Re: [Duplicity-talk] Can a first (full) backup be stopped mid-way, then continued?

[Chris Poole]

OK thanks.

From reading those bug reports, my understanding is that the volume created which isn't full is assumed to be (under scp), so some files are not backed up correctly.

I have checked my destination directory, and there is indeed a load of ~25MB files, along with the last volume which is ~3MB.

If I simply started Duplicity again, but using a different protocol like rsync explicitly, would this fix the issue and erase and begin uploading this volume file again?

Or to obtain a correct first full backup should I erase all files and start all over again?

Thanks.

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Matthew Twomey <address@hidden> wrote:

No - the resume functionality doesn't work properly yet for ssh/scp.

If you interrupt a backup and then continue it - it won't produce a
usable backup you can restore from (although it won't give you any
errors either during the backup process).

Please see these two bugs on the topic:


https://bugs.launchpad.net/duplicity/+bug/491971
https://bugs.launchpad.net/duplicity/+bug/487720


Thanks,

-Matt

On Thu, 2010-01-14 at 12:48 +0000, Chris Poole wrote:
> Hi guys,
> I have two quite basic questions:
>
>
> 1) I am running a full backup, which is going to take about 12 hours.
> Is it possible to C-c it half way through, then continue later? Or
> will this mess stuff up?
>
>
> 2) I am using the scp protocol; I assume it still does the usual rsync
> goodness with incremental backups (deltas, etc.)? (i.e., even though I
> haven't specified rsync:// as the protocol explicitly.)
>
>
> Thanks!

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