This is a known issue with duplicity. You will need to increase your systems number of open files since it's set so low. I'd suggest 16384 or higher if you have a lot of incrementals. I'd also suggest limiting the number of incrementals and doing more full backups.
** Also affects: duplicity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1878560 Title: Restore fails with “too many open files” To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/duplicity/+bug/1878560/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs