Hi Reio, You need to delete files from the destination that have been removed from the source, especially the current_mirror file.
Use rsync with --delete to do that. Thanks, Chris. On Thu, 23 Dec 2021 at 11:24, Reio Remma via Any discussion of rdiff-backup <rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org> wrote: > Hello! > > I'm migrating my backups from an LVM volume to ZFS dataset, however after > rsyncing the data over, I'm getting the following error: > > $ rdiff-backup --verify backup-zfs/hostname > Warning, two different times for current mirror found > Fatal Error: Metadata file > '/mnt/backup-zfs/hostname/rdiff-backup-data/mirror_metadata.2021-12-23T06:17:32+02:00.diff.gz' > has a duplicate timestamp date, you might not be able to recover files on > or earlier than this date. Check the man page on how to clean up your > repository using the '--allow-duplicate-timestamps' option. > > I'm unsure what to make of it or how to avoid it. > > I used the following rsync command to copy the data: > > rsync -avhA --progress --stats backup/ backup-zfs/ > > It seems that it breaks when I run rsync again after an initial run and > when data has changed at the source by then. > > Thanks! > > Reio >
