Re: cross-platform backup tool Duplicate timestamp date after copying rdiff-backup repository.

[Reio Remma]

Thank you, that must be it!

It didn't occur to me that files are also deleted during a backup.

Good luck and happy holidays!

Reio

On 23.12.2021 13:38, Chris Wilson wrote:
> Hi Reio,
>
> You need to delete files from the destination that have been removed 
> from the source, especially the current_mirror file.
>
> Use rsync with --delete to do that.
>
> Thanks, Chris.
>
> On Thu, 23 Dec 2021 at 11:24, Reio Remma via Any discussion of 
> rdiff-backup <rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org> wrote:
>
>     Hello!
>
>     I'm migrating my backups from an LVM volume to ZFS dataset,
>     however after rsyncing the data over, I'm getting the following error:
>
>     $ rdiff-backup --verify backup-zfs/hostname
>     Warning, two different times for current mirror found
>     Fatal Error: Metadata file
>     
> '/mnt/backup-zfs/hostname/rdiff-backup-data/mirror_metadata.2021-12-23T06:17:32+02:00.diff.gz'
>     has a duplicate timestamp date, you might not be able to recover
>     files on or earlier than this date. Check the man page on how to
>     clean up your repository using the '--allow-duplicate-timestamps'
>     option.
>
>     I'm unsure what to make of it or how to avoid it.
>
>     I used the following rsync command to copy the data:
>
>     rsync -avhA --progress --stats backup/ backup-zfs/
>
>     It seems that it breaks when I run rsync again after an initial
>     run and when data has changed at the source by then.
>
>     Thanks!
>
>     Reio