Mark Murawski wrote at about 14:20:42 -0400 on Thursday, November 3, 2022: > 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. > AGAIN READ THE DOCUMENTATION!!!!
v4 DOES NOT USE HARD LINKS and Based on the form of the attrib file you list, you are using v4. > 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. > But we don't have time for vague initial speculation. Do your homework and provide as much background as possible. You just give a list of a single directory in your pc tree. You don't give any background info (such as what version, though I could figure it out), whether this is full or incremental, etc. You don't share any logs. You don't say how you are trying to restore (web gui, command line, looking for files in the pc tree?). You don't say what distro you are using. Every (free) public support forum that I have ever participated in expects that the user make some minimal effort to troubleshoot and provide details. > > There's nothing in /var/log/BackupPC other than LOCK and status.pl These are NOT the relevant (or at least most relevant log files) -- you need the file-specific log files which are in the pc tree for each host. Assuming you are referring to TopDir/log, such log files only show high level status of backup success or failure. Also, /var/log/BackupPC is a weird location unless it is a link to something like TopDir/log in which case it should contain files of form LOG.z and LOG.N.z -- but again these are not the relevant log files. Reading the documentation would be a helpful thing to do -- it was written for a purpose! > > > 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 > See above - these are not the detailed log files. If you are using the web gui, then you should see the log files for each backup. Read the documentation and don't just expect us to do all your work for you! > > 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. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 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 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 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/
