OK, thanks, I think I'll then just delete and recreate my backup because this would cost me nothing (ingress traffic is free with Google Cloud), and it would probably take a similar amount of time.
Andrew On Mon, Oct 27, 2014, at 23:59, Nikolaus Rath wrote: > Andrew <[email protected]> writes: > > Hi, > > > > After upgrading from 2.9 to 2.11.1 I got this notification: > > > > "It is strongly recommended to run the s3ql_verify command with the > > --data option as soon as possible. This is necessary to ensure that the > > upgrade to the next (2.11) S3QL release will run smoothly." > > > > Now there are two problems with this: > > > > * First of all, I already upgraded to 2.11, even 2.11.1 actually, so the > > notification seems at least confusing > > Yeah, I had to release an intermediate version to address an important > security issue. So this should read "one of the next" rather than "the > next". > > > * Second of all, and most importantly, can you please clarify, do I > > really need to (still) run this command? > > Did you create the file system with S3QL pre-2.10? Then yes, I recommend > it. > > > I'm asking because it seems to > > me it would need to download my entire backup which would cost me a > > non-negligible amount of money (I'm using the Google Cloud backend) > > Yes, it will download all the data. You can also try to upgrade to the > next version as-is, but if (for some reason) any data is not available > on the backend, you'll be stuck in-between versions, which is hard to > fix. Running s3ql_verify first avoids this problem. > > > Best, > -Nikolaus > > -- > GPG encrypted emails preferred. Key id: 0xD113FCAC3C4E599F > Fingerprint: ED31 791B 2C5C 1613 AF38 8B8A D113 FCAC 3C4E 599F > > »Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a Banana.« > > -- > 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. -- 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.
