On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 06:47:19 -0800 (PST) Rich Shepard <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, 14 Dec 2009, Dale Snell wrote: > > > Also, you might want to use the "--dry-run" option when trying > > things out. Just in case things go all pear-shaped. :-) With that > > option, dirvish will come back without doing anything nasty. Also, > > it doesn't matter which directory you're in. You can run dirvish > > from anywhere. > > I've been using --dry-run, but tried the --init without it. This > time there was neither foul nor harm. Now the error I get is: > > [r...@salmo ~]# dirvish --vault a-boot --dry-run > a-boot:default:20091215-0638: ERROR: no images for branch default > found > > I think it's because I still do not have the vault paths correct. > For example, the above complete path is: > > /media/hd0/backup/dirvish/server/a-boot/dirvish/default.conf > > and I may mis-understand where the default.conf file should be. Do I > need a second dirvish/ directory, under each vault directory? In my > ignorance it seems that would cause the error I see. > Rich, I think your error is occurring because you haven't created the reference image yet, using "dirvish --init". A normal backup wouldn't work in that case, and that is what --dry-run is telling you. If you've done a "dirvish --init --dry-run --vault <vault-name>" and everything works, then you're probably okay to do the real initialization. As for your file structure, each vault directory does require its own dirvish/ sub-directory, with attendant default.conf file. Each default.conf is tailored to the partition that you are going to back up. In my case, there are only three lines in my default.conf files: xdev:, client:, and tree:. The tree: line is usually the only one that changes. Well, that and my voluminous comments, to tell me what does what, and when and why I made changes. :-) The path you gave above is correct for the "a-boot" vault. The paths for the other vaults would be the same, except for the vault names. Hope this helps, --Dale -- Q: What lies on the ocean floor and twitches? A: A nervous wreck. _______________________________________________ Dirvish mailing list [email protected] http://www.dirvish.org/mailman/listinfo/dirvish
