also sprach Jeffrey J. Kosowsky <backu...@kosowsky.org> [2010.11.17.0059 +0100]: > I wrote two programs that might be helpful here: > 1. BackupPC_digestVerify.pl > If you use rsync with checksum caching then this program checks the > (uncompressed) contents of each pool file against the stored md4 > checksum. This should catch any bit errors in the pool. (Note > though that I seem to recall that the checksum only gets stored the > second time a file in the pool is backed up so some pool files may > not have a checksum included - I may be wrong since it's been a > while...)
I did a test run of this tool and it took 12 days to run across the pool. I cannot take the backup machine offline for so long. Is it possible to run this while BackupPC runs in the background? > 2. BackupPC_fixLinks.pl > This program scans through both the pool and pc trees to look for > wrong, duplicate, or missing links. It can fix most errors. And this? How else do you suggest I run it? Thanks, -- martin | http://madduck.net/ | http://two.sentenc.es/ remember, half the people are below average. spamtraps: madduck.bo...@madduck.net
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