Hi, I would like to understand where metadata is stored and how it is used:
If I run this: s3qladm download-metadata s3://xxxxxxxx/ The following backups are available: No Name Date 0 s3ql_metadata_bak_0 2013-07-02 11:14:55 1 s3ql_metadata_bak_1 2013-07-01 11:14:14 2 s3ql_metadata_bak_10 2013-06-24 03:34:58 3 s3ql_metadata_bak_2 2013-07-01 03:20:06 4 s3ql_metadata_bak_3 2013-06-30 03:19:49 5 s3ql_metadata_bak_4 2013-06-29 03:13:52 6 s3ql_metadata_bak_5 2013-06-28 14:08:21 7 s3ql_metadata_bak_6 2013-06-28 03:36:40 8 s3ql_metadata_bak_7 2013-06-27 03:36:20 9 s3ql_metadata_bak_8 2013-06-26 03:35:40 10 s3ql_metadata_bak_9 2013-06-25 03:35:20 So these are remote backups of the metadata. I know the local metadata is stored here /root/.s3ql/ and the 2 important files are: /root/.s3ql/s3:=2F=xxxxxxxx=2F.db /root/.s3ql/s3:=2F=xxxxxxxx=2F.params and the cache folder is also important /root/.s3ql/s3:=2F=xxxxxxxx=2F-cache If you unmount the S3 drive correctly and cleanly, and Metadata-Upload-Thread finishes. Where is the metadata stored on the backend? (e.g can you see it using #s3qladm download-metadata) Is there a working metadata folder on the backend *and* the backups seen by using #s3qladm download-metadata ? (is there 2 location for metadata on the backend?) If the S3 drive is not umounted cleanly and the Metadata-Upload-Thread does not upload the metadata. What is best copy of metadata to use A) the remote backup seen in #s3qladm download-metadata? (but why use this if the last metadata upload was not successful?) B) the local metadata files? C) another location (I am not aware of)? Regards, Warren -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "s3ql" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
