-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 2017-06-21 15:47, cubit wrote: > Is there a better way to verify that the qubes based backup > succeeds? > > I discovered today that, while I backup all AppVM and TemplateVM in > one time (via GUI), the backups created going back to February all > consistently fail to restore one particular appVM,,,, > > Yesterday I needed a clean laptop for a travel so I did a full > backup and then removed my "storage" AppVM that contain all my > documents as well I delete 2 other AppVM, "gpg" and "chat". Can > you see where this go......? > > Today I go to restore the deleted AppVM via GUI. "gpg" and "chat" > restore perfect but "storage" gives error even though when I > veryify the archive it is ok :(( > > ERROR: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: > u'/var/tmp/restore_LtT4Jk/vm1' *** Skipping VM: storage -> Done. > Please install updates for all the restored templates. -> Completed > with errors! > > > I try using "qvm-backup-restore -d sys-usb > /path/to/backup/qubes_backup_time storage --debug" to see if there > are more details. It fails too and no much details are extra See > attached restore_errors.txt where it try vm17 > > > What is interesting is that for some reason it is trying to restore > vm17 which is not my "storage" vm based on the qubes.xml in the > same directory. My "storage" vm should be 1. > > I was able to do "emergency backup recovery" on files in vm1 > directory and as hoped, all my "storage" appVM files were in > there. > > I had to go to backups from February before I could find one that > would restore "storage" appVM from GUI or qvm-backup-restore > > Some questions > > - how can I better veryify backups working?
You can use the "verify-only" restore option (available both in Qubes Manager and on the command-line) immediately after creating a backup. - -- Andrew David Wong (Axon) Community Manager, Qubes OS https://www.qubes-os.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJZS0BjAAoJENtN07w5UDAwKnQQALo2uYmdbW6zcBTmYEYC2QuV W+zgp+pT0S/SXK7qqG5Qw5o3N2y104eK95DvKK0ZyBC/UIbnsYO4u77oECC1CTsx r+kpkr7cslNMsnkleUPk6ahwutZZg/eJ6E57w2kPGcDJdBh8ys2i8ubHGM2hft85 9jOAcbjUP5X9COVO4TtCK3JF67R9VpmemXSgNE8BlVFsmaqdncgSO/RfjTx/+Oov QuborHaz4GRFrw6ObAoRlObsrF+QHqMj+zQVmUUXD+6IT+SRSUi/J6NX0WHJbxgf Vzp1cfZEDgdHGEY718yyiwDxhYk6BofQQ5on0E8ogJfucdWQgCBrW3uxnvfovxcM Z41Khz4vtHtEpOiWApNAYT2XxFQRGZ/1XArIE7UbU7T0f9d9mPf31SxyYr9aHUER l0izY7UZ0bIjRjr1vAVDgSNep9drO25wWQ/ia/5M0NHIy+xknRyA00OF9q2Cf2r0 uZdlJHuFi9htyI6Wd925ajP07LOfPxR8RMlS5+SLHkYF90pQkg4XdSo0wf3XBopc gO0+ijEqYOzZtyoaUARwbpxV7tLOPsa/AvJgJthphB6UgtMDUoio42FYMUbRmqXt VLK0L/7Xj8fvQzFHRig6xMOYFvLjEml+zR6dYzNQK2S2uklZdqFJkT6I4fWoEDZB 4A594AjYXaLPsaBgDmSw =gDtA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/245f04eb-e855-d5b0-ec3b-925e302241d2%40qubes-os.org. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
