Jim Faulkner wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Aug 2010, Gavin wrote: > >> I've put a log of the backup here: >> http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/jfaulkne/bode-rdiff-backup.txt >> >> and here's the same failure when using "--terminal-verbosity 7": >> http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/jfaulkne/bode-rdiff-backup2.txt >> >> Anyone have any ideas as to what's going wrong here? >> >> Try copying the base data to dest with rsync first and then run >> rdiff-backup against >> it with --force. > > That worked! The rdiff-backup finished successfully after an initial > rsync of the data. Why did I need to run rsync first to make it work? > > _______________________________________________ > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > Wiki URL: > http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki > Rsync is simply better (resume and other options) at connections across networks so this is a common method. Don't forget to remove the --force option after the first rdiff-backup run and then run rdiff-backup again. In my experience two rdiff-backup runs is required to be sure that the repo is working.
Also I usually recommend using backupninja instead off rdiff-backup directly to provide a backup system. Cheers Gavin -- www.gnumims.org <http://www.gnumims.org> www.kromhouts.net <http://www.kromhouts.net> Everything in moderation, including moderation itself.
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