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Re: [Duplicity-talk] Automated restore
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edgar . soldin |
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Re: [Duplicity-talk] Automated restore |
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Mon, 31 Mar 2014 11:47:11 +0200 |
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On 30.03.2014 21:45, Grant wrote:
>>> Can I run an automated restore of my backups to verify that they're in
>>> working order and not tampered with?
>>>
>>
>> check the manpage, action command verify
>> http://duplicity.nongnu.org/duplicity.1.html
>
>
> Works great. I'm planning to put an identical dummy file on both of
> my important systems which will be backed up to the backup server.
> Each important system will pull the other's backups from the backup
> server and run duplicity verify to ensure the dummy file matches.
>
> Is this a good strategy? Is there a better method for this?
>
what is the reasoning behind this? why don't you simply verify your backups
after they are through?
..ede