppc operation? My pool is large, server "slow". Thanks ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup
Greetings, > Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2024 at 4:24 PM > From: "G.W. Haywood" > To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup > > Hi there, > > On Sat, 3 Feb 2024, daggs wrote: > > > I want to restore a remote backup to a external device which is connected > > to my backup server under mount. > > I've selected the remote host and the backup host (localhost) at path /mnt > > but I get the below error. > > Error: Can't open/create /var/lib/backuppc/pc/localhost/restoreReq.22495.0 > > > > what can be the issue? > > When you do *anything*, for example in this case a restore, there's a > 'user' involved. That user has permissions. The permissions need at > least to grant read access to what needs to be read and write access > to what needs to be written. The 'open/create' in the error message > *seems* to be telling us that the user doesn't have permission, but I > wouldn't rule out the possibility that the path is non-existent from > what I've seen so far. Is there any more to the error message? no, that is the only error I see, what I did was to install backuppc and then copy the data from the old drive to the new one where backuppc runs. > > > It might be as simple as giving write permission on a directory to the > user doing the restore, but you might need to look at > > (a) the user ids >- which user is doing the restore >- where the restored files are expected to be written >- what permissions will the user need to do whatever is required that depends on the ui, I don't know what is the user used by the ui > > (b) those parts of the BackupPC configuration which concern >- the locations of the various bits of the BackupPC system and >- the user(s) which are allowed to run backups and restores > where can I find it? > If you can give more details about how you attempted to perform the > restore (if you used the command line, then let us see the commands), > about your configuration, about all the different bits of equipment, > and how they're supposed to talk to each other, we should be able to > give you better help. If you mounted any of the bits manually, let > us see the mount command(s) (and the content of /etc/fstab if used). as said, I'm using the ui to restore from an old host's data to localhost at /mnt/ $ mount ... /dev/sda1 on /var/lib/backuppc type ext4 (rw,relatime) /dev/sdb1 on /mnt type ext3 (rw,relatime) ... $ ls -l /mnt/ -a /var/lib/backuppc /mnt/: total 24 drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 Feb 2 14:32 . drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 Dec 11 01:24 .. drwx-- 2 root root 16384 Feb 2 14:32 lost+found /var/lib/backuppc: total 48 drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Jan 27 13:32 . drwxr-xr-x 30 root root 4096 Jan 26 13:41 .. drwxr-xr-x 146 backuppc backuppc 4096 Jan 30 20:11 cpool drwxr-xr-x 2 backuppc www-data 4096 Jan 27 13:31 etc_backuppc drwxr-x--- 2 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 3 18:00 log drwx-- 4 126 126 16384 Sep 6 2015 lost+found drwxr-xr-x 20 backuppc backuppc 4096 Aug 19 2020 pc drwxr-xr-x 2 backuppc backuppc 4096 Sep 6 2015 pool drwxr- 2 backuppc backuppc 4096 Jul 31 2020 trash $ cat /etc/fstab proc/proc procdefaults 0 0 PARTUUID=4fe29e33-01 /boot/firmware vfatdefaults 0 2 PARTUUID=4fe29e33-02 / ext4defaults,noatime 0 1 LABEL=backup /var/lib/backuppc/ext4defaults,noatime,ro 0 1 # a swapfile is not a swap partition, no line here # use dphys-swapfile swap[on|off] for that is there any other info required? Thanks, Dagg > > -- > > 73, > Ged. > ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup
Hi there, On Sat, 3 Feb 2024, daggs wrote: I want to restore a remote backup to a external device which is connected to my backup server under mount. I've selected the remote host and the backup host (localhost) at path /mnt but I get the below error. Error: Can't open/create /var/lib/backuppc/pc/localhost/restoreReq.22495.0 what can be the issue? When you do *anything*, for example in this case a restore, there's a 'user' involved. That user has permissions. The permissions need at least to grant read access to what needs to be read and write access to what needs to be written. The 'open/create' in the error message *seems* to be telling us that the user doesn't have permission, but I wouldn't rule out the possibility that the path is non-existent from what I've seen so far. Is there any more to the error message? It might be as simple as giving write permission on a directory to the user doing the restore, but you might need to look at (a) the user ids - which user is doing the restore - where the restored files are expected to be written - what permissions will the user need to do whatever is required (b) those parts of the BackupPC configuration which concern - the locations of the various bits of the BackupPC system and - the user(s) which are allowed to run backups and restores If you can give more details about how you attempted to perform the restore (if you used the command line, then let us see the commands), about your configuration, about all the different bits of equipment, and how they're supposed to talk to each other, we should be able to give you better help. If you mounted any of the bits manually, let us see the mount command(s) (and the content of /etc/fstab if used). -- 73, Ged. ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
