Re: [rdiff-backup-users] rdiff-backup config files

[Dwayne Hottinger]

Thanks Joe,
So just mv /backup1/rdiff- /tmp will reset the backup?  That sounds almost to
easy, but I will give it a try.

thanks,

ddh


Quoting Joe Baker <address@hidden>:

> Good Morning Dwayne,
> When I need to "reset my archive"  I typically go to the archive and mv
> the rdiff-backup-data directory out of the target directory.  This is the
> directory where all the increments are stored.  It may be important to
> keep that file around for a little while as you get your backups
> underway again.
>
> I have usually kept the copy of all the other files in the destination
> directory so they don't have to be re-copied.
>
>
> On Mon,  2 May 2005 07:54:33 -0400
> Dwayne Hottinger <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > How do I go about resetting the backup schema?  I have rdiff running
> > on several servers that my main backup server, my mail server and my
> > webserver.  The mail server and webserver get backed up to the main
> > backup.  I discovered that there hasnt been a good rdiff backup since
> > 1/24/05.  I had some issues with the main backup server (the backup
> > just copies files to SATA harddrives), and I lost some of the
> > rdiff-increments and now rdiff complains when you try to run a command
> > to restore.  Rdiff is scheduled using some custom php scripts pulling
> > info from a pgsql database that was set up by the previous admin.  I
> > think what needs to happen is Rdiff needs to start over with a full
> > backup.
> >
> > ddh
> >
> >
> > Quoting Ben Escoto <address@hidden>:
> >
> > > >>>>> Dwayne Hottinger <address@hidden>
> > > >>>>> wrote the following on Sat, 30 Apr 2005 14:19:12 -0400
> > >
> > > > Is there a set of config files or log files that rdiff-backup has.
> > > > I inheritated an rdiff-backup backup system that is now broke, and
> > > > I am trying to figure out why.
> > >
> > > There aren't really any config files (partial exception: the
> > > rdiff-backup-data/chars_to_quote file for the development versions).
> > > For log files, see backup.log, file_statistics.*, and error_log.* in
> > > the rdiff-backup-data directory.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Ben Escoto
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Dwayne Hottinger
> > Network Administrator
> > Harrisonburg City Public Schools
> >
> >
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Dwayne Hottinger
Network Administrator
Harrisonburg City Public Schools