Re: [rdiff-backup-users] what can I do if all goes wrong?

[Farkas Levente]

Ben Escoto wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 10:36:59 +0100 Farkas Levente <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> > > Looks like your metadata file got corrupted.  You could try deleting
> > > it (move it aside for safetly), or follow the advice at:
> > >
> > > http://rdiff-backup.stanford.edu/FAQ.html#regress_failure
> >
> > after I delete the current_mirror.xxxx and try to backup again, I've got 
> > this. does this means I loose all of my backups? this happend 3 of our 
> > servers:
>
>
> Did it happen at the same time?  Any clues as to what happened?

yes in this weekend, but unfortunately I don't know what happend:-(
we use rdiff-backup already a year but this happend just now.

> > this is the content of my /mnt/backup/portal/rdiff-backup-data. which 
> > files should I delete?
>
>
> Try deleting/moving these two:
>
> current_mirror.2003-10-27T02:08:36+02:00.data
> mirror_metadata.2003-10-28T10:22:33+02:00.snapshot.gz
>
> You may want to uncompress mirror_metata and make sure that it is in
> fact corrupted.  Also make sure that

it seems to working.

> > mirror_metadata.2003-10-27T02:08:36+02:00.snapshot.gz
>
>
> is OK.

I assume (but didn't check) since the backup runs correctly now.
thanks.

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