Hi!
I'm trying to restore a backup that has already been written, while a
rdiff-backup is running, and this fails:
machine:/home/user# rdiff-backup -r 1D /some/rdiff-backup/repo/foo .
Fatal Error: It appears that a previous rdiff-backup session with process
id 353 is still running. If two different rdiff-backup processes write
the same repository simultaneously, data corruption will probably
result. To proceed with regress anyway, rerun rdiff-backup with the
--force option.
If I add '--force', it tells me that the previous backup has failed
(which is wrong)
Is this intended behavior, or am I doing something wrong? Shouldn't it
be possible to do a read operation on the repository without affecting
the process that's currently making a new increment?
If it is intended, are there any workarounds for this? We need to be
able to restore a backup within minutes, and a backup process can last
for 6+ hours (and we do them twice a day).
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Helge Milde, 69701808 / 41747242
www.monsternett.no
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