Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup

2024-02-03 Thread G.W. Haywood
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

Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup

2024-02-03 Thread daggs via BackupPC-users
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

[BackupPC-users] BackupPC V3 -> V4 pool migration mandatory?

2024-02-03 Thread Adam Pribyl
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

Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup

2024-02-03 Thread Les Mikesell
> > > 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. --

Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup

2024-02-03 Thread daggs via BackupPC-users
> 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 > > > >