Thank you for your help. Issue identified - The couple incrementals were still there but the previous ones were not. Cause identified. Thanks for the assistance Craig.
On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 11:25 PM Craig Barratt < [email protected]> wrote: > Stuart, > > Yes, great point - deleting the host and re-adding it many days later it > will likely result in unused pool files being deleted during that period. > > You can confirm that hypothesis by looking in the storage for tree for > that host ($TOPDIR/pc/HOST) and below the numbered directories (one for > each backup) you should see an attrib file, like this: > > /data/BackupPC/pc/xxxx/3/attrib_69c04f2b39174a2a33d18eea03311735 > > > Take that md5 digest (the 32 hex digits after "attrib_") and see if that > pool file exists, either by looking for > $TOPDIR/cpool/68/c0/69c04f2b39174a2a33d18eea03311735 (you have to "and" the > first two bytes with 0xfe to get the two directory names), or use this > command: > > BackupPC_zcat 69c04f2b39174a2a33d18eea03311735 | wc > > If that's missing, you should probably delete $TOPDIR/pc/HOST/* and start > over on that host... > > Craig > > On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 7:41 PM Stuart Rothrock <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Thank you Craig - I am running version 4.2.1 and perl 4:5.26.2 >> >> The list of backups does appear - 1-full and 5-incrementals. The dropdown >> (html select list) is populated with the 6 backups but when I choose any of >> them from the dropdown, the tree is missing other than "Contents of /" and >> below that is "The directory / is empty". >> >> It looks like I don't need to click the "GO" since a change in the >> selected backup fires an event to display that result at the top directory >> level. Sorry for any confusion. >> >> With further reading and thought, it may be important to mention that the >> full backup was 45 days in age. The host was deleted from the config for a >> month before adding it back. I am a newb to the BackupPC internals so >> excuse my terminology. Is it possible the grim reaper axed metadata or >> files that were only referenced by this host? >> >> Thanks >> Stuart >> >> On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 10:03 PM Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Deleting the host from the gui should only remove the entry from the >>> hosts file, so adding it back should make things work again. I just tried >>> that on a test setup, and it worked for me. I should ask what BackupPC >>> version you are running? >>> >>> Does the list of backups GUI appear when you browse to that host? You >>> say the "previous backups can be selected". After you select a particular >>> backup, does the directory tree on the left look correct? >>> >>> When you refer to clicking "Go", are you referring to the directory >>> navigation text box just above the backup directory navigation tree? If >>> so, what path did you enter (I presume "/")? >>> >>> Craig >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 2:00 PM Stuart Rothrock <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I accidently deleted a host so I added it back. No files were manually >>>> deleted but I am unable to browse the previous backups. They can be >>>> selected and after clicking "Go", it says "The directory / is empty". What >>>> do I need to do to be able to browse/restore files for this host? Thanks >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> BackupPC-users mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users >>>> Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net >>>> Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> BackupPC-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users >>> Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net >>> Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ >>> >>
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