On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 06:56:20 -0800, Noah wrote > I am hoping there is a way around starting the backup process over > again. I had it running for about 6 hours and then the connection > to my home server was lost. Any clues if there is anything I can do > instead of completely blowing away the rdiff-backup-data directory. > That essentially means I have to start the process over completely. > Also I am wondering if there is something that I can do in the > future since I could start the process again and my cable modem > server at home becomes isolated. How can I easily recover from the > situation without having to start completely over. >
I found a nice suggestion from the rdiff-backup wiki page for those folks who backup across unreliable links. http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/BackupUpOnUnreliableLink cheers, NOah > --- snip --- > > Fatal Error: Bad rdiff-backup-data dir on destination side > > The rdiff-backup data directory > /home/backup/typhoon/rdiff-backup-data > exists, but we cannot find a valid current_mirror marker. You can > avoid this message by removing the rdiff-backup-data directory; > however any data in it will be lost. > > Probably this error was caused because the first rdiff-backup session > into a new directory failed. If this is the case it is safe to > delete the rdiff-backup-data directory because there is no important > information in it. > > --- snip --- > > here is the command I use: > > /usr/local/bin/rdiff-backup --force --print-statistics > --exclude-globbing-filelist /root/cron_scripts/rdiff-backup.exclude / > [EMAIL PROTECTED]::/home/backup/backup_dir > > _______________________________________________ > rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users > Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
