Stuart, Yes, great point - deleting the host and re-adding it many days later it will likely result in unused pool files being deleted during that period.
You can confirm that hypothesis by looking in the storage for tree for that host ($TOPDIR/pc/HOST) and below the numbered directories (one for each backup) you should see an attrib file, like this: /data/BackupPC/pc/xxxx/3/attrib_69c04f2b39174a2a33d18eea03311735 Take that md5 digest (the 32 hex digits after "attrib_") and see if that pool file exists, either by looking for $TOPDIR/cpool/68/c0/69c04f2b39174a2a33d18eea03311735 (you have to "and" the first two bytes with 0xfe to get the two directory names), or use this command: BackupPC_zcat 69c04f2b39174a2a33d18eea03311735 | wc If that's missing, you should probably delete $TOPDIR/pc/HOST/* and start over on that host... Craig On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 7:41 PM Stuart Rothrock <rothr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you Craig - I am running version 4.2.1 and perl 4:5.26.2 > > The list of backups does appear - 1-full and 5-incrementals. The dropdown > (html select list) is populated with the 6 backups but when I choose any of > them from the dropdown, the tree is missing other than "Contents of /" and > below that is "The directory / is empty". > > It looks like I don't need to click the "GO" since a change in the > selected backup fires an event to display that result at the top directory > level. Sorry for any confusion. > > With further reading and thought, it may be important to mention that the > full backup was 45 days in age. The host was deleted from the config for a > month before adding it back. I am a newb to the BackupPC internals so > excuse my terminology. Is it possible the grim reaper axed metadata or > files that were only referenced by this host? > > Thanks > Stuart > > On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 10:03 PM Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users < > backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > >> Deleting the host from the gui should only remove the entry from the >> hosts file, so adding it back should make things work again. I just tried >> that on a test setup, and it worked for me. I should ask what BackupPC >> version you are running? >> >> Does the list of backups GUI appear when you browse to that host? You >> say the "previous backups can be selected". After you select a particular >> backup, does the directory tree on the left look correct? >> >> When you refer to clicking "Go", are you referring to the directory >> navigation text box just above the backup directory navigation tree? If >> so, what path did you enter (I presume "/")? >> >> Craig >> >> >> >> On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 2:00 PM Stuart Rothrock <rothr...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I accidently deleted a host so I added it back. No files were manually >>> deleted but I am unable to browse the previous backups. They can be >>> selected and after clicking "Go", it says "The directory / is empty". What >>> do I need to do to be able to browse/restore files for this host? Thanks >>> _______________________________________________ >>> BackupPC-users mailing list >>> BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users >>> Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net >>> Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> BackupPC-users mailing list >> BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users >> Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net >> Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ >> >
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