Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC V4 and --checksum

2018-07-30 Thread Guillermo Rozas
> > IIUC, you want a way to check the integrity of the pool files on the > server side. > Yes > BackupPC 3 used to have such a function, by re-checksumming and > verifying some percentage of the pool during a nightly (can't remember > the details, and I don't have the v3 docs available). > Foun

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC V4 and --checksum

2018-07-30 Thread Alexander Kobel
Hi, On 2018-07-28 20:04, Guillermo Rozas wrote: Agreed, that is my situation. I'm reasonably sure of the system(UPS, Debian stable, ext4), but as my backups are relatively small (1can trade some extra hours of backup once in a while for the extra peace of mind. IIUC, you want a way to check t

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC V4 and --checksum

2018-07-28 Thread Guillermo Rozas
Hi! Thanks for the answer > > ... rsync --checksum only checksums files on the client, not the > > server. I find this strange because not only the manual says > > otherwise ... > > It is not clear to me what document ("manual") you are reading which > leads you to the conclusions which you seem

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC V4 and --checksum

2018-07-28 Thread G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users
Hi there, On Sat, 28 Jul 2018, Guillermo Rozas wrote: ... rsync --checksum only checksums files on the client, not the server. I find this strange because not only the manual says otherwise ... It is not clear to me what document ("manual") you are reading which leads you to the conclusions

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC V4 and --checksum

2018-07-28 Thread Guillermo Rozas
Hi, does anybody have a tip on this? Both my computers (Win10, Ubuntu 17.10) have already aged to the point of making their first full backups on their own, and the 'problem' persists: rsync --checksum only checksums files on the client, not the server. I find this strange because not only the manu

[BackupPC-users] BackupPC V4 and --checksum

2018-06-26 Thread Guillermo Rozas
Hi, I've recently installed BackupPC 4.2.1 on my home server (ARMBIAN 5.38), and I'm trying to understand the behavior of rsync's --checksum option on V4. According to the docs, V4 doesn't have checksum caching, so I was expecting the server to read and checksum all the files during a full backup