Hi Peter, A: Because it confuses the reader. Q: Why? A: No. Q: Should I write my response above the quoted reply?
..so please quote properly, as I'm doing in the rest of this mail: On Jun 29 2016, Peter Auyeung <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wednesday, June 29, 2016 at 11:53:06 AM UTC-7, Nikolaus Rath wrote: >> On Jun 29 2016, Peter Auyeung <[email protected] <javascript:>> >> wrote: >>> Is there a way to backup and restore metadata of s3ql? >> >> You could copy/restore the s3ql_metadata object in your storage backend, >> or the *.db file in your --cachedir. > > I did a copy and restore of the backend of s3ql on local storage and > getting the following error: > > # mount.s3ql local:///ntap4/restore/ /s3ql/restore/ > Using 10 upload threads. > Autodetected 4034 file descriptors available for cache entries > Enter file system encryption passphrase: > ERROR: Uncaught top-level exception: > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/mount.s3ql", line 9, in <module> > load_entry_point('s3ql==2.18', 'console_scripts', 'mount.s3ql')() > File "/usr/lib/s3ql/s3ql/mount.py", line 129, in main > (param, db) = get_metadata(backend, cachepath) > File "/usr/lib/s3ql/s3ql/mount.py", line 374, in get_metadata > param = backend.lookup('s3ql_metadata') > File "/usr/lib/s3ql/s3ql/backends/comprenc.py", line 77, in lookup > return self._verify_meta(key, meta_raw)[1] > File "/usr/lib/s3ql/s3ql/backends/comprenc.py", line 137, in _verify_meta > raise CorruptedObjectError('HMAC mismatch') > s3ql.backends.common.CorruptedObjectError: HMAC mismatch Well.. you did something wrong. Maybe you copied one of the s3ql_metadata_bak objects to s3ql_metadata? This will give you a checksum error. That said, I think you should explain what problem you are trying to solve. I don't think what you're trying to do is the right solution. 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.
