On Tue, 16 Apr 2019 12:21:54 -0400
Ryan Tate wrote:
> Today I went to backup my machine using Qubes backup GUI and near the
> end (?) the progress bar was at 100% but the Finish button was not
> clickable. I waited maybe half an hour, an hour, and tried closing
> the window. I got an error message saying the window was not
> responding and asking if I wanted to force close. I said No. Now
> (maybe 15 minutes later) the window is completely blank.
>
> I have previously been left without a bootable Qubes machine because
> I cancelled a Qubes restore. I am worried I am about to be in the
> same state. Is there anywhere I can check to see if there are big
> stray files left behind in dom0 and not cleaned up? Can I check if
> I’m about to have lvm issues?
>
> Also, this is not the first time Qubes Backup has behaved oddly. I
> also commonly get it stuck at 99% for hours so I give up and force
> close. Other times, it proceeds pretty quickly to 100% and I get the
> Finish button clickable.
>
> The backup is only about 90GB (uncompressed, but compressed it is
> somewhere closer to 50GB) and is coming off a speedy internal drive
> to a decent USB3 external disk. No idea why I am having these issues.
>
It was a combination of issues on my machine that caused the same thing,
1. I do not have the lvm disk setup,
2. Backing up live vms.
As long as I only back up vms that are off, it all works perfectly.
I found this answered by Marek after searching for a while.
I have restored OK too, but have only done this once. It worked fine.
Mike.
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