Re: [rdiff-backup-users] trying to restart rdiff-backup after failure without deleting entire mirror

[Maarten Bezemer]

Hi,

On Wed, 4 Feb 2009, Athanasios Dousis wrote:

> I've been trying a few suggestions from your list archives but have had 
> little success, so I'm asking for your help to resolve my problem.
>
> I've messed up my rdiff-backup-data directory beyond repair, but the data in 
> the current mirror /backup/home is actually quite close to its source /home.
>
> How do I restore rdiff-backup-data without having to delete the entire backup 
> directory (~1TB) and start from scratch?

What version of rdiff-backup are you using?

Since you say the rdiff-backup-data directory is already messed up, 
there's little point in trying to keep the increments (history). So 
removing the rdiff-backup-data directory and starting the rdiff-backup 
command with the --force argument added to the command line should do the 
trick.
Remember to remove the --force argument once this first run is finished, 
since it may haunt you if you continue to run production with the --force 
still present.

It might actually be enough to just remove the rdiff-backup-data 
directory, if you're using one of the most recent rdiff-backup releases. 
(Didn't try these yet, and I didn't have to start a fresh backup tree 
since it was discussed here)

HTH,
Maarten