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

[Joe Baker]

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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