[Duplicity-talk] Fwd: Re: Recovering incomplete backup

[edgar . soldin]

hi Christophe,

please see the conversation below. note it's top posted. ..ede/duply.net


-------- Original Message --------
Subject:        Re: [Duplicity-talk] Recovering incomplete backup
Date:   Wed, 13 Jun 2012 07:56:17 -0500
From:   Kenneth Loafman <address@hidden>
To:     Edgar Soldin <address@hidden>



Yes, just remove the zero length ones and their manifest entries.

Sorry, could have been more clear on that.

...Ken

On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 7:10 AM, Edgar Soldin wrote:

    But doesn't your suggestion effectively loose *all* data in the last defect 
incremental?

    Or do you mean to manually finetune the last manifest to only to include 
all perfect volumes of the last incremental?

    ..ede

    On 13.06.2012 13:39, Kenneth Loafman wrote:
    > That would work as well.  Use my idea if that one fails.
    >
    > Yes, he wants to restore as much as possible.
    >
    > ...Ken
    >
    > On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 4:04 AM, Edgar Soldin wrote:
    >
    >     isn't this essentially the same as simply giving a restoring time of 
the next to last time?
    >
    >     i understand that he explicitly likes to restore as much as possible 
from the incomplete/defective chain, don't you?
    >
    >     ..ede
    >
    >     On 12.06.2012 22:20, Kenneth Loafman wrote:
    >     > Not really.
    >     >
    >     > Since those are at the end of the backup it might be possible to 
delete the files, then remove the entries from the manifest, and try again.  He 
will have lost that data, but should be able to recover most of it.
    >     >
    >     > I'd also recommend backing up the manifest before editing it.
    >     >
    >     > ...Ken
    >     >
    >     >
    >     > On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 2:06 PM, Edgar Soldin wrote:
    >     >
    >     >     any idea? ..ede
    >     >
    >     >     -------- Original Message --------
    >     >     Subject: [Duplicity-talk] Recovering incomplete backup
    >     >     Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:00:53 +0200
    >     >
    >     >     Hi,
    >     >
    >     >     I'm trying to recover a backup[1] with incomplete incremental 
volumes.
    >     >     The last backup duplicity recognizes is 20120214T050047Z.
    >     >
    >     >     
duplicity-inc.20120214T050047Z.to.20120320T152243Z.vol91.difftar.gz and
    >     >     the following volumes are broken, size is 0 bytes.
    >     >
    >     >     There is another complete incremental backup.
    >     >     20120320T152243Z.to.20120320T161943Z
    >     >
    >     >     How can I recover the contents of 20120320T152243Z and 
20120320T161943Z?
    >     >
    >     >     Best regards
    >     >     Christophe
    >     >
    >     >     [1] http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=4Ba4V3bd
    >     >
    >     >