Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup
> Sent: Friday, February 16, 2024 at 5:02 PM > From: "Les Mikesell" > To: "daggs" > Cc: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" > > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup > > On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 2:31 AM daggs wrote: > > > > managed to get it to work, the the -s was / and the rest was all the > > folders one after another as * didn't worked > > > > If you aren't familiar with the unix/linux shell, * would have to be > enclosed in single quotes like '*'. Otherwise it expands to the list > of files in your current directory before the command sees it. > I am familiar with the unix/linux shell, '*' didn't worked too ragardless, now I have the backup restored. Thanks. ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup
> Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at 12:04 AM > From: "Les Mikesell" > To: "daggs" > Cc: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" > > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup > > On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 1:15 PM daggs wrote: > > > > I want to restore it to a mount I've attached to the backup server > > so Backuppc_tarCreate -h host -n -1 | tar xf -C /mnt > > will do the trick? > > > > Backuppc_tarCreate needs a '-s sharename' option which would be the > share you used for the backup (maybe '/') and you can specify a list > of files or directories to restore. You can also use '-l' to just > list the files. I'd try that first - and maybe restore a small > directory like /etc or a single file first to see if you are on the > right track. I'm retired and a little fuzzy on this myself.Also, > is the drive mounted as /mnt or something under /mnt? I'd cd into > the top of that mount point to run the command instead of using -C. > Also tar needs a '-' after the f option to tell it to read stdin. > managed to get it to work, the the -s was / and the rest was all the folders one after another as * didn't worked thanks for the help ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup
> Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 8:26 AM > From: "Les Mikesell" > To: "daggs" > Cc: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" > > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup > > On Sun, Feb 11, 2024 at 12:08 AM daggs wrote: > > > > > > > > what is the expected behavior if I restore to remote and not localhost? > > > > > > > > > > That's going to depend on ssh being set up correctly on the remote. > > > And it will use the method configured for that host for the restore. > > > If you want the large tar image file instead you could use the web > > > interface to download it on some other computer with space. > > > > > > > both machines are headless... > > also, I'm not sure I can place a >2 TB file anywhere on my systems. > > > > I assume I can use BackupPC_zcat on each file and restore it to the proper > > location, thing is, I have the files which are part of either full backup > > and incremental backup > > and the last save is a incremental one, so is there a way to work with only > > the incremental one and have BackupPC_zcat know when to take it from the > > full backup? > > Did you want to restore to the original remote host or to a mounted > local filesystem? If the latter, and the problem is not having space > for the intermediate tar image file, then pipe the tarCreate command > output to an appropriate tar restore command. Note that the extract > will happen in your current directory unless you include a -C path > option, and ownership is going to be set according to the numeric user > id on the original file which may not match when on a different > machine. I want to restore it to a mount I've attached to the backup server so Backuppc_tarCreate -h host -n -1 | tar xf -C /mnt will do the trick? > > -- >Les Mikesell > lesmikes...@gmail.com > ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup
> Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 11:14 PM > From: "Les Mikesell" > To: "daggs" > Cc: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" > > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup > > On Sat, Feb 10, 2024 at 1:15 PM daggs wrote: > > > > what is the expected behavior if I restore to remote and not localhost? > > > > That's going to depend on ssh being set up correctly on the remote. > And it will use the method configured for that host for the restore. > If you want the large tar image file instead you could use the web > interface to download it on some other computer with space. > both machines are headless... also, I'm not sure I can place a >2 TB file anywhere on my systems. I assume I can use BackupPC_zcat on each file and restore it to the proper location, thing is, I have the files which are part of either full backup and incremental backup and the last save is a incremental one, so is there a way to work with only the incremental one and have BackupPC_zcat know when to take it from the full backup? ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup
what is the expected behavior if I restore to remote and not localhost? > Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 7:42 PM > From: "Les Mikesell" > To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" > > Cc: "daggs" > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup > > On Sat, Feb 10, 2024 at 10:53 AM daggs via BackupPC-users > wrote: > > > > the log doesn't specify the command but I think I have a clue, I saw that > > the cmd is something in the line of this: > > https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/291402/backuppc-restore-using-command-line-tools > > > > so it restores it to local path, in my case the tar file should be almost 3 > > TB of size and the local path as at most 16 GB. > > the target path has enough space. > > so I assume the issue is lack of space > > tarCreate writes to stdout, which in that example is redirected to a > local file. Send it where you have space - or test again restoring > only a small directory. > > -- >Les Mikesell > lesmikes...@gmail.com > ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup
the log doesn't specify the command but I think I have a clue, I saw that the cmd is something in the line of this: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/291402/backuppc-restore-using-command-line-tools so it restores it to local path, in my case the tar file should be almost 3 TB of size and the local path as at most 16 GB. the target path has enough space. so I assume the issue is lack of space > Sent: Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 3:21 AM > From: "Norman Goldstein" > To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup > > Run tarCreate at the command prompt. The log file may have the tarCreate > command line that was used. > > On 2024-02-09 14:27, daggs via BackupPC-users wrote: > >> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2024 at 11:40 PM > >> From: "Les Mikesell" > >> To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" > >> > >> Cc: "daggs" > >> Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup > >> > >> On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 2:46 PM daggs via BackupPC-users > >> wrote: > >>> any ideas? maybe to use the cli interface? > >>> > >> If normal permissions and mount status are OK, the next thing that > >> could be preventing writing is selinux. Is it enabled/enforcing? > >> > > no selinux but I have advanced, I've rebooted the server and tried the same > > flow, this time I don't get the error as before, I get an request sent but > > when I'm looking inside the server status tab, I see this: > > localhost restore backuppc2024-02-09 22:24 > > 2024-02-09 22:24BackupPC_tarCreate failed > > > > how can I get more info on why it failed? > > > > > > ___ > > BackupPC-users mailing list > > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > > Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > > Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ > > > > ___ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ > ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup
> Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2024 at 11:40 PM > From: "Les Mikesell" > To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" > > Cc: "daggs" > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup > > On Thu, Feb 8, 2024 at 2:46 PM daggs via BackupPC-users > wrote: > > > > > any ideas? maybe to use the cli interface? > > > > If normal permissions and mount status are OK, the next thing that > could be preventing writing is selinux. Is it enabled/enforcing? > no selinux but I have advanced, I've rebooted the server and tried the same flow, this time I don't get the error as before, I get an request sent but when I'm looking inside the server status tab, I see this: localhost restore backuppc2024-02-09 22:24 2024-02-09 22:24BackupPC_tarCreate failed how can I get more info on why it failed? ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup
> Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2024 at 4:11 PM > From: "daggs via BackupPC-users" > To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Cc: "daggs" , backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup > > > Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2024 at 3:58 PM > > From: "G.W. Haywood" > > To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup > > > > Hi there, > > > > > On Sun, 4 Feb 2024, Les Mikesell wrote: > > > > On Sun, 4 Feb 2024, daggs wrote: > > > > ... > > > > $ cat /etc/fstab > > > > proc/proc procdefaults 0 0 > > > > PARTUUID=4fe29e33-01 /boot/firmware vfatdefaults 0 > > > > 2 > > > > PARTUUID=4fe29e33-02 / ext4defaults,noatime 0 > > > > 1 > > > > LABEL=backup /var/lib/backuppc/ext4defaults,noatime,ro 0 > > > > 1 > > > > # a swapfile is not a swap partition, no line here > > > > # use dphys-swapfile swap[on|off] for that > > > > > > > > is there any other info required? > > > > > > Specifically, you need to know why the backuppc user can't write in > > > that location. > > > > Looks like fstab tells us. It doesn't matter *what* the permissions > > say in the filesystem if you mount it read only... :/ > but if you look at mount output, you'll see it is rw as I've remounted as rw > > Dagg > any ideas? maybe to use the cli interface? ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup
> Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2024 at 3:58 PM > From: "G.W. Haywood" > To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup > > Hi there, > > > On Sun, 4 Feb 2024, Les Mikesell wrote: > > > On Sun, 4 Feb 2024, daggs wrote: > > > ... > > > $ cat /etc/fstab > > > proc/proc procdefaults 0 0 > > > PARTUUID=4fe29e33-01 /boot/firmware vfatdefaults 0 2 > > > PARTUUID=4fe29e33-02 / ext4defaults,noatime 0 1 > > > LABEL=backup /var/lib/backuppc/ext4defaults,noatime,ro 0 1 > > > # a swapfile is not a swap partition, no line here > > > # use dphys-swapfile swap[on|off] for that > > > > > > is there any other info required? > > > > Specifically, you need to know why the backuppc user can't write in > > that location. > > Looks like fstab tells us. It doesn't matter *what* the permissions > say in the filesystem if you mount it read only... :/ but if you look at mount output, you'll see it is rw as I've remounted as rw Dagg ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup
> Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2024 at 12:38 AM > From: "Les Mikesell" > To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" > > Cc: "daggs" > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup > > > > > Error: Can't open/create > > > > /var/lib/backuppc/pc/localhost/restoreReq.22495.0 > > > is there any other info required? > > Specifically, you need to know why the backuppc user can't write in > that location. > Maybe 'ls -l /var/lib/backuppc/pc' > or > 'ls -ld /var/lib/backuppc/pc/localhost' > will tell you. $ ls -ld /var/lib/backuppc/pc/localhost drwxr-x--- 4 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 /var/lib/backuppc/pc/localhost $ ls -l /var/lib/backuppc/pc total 72 drwxr--r-- 5 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 dtv_server drwxr--r-- 11 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 idesesm-pc drwxr-x--- 4 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 localhost drwxr-x--- 2 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 media drwxr-x--- 3 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 michal_desktop drwxr--r-- 10 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 michalvirtpc drwxr-x--- 7 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 3 23:00 nas_server drwxr--r-- 10 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 ncc-5001-d_confs_n_scripts drwxr--r-- 7 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 ncc-5001-d_home drwxr--r-- 5 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 ncc-5001-d_imgs drwxr--r-- 7 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 ncc-5001-d_media drwxr-x--- 5 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 ncc-5001-d_personal drwxr--r-- 7 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 ncc-5001-d_pictures drwxr--r-- 8 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 ncc-5001-d_remote_media drwxr-x--- 4 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 ncc-5001-d_snapshot drwxr--r-- 15 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 3 23:00 streamer drwxr--r-- 4 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 1 01:00 tvheadend_server drwxr-x--- 6 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 3 23:00 utils_server seems ok to me ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup
Greetings, > Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2024 at 4:24 PM > From: "G.W. Haywood" > To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] error restoring backup > > Hi there, > > On Sat, 3 Feb 2024, daggs wrote: > > > I want to restore a remote backup to a external device which is connected > > to my backup server under mount. > > I've selected the remote host and the backup host (localhost) at path /mnt > > but I get the below error. > > Error: Can't open/create /var/lib/backuppc/pc/localhost/restoreReq.22495.0 > > > > what can be the issue? > > When you do *anything*, for example in this case a restore, there's a > 'user' involved. That user has permissions. The permissions need at > least to grant read access to what needs to be read and write access > to what needs to be written. The 'open/create' in the error message > *seems* to be telling us that the user doesn't have permission, but I > wouldn't rule out the possibility that the path is non-existent from > what I've seen so far. Is there any more to the error message? no, that is the only error I see, what I did was to install backuppc and then copy the data from the old drive to the new one where backuppc runs. > > > It might be as simple as giving write permission on a directory to the > user doing the restore, but you might need to look at > > (a) the user ids >- which user is doing the restore >- where the restored files are expected to be written >- what permissions will the user need to do whatever is required that depends on the ui, I don't know what is the user used by the ui > > (b) those parts of the BackupPC configuration which concern >- the locations of the various bits of the BackupPC system and >- the user(s) which are allowed to run backups and restores > where can I find it? > If you can give more details about how you attempted to perform the > restore (if you used the command line, then let us see the commands), > about your configuration, about all the different bits of equipment, > and how they're supposed to talk to each other, we should be able to > give you better help. If you mounted any of the bits manually, let > us see the mount command(s) (and the content of /etc/fstab if used). as said, I'm using the ui to restore from an old host's data to localhost at /mnt/ $ mount ... /dev/sda1 on /var/lib/backuppc type ext4 (rw,relatime) /dev/sdb1 on /mnt type ext3 (rw,relatime) ... $ ls -l /mnt/ -a /var/lib/backuppc /mnt/: total 24 drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 Feb 2 14:32 . drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 Dec 11 01:24 .. drwx-- 2 root root 16384 Feb 2 14:32 lost+found /var/lib/backuppc: total 48 drwxr-xr-x 9 root root 4096 Jan 27 13:32 . drwxr-xr-x 30 root root 4096 Jan 26 13:41 .. drwxr-xr-x 146 backuppc backuppc 4096 Jan 30 20:11 cpool drwxr-xr-x 2 backuppc www-data 4096 Jan 27 13:31 etc_backuppc drwxr-x--- 2 backuppc backuppc 4096 Feb 3 18:00 log drwx-- 4 126 126 16384 Sep 6 2015 lost+found drwxr-xr-x 20 backuppc backuppc 4096 Aug 19 2020 pc drwxr-xr-x 2 backuppc backuppc 4096 Sep 6 2015 pool drwxr- 2 backuppc backuppc 4096 Jul 31 2020 trash $ cat /etc/fstab proc/proc procdefaults 0 0 PARTUUID=4fe29e33-01 /boot/firmware vfatdefaults 0 2 PARTUUID=4fe29e33-02 / ext4defaults,noatime 0 1 LABEL=backup /var/lib/backuppc/ext4defaults,noatime,ro 0 1 # a swapfile is not a swap partition, no line here # use dphys-swapfile swap[on|off] for that is there any other info required? Thanks, Dagg > > -- > > 73, > Ged. > ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
[BackupPC-users] error restoring backup
Greetings, I want to restore a remote backup to a external device which is connected to my backup server under mount. I've selected the remote host and the backup host (localhost) at path /mnt but I get the below error. Error: Can't open/create /var/lib/backuppc/pc/localhost/restoreReq.22495.0 what can be the issue? Thanks, Dagg ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] restoring pool
Greetings, done all the suggested, now I have access to my backups. the backup is mounted as rw as it is required when the config is on the same drive all the backups are disabled, can I assume they won't be deleted? Dagg > Sent: Friday, January 26, 2024 at 10:59 PM > From: "Christian Völker via BackupPC-users" > > To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" > > Cc: "Christian Völker" > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] restoring pool > > Good point. > I suggest to mount as Read-only. Should work. > Grüsse > Christian Völker > > > Am 26.01.2024 um 21:29 schrieb backu...@kosowsky.org: > > > > I would be careful as running BackupPC could cause certain old backups > > to expire that you may not want to expire. > > Plus, if you don't have all the hosts set properly, it could delete > > pool files that are needed... > > > > I would be VERY careful to: > > 1. Make sure I have my full config restored -- including desired > > expiry times > > 2. That all my desired backup hosts are intact > > 3. That I know what I am doing before starting the daemon and risking > > auto-deletion > > > > Regardless, definitely make a copy/snapshot before proceeding... so > > you can undo... > > > > Jeff > > > > > > Christian Völker via BackupPC-users wrote at about 10:41:33 +0100 on > > Friday, January 26, 2024: > >> Hi, > >> > >> does your HDD contain the full structure of a pool (usually the > >> structure below /var/lib/BackupPC)? If so I'd recommend to add all the > >> hosts which are visible as directory in pc/-folder. Stop BackupPC, mount > >> your hdd to /var/lib/BackupPC and start BackupPC. > >> > >> It should recon the structure and match with the hosts configuration. > >> > >> /CV > >> > >> > >>> Am 26.01.24 um 09:35 schrieb daggs via BackupPC-users: > >>> Greetings. > >>> > >>> I have a pool of backups in a external hdd, I've seems to have misplaced > >>> the config for them, is there a way to reconfigure backuppc so they can > >>> be used again? > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> > >>> Dagg > >>> > >>> > >>> ___ > >>> BackupPC-users mailing list > >>> BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >>> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > >>> Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > >>> Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ > >> > >> > >> > >> ___ > >> BackupPC-users mailing list > >> BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > >> Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > >> Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ > > > > > > ___ > > BackupPC-users mailing list > > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > > Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > > Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ > > > > ___ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ > ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] restoring pool
I can create config folder on the device that holds the backups, put the cfg there and link it to /etc/BackupPC Dagg > Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 8:04 AM > From: "Christian Völker via BackupPC-users" > > To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Cc: "Christian Völker" > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] restoring pool > > I can second dthat. For my routine I have a script which rsyncs my > /etc/backuppc folder (including the apache.conf and the host > configurations) to my /var/lib/backuppc folder (which is on an external > drive). > /CV > > > Am 26.01.24 um 23:31 schrieb Kenneth Porter: > > In the future, I recommend putting the config on the external drive > > and mounting it to /etc/BackupPC. > > > > I'd also recommend copying/tarring /etc/httpd or /etc/nginx (depending > > on which web server you use) to the external drive. That lets you > > bring up BackupPC quickly on a replacement server after a disaster. > > > > > > > > > > ___ > > BackupPC-users mailing list > > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > > Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > > Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ > > > > ___ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ > ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] restoring pool
Greetings Christian, yes, my hdd was mounted on /var/lib/BackupPC so it retains all the structure. so based on your suggestion, I can restore the hosts but still be missing the actual config? if so, I can live with that. Dagg > Sent: Friday, January 26, 2024 at 11:41 AM > From: "Christian Völker via BackupPC-users" > > To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Cc: "Christian Völker" > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] restoring pool > > Hi, > > does your HDD contain the full structure of a pool (usually the > structure below /var/lib/BackupPC)? If so I'd recommend to add all the > hosts which are visible as directory in pc/-folder. Stop BackupPC, mount > your hdd to /var/lib/BackupPC and start BackupPC. > > It should recon the structure and match with the hosts configuration. > > /CV > > > Am 26.01.24 um 09:35 schrieb daggs via BackupPC-users: > > Greetings. > > > > I have a pool of backups in a external hdd, I've seems to have misplaced > > the config for them, is there a way to reconfigure backuppc so they can be > > used again? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Dagg > > > > > > ___ > > BackupPC-users mailing list > > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > > Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > > Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ > > > > ___ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ > ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
[BackupPC-users] restoring pool
Greetings. I have a pool of backups in a external hdd, I've seems to have misplaced the config for them, is there a way to reconfigure backuppc so they can be used again? Thanks, Dagg ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc 4 fails without any log
Greetings Juergen, > Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2021 at 7:03 PM > From: "Juergen Harms" > To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc 4 fails without any log > > On 07/09/2021 11:43, daggs wrote: > > looks like the reason if the fact that RunDir is missing from config.pk, > > even the sample one doesn't have it, is it logic? > > I am not so sure that a missing RunDir is the fault - I had the same > message where the problem was a pure configuration issue. > > Did you check the output / contents of > - sudo systemctl status backuppc.service ? > - /var/lib/backuppc/log ? > - maybe also the log of the target PC on which backuppc failed ? > That might give you more insight on what is happening and on how to do > more checking. > for some reason it started working now. not sure what is the change, now I only need to get the webui up and running Thanks, Dagg. ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc 4 fails without any log
Saturday, August 28, 2021 at 9:11 PM > From: "daggs" > To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Cc: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc 4 fails without any log > > > Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2021 at 7:18 PM > > From: "daggs" > > To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > Subject: [BackupPC-users] backuppc 4 fails without any log > > > > Greetings, > > > > I've installed backuppc v4 on my rpi4 arch install, completed migration of > > all hosts from v3 and I'm trying to start it up, after running systemctl > > start backuppc, I get the below as status: > > Aug 28 16:13:07 backupserver systemd[1]: Started BackupPC. > > Aug 28 16:13:07 backupserver systemd[1]: backuppc.service: Main process > > exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE > > Aug 28 16:13:07 backupserver systemd[1]: backuppc.service: Failed with > > result 'exit-code'. > > > > I know the failure is inside of Main_Initialize(); but I cannot seem to > > find and ligs. > > ideas how to debug this? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Dagg > > > looks like the reason if the fact that RunDir is missing from config.pk, even > the sample one doesn't have it, is it logic? > > can anyone help me with getting my backups up and running? ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc 4 fails without any log
> Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2021 at 7:18 PM > From: "daggs" > To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [BackupPC-users] backuppc 4 fails without any log > > Greetings, > > I've installed backuppc v4 on my rpi4 arch install, completed migration of > all hosts from v3 and I'm trying to start it up, after running systemctl > start backuppc, I get the below as status: > Aug 28 16:13:07 backupserver systemd[1]: Started BackupPC. > Aug 28 16:13:07 backupserver systemd[1]: backuppc.service: Main process > exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE > Aug 28 16:13:07 backupserver systemd[1]: backuppc.service: Failed with result > 'exit-code'. > > I know the failure is inside of Main_Initialize(); but I cannot seem to find > and ligs. > ideas how to debug this? > > Thanks, > > Dagg > looks like the reason if the fact that RunDir is missing from config.pk, even the sample one doesn't have it, is it logic? ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
[BackupPC-users] backuppc 4 fails without any log
Greetings, I've installed backuppc v4 on my rpi4 arch install, completed migration of all hosts from v3 and I'm trying to start it up, after running systemctl start backuppc, I get the below as status: Aug 28 16:13:07 backupserver systemd[1]: Started BackupPC. Aug 28 16:13:07 backupserver systemd[1]: backuppc.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Aug 28 16:13:07 backupserver systemd[1]: backuppc.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. I know the failure is inside of Main_Initialize(); but I cannot seem to find and ligs. ideas how to debug this? Thanks, Dagg ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc won't start after host migration
Greetings Craig, /mnt/backup's fs is ext2 which afaik supports hard links. both of them resides on the same fs as /mnt/backup is mounted as sdc1 and there aren't anymore partitions on that drive. /mnt/backup/pc has direcotries with the names of all the backuped system there are. /mnt/backup/cpool shows a bunch of numbers. but now I notice that the uid and gid are number, e.g. not existant, can that be the issue? Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at 7:50 PM From: "Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users" To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" Cc: "Craig Barratt" Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc won't start after host migration Dagg, The error should be self-explanatory - either /mnt/backup is a file system that doesn't support hardlinks, or /mnt/backup/pc and /mnt/backup/cpool are two different file systems (and therefore hardlinks between them fail). Are they two different file systems? Craig On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 9:33 AM daggs <da...@gmx.com> wrote: Greetings, I had a backuppc server running on debian 1o stable, the backups are on an external hdd. I've migrated the machine to alpine linux, the backuppc version of both is 3.2.2. I've copied over all the content of /etc/backuppc to the new os and when I start it up, I get this error: 2020-08-12 19:09:48 Can't create a test hardlink between a file in /mnt/backup/pc and /mnt/backup/cpool. Either these are different file systems, or this file system doesn't support hardlinks, or these directories don't exist, or there is a permissions problem, or the file system is out of inodes or full. Use df, df -i, and ls -ld to check each of these possibilities. Quitting... both /mnt/backup/pc and /mnt/backup/cpool exists and they are folders. how can I go about fixing this without loosing my backups? Thanks, Dagg ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
[BackupPC-users] backuppc won't start after host migration
Greetings, I had a backuppc server running on debian 1o stable, the backups are on an external hdd. I've migrated the machine to alpine linux, the backuppc version of both is 3.2.2. I've copied over all the content of /etc/backuppc to the new os and when I start it up, I get this error: 2020-08-12 19:09:48 Can't create a test hardlink between a file in /mnt/backup/pc and /mnt/backup/cpool. Either these are different file systems, or this file system doesn't support hardlinks, or these directories don't exist, or there is a permissions problem, or the file system is out of inodes or full. Use df, df -i, and ls -ld to check each of these possibilities. Quitting... both /mnt/backup/pc and /mnt/backup/cpool exists and they are folders. how can I go about fixing this without loosing my backups? Thanks, Dagg ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] how to disable full backups and keep just incremental
Greetings Craig, I use version 3.3.2 Dagg. Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at 6:58 PM From: "Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users" To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" Cc: "Craig Barratt" Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] how to disable full backups and keep just incremental Dagg, What version of BackupPC are you using? Craig On Wed, Jun 10, 2020 at 7:24 AM daggs <da...@gmx.com> wrote: Greetings, I have two large (several hundreds gigabytes) backups that keep failing due to abort or child end unexpectedly. I ran it three times already. I want to disable the full backup and keep the incremental, what is the proper way do that? Thanks, Dagg. ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
[BackupPC-users] how to disable full backups and keep just incremental
Greetings, I have two large (several hundreds gigabytes) backups that keep failing due to abort or child end unexpectedly. I ran it three times already. I want to disable the full backup and keep the incremental, what is the proper way do that? Thanks, Dagg. ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
[BackupPC-users] changing hostname in /etc/backuppc/hosts
Greetings, I have various entries in /etc/backuppc/hosts that differs in name but are pointing to the same host, I need such separation for different backup scheme, what will be the outcome if I change all the hosts that are basically the same system into one name? e.g. A1 0 root A2 0 root A3 0 root A4 0 root A5 0 root A 0 root into: A 0 root A 0 root A 0 root A 0 root A 0 root A 0 root thanks, Dagg. ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] backup in a special scenario
Greetings, > Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2018 at 4:09 PM > From: "G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users" > To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Cc: "G.W. Haywood" > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] backup in a special scenario > > Hi there, > > On Sun, 5 Aug 2018, daggs wrote: > > > I have a windows installation running inside a kvm vm, for past > > experience, backup using the samba protocol is unreliable ... > > For more than a decade, using the SMB protocol, I've backed up some > hundreds of Windows machines, and a fair number of SMB shares on Linux > boxes, with perfectly acceptable reliability - even over considerably > less than perfect network connections. Perhaps you're doing something > especially tricky that you haven't mentioned, but otherwise I suspect > that with a little effort you could make it work reliably too. > as said, it worked great until a time in which I started to get permission errors. > > ... I want to run a script on the vm's host ... run the backup and > > run another script on the vm's host ... the main idea is to mount > > the image remotely, use rsync to backup and unmount the image. > > Are you planning to back up the entire Windows VM image each time? > > The design of BackupPC makes it most useful in the situation where > there are many files, potentially distributed across many machines, > potentially replicated many times, most of which, most of the time, > will not change from one backup to the next. Think of a corporate > site, containing a number of buildings full of offices, and in each > office there are numerous workstations. Here and there on the site > there are a few servers. It is in this kind of situation that I've > applied BackupPC successfully, occasionally saving somebody's bacon. > > BackupPC wins most when a small proportion of a large number of small > files changes between each backup, and this success is extended when > at least some of the files permit substantial compression. If even a > single byte in a large file changes, on the next backup BackupPC will > store a complete new copy of the file. It will make no attempt to do > anything like a binary diff to store just the changes. Patches would > I'm sure be welcome. :) > > If you plan to back up an image of a single VM, then > > (1) there's only one file, > (2) it's very large, > (3) it's difficult to compress and > (4) it probably changes every few seconds. > > If I were planning to back up an entire VM image then BackupPC would > not be my first choice for the backup the tool. I would think that it > would add considerable complexity for no practical benefit. no, I plan to backup personal files only. > > -- > > 73, > Ged. > > -- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > ___ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] backup in a special scenario
Greetings, I'll look into it. thanks. Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2018 at 3:37 PM From: "Guillermo Rozas" To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] backup in a special scenario Hi, mmm, I'm not aware of a native rsync protocol for windows, how can I set this up? maybe it will solve all my issues without workarounds It's described in the documentation here: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/BackupPC.html#Step-5:-Client-Setup All the information (and files) needed to run rsyncd on Windows is here: https://github.com/backuppc/cygwin-rsyncd What's described there is how to use the rsync daemon on Windows, but you can also use the same minimal cygwin-rsyncd installation to connect to rsync over SSH. For that you will need to install OpenSSH for Windows from here: https://github.com/PowerShell/openssh-portable (if you have Windows 10 with the April 2018 Update, you may already have it). Best regards, Guillermo -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] backup in a special scenario
Greetings. >Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2018 at 9:55 PM >From: "Michael Stowe" >To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" >Cc: daggs >Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] backup in a special scenario >On 2018-08-04 10:55, daggs wrote: >>Greetings, >>I have a windows installation running inside a kvm vm, for past experience, backup using the samba protocol is unreliable (mostly permissions issue which cause the backup to fail). >This is probably why rsync is the protocol of choice for Windows rather than smb. mmm, I'm not aware of a native rsync protocol for windows, how can I set this up? maybe it will solve all my issues without workarounds >>so I'v decided to try a different approach, I want to run a script on the vm's host prior to the backup, preform the backup only if it doesn't fails, run the backup and run another script on the vm's host in the same manner as the pre. >Sure, this is the kind of thing DumpPreUserCmd is designed for. I'm not sure how this is a different approach, or how it relates to solving your protocol issue, though. I want to run an ssh cmd on the remote server that will mount the image locally into a folder to which I can access via rsync. >>the main idea is to mount the image remotely, use rsync to backup and unmount the image. >Naturally, the image will not be able to be pooled. I need the content of the image, hence the mount part. >>does backuppc supports the able features? >What is an “able feature?” pre and post dump >>Thanks, >>Dagg. -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
[BackupPC-users] backup in a special scenario
Greetings, I have a windows installation running inside a kvm vm, for past experience, backup using the samba protocol is unreliable (mostly permissions issue which cause the backup to fail). so I'v decided to try a different approach, I want to run a script on the vm's host prior to the backup, preform the backup only if it doesn't fails, run the backup and run another script on the vm's host in the same manner as the pre. the main idea is to mount the image remotely, use rsync to backup and unmount the image. does backuppc supports the able features? Thanks, Dagg. -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] migration of backupc env between machines
Greetings Carl,
> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2018 at 11:58 PM
> From: "Carl W. Soderstrom"
> To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support"
>
> Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] migration of backupc env between machines
>
> Are you planning on moving your SSH host keys as well?
not sure what do you mean by "moving my ssh host keys", can you elaborate a bit
more on this please?
> How are you planning on migrating your BackupPC data pool?
my config.pl has these two entries:
$Conf{TopDir} = '/mnt/backup';
$Conf{ConfDir} = '/etc/BackupPC';
/mnt/backup is a mount of a external drive, e.g. all my data sits on an
external drive.
assuming I'm not missing anything, all the data pool is movable. am I wrong?
Thanks,
Dagg.
>
> On 05/12 07:35 , daggs wrote:
> > Greetings, I'm in the process of migrating my backup env from gentoo to
> > debian.
> > the version is the same on both sides, I wanted to verify, all I need to do
> > is to migrate the actual info and the hosts file?
> > I've also migrated the user and password in config.pl
> > is there any other thing I need to migrate?
>
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[BackupPC-users] migration of backupc env between machines
Greetings, I'm in the process of migrating my backup env from gentoo to debian. the version is the same on both sides, I wanted to verify, all I need to do is to migrate the actual info and the hosts file? I've also migrated the user and password in config.pl is there any other thing I need to migrate? Thanks, Dagg. -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
