Hi,
Regards to:
1)
I know there are no data files stored in the pc tree. I understand that
BackupPC uses hard links for file-level deduplication. In traditional
BackupPC datastores that I've worked on, the hard links on a per-file
basis do exist in the pc directory. Unless this was changed? It's been
a while since I've went into the internals. I was just shocked that
after poking around I don't see any data being backed up despite
successes being reported on the portal. This was a bit worrisome since
there's no backup files present.
2)
My post here was a starting point for getting some insight into the
issue. I wasn't expecting a "here's exactly how to fix it instruction
manual" as a first response. I was expecting something like "I see you
have some backup restoration issues... but have you tried X?". To be
fair, there is no guide so far that I see on the proper process for
reporting trouble, other than "provide the most detail possible". Which
I did my initial investigation and pasted in my findings... again a
starting point. You don't have to jump down people's throats who didn't
live up to the undefined expectations. Honestly this kind of hostility
is is why some open source communities get a bad reputation. I'm not
offended.. it's just part of the open source world... Just food for thought.
There's nothing in /var/log/BackupPC other than LOCK and status.pl
I did find this in the web portal shortcut for 'LOG' file
2022-11-03 08:08:49 User backuppc downloaded zip archive for xyz, backup
51; share /; files were: /etc/ssl/private/xyz.crt
2022-11-03 08:08:49 Can't run BackupPC_zipCreate while BackupPC_dump is
running on host xyz
I'll try downloading it again when there's no jobs running... is this a
setting? Is it not possible to download a zip when a backup job is
running on the same host?
On 11/3/22 13:24, backu...@kosowsky.org wrote:
Two problems:
1. You need to at least take the effort of reading the basic
documentation before seeking help here.
Hint #1: there are no "data files" stored in the pc tree
Hint #2: Your statement "I didn't even know that my backups are
completely broken and missing all files." sounds ridiculous
2. Even if there really is a problem, how in the world can we expect
to help you if you don't provide any log files or other details
regarding the backup, including in particular for "this" file?
Please show us the courtesy of taking the effort to ask an
appropriately-prepared and supported question...
Mark Murawski wrote at about 12:22:00 -0400 on Thursday, November 3, 2022:
> Hello!
>
>
> This is the most recently finished full backup [51] for /etc/ssl/private
>
>
>
>
> When I restore or download this file it's 0 bytes! Not the reported 1428
>
>
> And this is my backup path on the backuppc
>
>
/home/backuppc/pc/comm-nyc1.somethingorother.local/51/f%2f/fetc/fssl/fprivate
> total 24K
> drwxr-x--- 5 backuppc backuppc 6 Oct 1 03:24 .
> drwxr-x--- 4 backuppc backuppc 5 Oct 1 03:24 ..
> -rw-r----- 1 backuppc backuppc 0 Oct 1 03:24
> attrib_ee15c72043d4a708b79599530373a35b
> drwxr-x--- 2 backuppc backuppc 3 Oct 1 03:24 fcertbot-renew.d
> drwxr-x--- 2 backuppc backuppc 2 Oct 1 03:24 fold
> drwxr-x--- 2 backuppc backuppc 3 Oct 1 03:24 fselfsigned
> [root@BackupPC
>
/home/backuppc/pc/comm-nyc1.somethingorother.local/51/f%2f/fetc/fssl/fprivate]#
>
>
> There's no files in there!! Just directories! Everything is missing
>
> And it looks like the *entire* backup system looks like this. I didn't
> even know that my backups are completely broken and missing all files.
>
>
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