I just restored a backup using the web interface and that worked well. I would still like to know if there is a command line restore option that will work with backups that contain large files. The files that BackupPC_tarCreate restores are ok, it just skipped large files.
On Sat, 10 Oct 2020 at 07:49, David Walton <dks...@gmail.com> wrote: > I tried doing a backup restore using BackupPC_tarCreate piped over ssh. > This failed for all large files. > > Running > /usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_tarCreate -h fsdata.local -n 262 -s > /srv/dev-disk-by-label-datadrive/data / | ssh david@htpc1.local "(cd > /media/david/omv071020/bpc262/; tar -xpf -)" > > Resulted in error messages for all large files like the following: > Error: truncating > /data/backuppc/cpool/8e/1c/8f1cc9a413ed1ed97f5772df02e6515f to 0 bytes (for > ./GIS/Garmin/basemap.vg) > > Using the web interface, I can download these large files individually, so > they have been stored ok. > > I am currently using BackupPC version 4.3.1 > > Is there a way around this? > > What is the best way to restore backups that contain large files? > > > -- > David Walton > -- David Walton
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