Re: [Duplicity-talk] Strategy for recovering from corruption of back-up (was Re: Restoring from the last full backup (Re: Difficulties with restore: 'Could not restore the following files. Please make sure you are able to write to them.'))

[andrew]

hi edgar,

As I said previously:

> > > > Was a mail client or server running at the same time as the backup 
> > > > or>>> restore?

I don't know. How could I be sure? It could have been running but I 
don't know. The back-up is automated via Deja-vu and usually it starts 
as soon as I switch on the computer in the morning. That's my usual 
routine. At night or as soon as I've finished the session then I switch 
the computer off! ie unlike a server, it's not on all the time. My 
computer is a personal workstation - that's the use case.

> > > Andrew: can you make sure the backup/files_mentioned were indeed
> > > restored incompletely or corrupted.

I'd need to check each one of the files - there's about a dozen files 
corrupted - but certainly some are present but their content isn't 
there. ie the main mail folder is restored but only a few k bytes in 
size. (It was quite a big file.) When I open Thunderbird then it - the 
mail folder (inbox)  isn't shown at all. I don't know the internal 
format of the mail files so I can't tell you what was retained in the 
back-up and what was lost.

What I don't know - as I haven't checked is - are any of the 
files/folders for Thunderbird missing. There is a list of files which 
could not be restored at the end of the attempted restore (the librsync 
errors as you say). I presumed that this was the complete list of files 
that failed to restore. Notably though, some of the folders for 
Thunderbird are restored correctly - which is appreciated. One must be 
grateful for small mercies!

Thanks.

Best wishes,

Andrew

Andrew Wood, Oxford.

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On 16/11/2021 10:43, edgar.soldin--- via Duplicity-talk wrote:
> hey Andrew,
>
> please answer the following questions.
>
> > > > Was a mail client or server running at the same time as the backup 
> > > > or>>> restore?
>
> and
>
> > > Andrew: can you make sure the backup/files_mentioned were indeed
> > > restored incompletely or corrupted.
> or
> that the restore is actually interrupted! the log reads as if it
> finishes, albeit librsync errors are printed!
>
> thanks.. ede
>
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