'backuppcfs' is a (read-only) FUSE fileystem that allows you to see the contents/ownership/perms/dates/Xattrs etc. of any file in your backup.
It is great for troubleshooting as well as for partial restores... Dave Sherohman via BackupPC-users wrote at about 09:54:27 +0100 on Wednesday, November 16, 2022: > I've just encountered the same problem from issue #171 on github, "on > restore all files owner root" > https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/issues/171 > > My RsyncRestoreArgs are the same as reported there, with the exception > that I don't have --ignore-times. I have done the tar restore check > there and confirmed that the files in the tarball show root/root ownership. > > The troubleshooting in the ticket ended with the suggestion "Can you > look in the most recent full backup XferLOG file and see what > permissions are transferred for that file? You might need to increase > the XferLogLevel to 2 or 3 and then do a new full backup to see > permissions on unchanged files." which the user in that case did not > respond to. I have attempted that step, but, even with XferLogLevel set > to 3 (as a per-host override) and doing a full backup of my test host, > XferLOG.[backup number] does not contain any individual file > names/paths, so I'm not able to check the permissions there. Latest > test XferLOG attached for reference. > > (I'm actually a little skeptical at this point as to whether > XferLogLevel even does anything these days, as there are no obvious > differences in the XferLOG files at log level 1 vs. log level 3.) > > What's my next step, and is there any further documentation on this > problem aside from the ticket for #171? > > My overall setup is a Debian 11 server running debianized BPC 4.4.0-3 > (the latest version from the stable repo) with a mixed pool of clients - > mostly Debian, but also some Windows, TrueNAS, OS X, and Centos machines. > XferLOG file /var/lib/backuppc/pc/koha-dsa/XferLOG.634 created 2022-11-16 > 09:47:03 > Backup prep: type = full, case = 3, inPlace = 1, doDuplicate = 1, newBkupNum > = 634, newBkupIdx = 28, lastBkupNum = , lastBkupIdx = (FillCycle = 7, > noFillCnt = 0) > Executing /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_backupDuplicate -m -h koha-dsa > Xfer PIDs are now 3702528 > Copying backup #633 to #634 > Xfer PIDs are now 3702528,3702594 > BackupPC_refCountUpdate: computing totals for host koha-dsa > BackupPC_refCountUpdate: host koha-dsa got 0 errors (took 3 secs) > BackupPC_refCountUpdate total errors: 0 > Xfer PIDs are now 3702528 > BackupPC_backupDuplicate: got 0 errors and 0 file open errors > Finished BackupPC_backupDuplicate (running time: 6 sec) > Running: /usr/libexec/backuppc-rsync/rsync_bpc --bpc-top-dir > /var/lib/backuppc --bpc-host-name koha-dsa --bpc-share-name / --bpc-bkup-num > 634 --bpc-bkup-comp 0 --bpc-bkup-prevnum -1 --bpc-bkup-prevcomp -1 > --bpc-bkup-inode0 569756 --bpc-log-level 3 --bpc-attrib-new > --rsync-path=/usr/bin/nice\ /usr/bin/sudo\ /usr/bin/rsync --numeric-ids > --perms --owner --group -D --links --hard-links --times --block-size=2048 > --recursive --delete --timeout=72000 --exclude=/var/lib/elasticsearch > --exclude=/var/lib/mysql --exclude=/proc --exclude=/sys > --exclude=/var/lib/postgresql --exclude=/usr/local/ezproxy/cookies > --exclude=/run --exclude=/dev --exclude=/tmp --exclude=/var/local/palantir > --exclude=/var/local/brick\* --exclude=/var/local/arbiter\* > --exclude=/var/local/bpc --exclude=/var/lib/backuppc > --exclude=/var/lib/libvirt/images koha-dsa:/ / > full backup started for directory / > Xfer PIDs are now 3707471 > This is the rsync child about to exec /usr/libexec/backuppc-rsync/rsync_bpc > Xfer PIDs are now 3707471,3707473 > xferPids 3707471,3707473 > Done: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 sizeExistComp, 0 filesTotal, 0 > sizeTotal, 7 filesNew, 17755669 sizeNew, 17755669 sizeNewComp, 569757 inode > Parsing done: nFilesTotal = 0 > DoneGen: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 sizeExistComp, 155253 > filesTotal, 35349671498 sizeTotal, 0 filesNew, 0 sizeNew, 0 sizeNewComp, > 569756 inode > Parsing done: nFilesTotal = 155253 > Xfer PIDs are now > full backup 634 complete, 155253 files, 35349671498 bytes, 0 xferErrs (0 bad > files, 0 bad shares, 0 other) > BackupExpire: cntFull = 17, cntIncr = 12, firstFull = 0, firstIncr = 12, > oldestIncr = 13.5728125, oldestFull = 81.6116550925926 > Running BackupPC_refCountUpdate -h koha-dsa on koha-dsa > Xfer PIDs are now 3711195 > BackupPC_refCountUpdate: processing host koha-dsa #634 (fsck = 0) > BackupPC_refCountUpdate: processing host koha-dsa #634 deltaFile > /var/lib/backuppc/pc/koha-dsa/634/refCnt/poolCntDelta_0_1_0_3707471 with 22 > entries > BackupPC_refCountUpdate: computing totals for host koha-dsa > BackupPC_refCountUpdate: host koha-dsa got 0 errors (took 2 secs) > BackupPC_refCountUpdate total errors: 0 > Xfer PIDs are now > Finished BackupPC_refCountUpdate (running time: 2 sec) > Xfer PIDs are now > _______________________________________________ > 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/
