Re: [qubes-users] Missing data after Qubes restore from backup

2022-08-14 Thread Andrew David Wong
On 8/14/22 8:36 AM, 'Crsi' via qubes-users wrote: > I also checked "verify backup" -- no error reported. Just to clarify, the "verify only" option simulates a restore operation without actually writing any data from the backup to disk. This has two implications: 1. This option is not at all

Re: [qubes-users] Missing data after Qubes restore from backup

2022-08-14 Thread Rusty Bird
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Crsi: > However, I made sure no VM was running (my host system > crashed previously anyways). That means there's a difference between > powering down a VM (e.g. qvm-shutdown) and having a powered down VM due to > crash / power loss? Am I right that

Re: [qubes-users] Missing data after Qubes restore from backup

2022-08-14 Thread 'Crsi' via qubes-users
On 8/14/22 18:09, Qubes wrote: Doing a gracefull shutdown or the VM crashing AFAIK is the same in terms of the backup function as we have discussed. If your VM crashed the state of the data on disk would still be the same compared to gracefully shutting down the VM. My VM didn't crash -- the

Re: [qubes-users] Missing data after Qubes restore from backup

2022-08-14 Thread Qubes
'Crsi' via qubes-users wrote: > Do you often reboot your VMs? When Qubes creates a backup of a running VM it will do the backup using the VM state at startup. So if for example you started your VM (the ones with the outdated/missing data) 6 weeks ago, but since starting you

Re: [qubes-users] Missing data after Qubes restore from backup

2022-08-14 Thread 'Crsi' via qubes-users
> Do you often reboot your VMs? When Qubes creates a backup of a running VM it will do the backup using the VM state at startup. So if for example you started your VM (the ones with the outdated/missing data) 6 weeks ago, but since starting you added/edited/deleted data and you create a

Re: [qubes-users] Missing data after Qubes restore from backup

2022-08-14 Thread Qubes
'Crsi' via qubes-users wrote: Hi, I recently upgraded from R4.0 to R4.1 with a fresh installation. I did make a backup of all my important Qubes to an external drive beforehand and everything completed successfully. I also checked "verify backup" -- no error reported. Do you often reboot

[qubes-users] Missing data after Qubes restore from backup

2022-08-14 Thread 'Crsi' via qubes-users
Hi, I recently upgraded from R4.0 to R4.1 with a fresh installation. I did make a backup of all my important Qubes to an external drive beforehand and everything completed successfully. I also checked "verify backup" -- no error reported. On the new installation, I restored all my Qubes from