I backup my 3 ubuntu machines every week to my NAS server.
Now I wanted to restore a backup from last week due to a minor problem a program was having.
I opened up the backups tool and selected Restore, but when I chose the
date to restore from, no files were showing in the restore window, so I
tried other dates but again no files were showing.
I then checked my NAS server tosee if there were any backup files, and
there were, so why does the restore tool not see them.
RobH wrote:
I backup my 3 ubuntu machines every week to my NAS server.
Now I wanted to restore a backup from last week due to a minor problem
a program was having.
I opened up the backups tool and selected Restore, but when I chose
the date to restore from, no files were showing in the restore window,
so I tried other dates but again no files were showing.
I then checked my NAS server tosee if there were any backup files, and
there were, so why does the restore tool not see them.
How does the tool store the "address" of the NAS ?
Do you use DHCP ?
My DHCP here is quite stable, and the machine I'm typing
on has had the same IP address for years. This means, even
if the router power is cycled, it still figures it all out.
You could watch, using Wireshark, and see where the
client tries to reach during the restore.
Normally, this is why OSes have nameserving systems,
so that IP addresses are not used for identification, and
a symbolic address is translated to the correct IP address
on the fly.
Alternately, you could assign a static address, outside the
normal DHCP range, to the NAS box. Then, if you made a backup
five years ago, the address is static and exactly the same today.
Summary: You need to identify how the NAS is mounted or identified,
and make sure the identification method is bulletproof.
A wireshark trace, may show errant references to "nothing".
To IP addresses that don't exist.
And to be honest, computers really suck at this stuff.
Just a guess,
Paul
I backup my 3 ubuntu machines every week to my NAS server.
Now I wanted to restore a backup from last week due to a minor problem a program was having.
I opened up the backups tool and selected Restore, but when I chose the
date to restore from, no files were showing in the restore window, so I
tried other dates but again no files were showing.
I then checked my NAS server tosee if there were any backup files, and
there were, so why does the restore tool not see them.
On 07/12/2021 01:16 PM, RobH wrote:
I backup my 3 ubuntu machines every week to my NAS server.
Now I wanted to restore a backup from last week due to a minor problem a
program was having.
I opened up the backups tool and selected Restore, but when I chose the
date to restore from, no files were showing in the restore window, so I
tried other dates but again no files were showing.
I then checked my NAS server tosee if there were any backup files, and
there were, so why does the restore tool not see them.
You quite literally provide no relevant information.
Don't mention which OS version(s).
Don't say what your NAS server is or what protocol(s) it serves/shares.
Don't even mention what program you're using to backup or restore.
Yet we're supposed to help?
<http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#beprecise>
On 13/07/2021 04:47, stepore wrote:
On 07/12/2021 01:16 PM, RobH wrote:
I backup my 3 ubuntu machines every week to my NAS server.
Now I wanted to restore a backup from last week due to a minor problem a >>> program was having.
I opened up the backups tool and selected Restore, but when I chose the
date to restore from, no files were showing in the restore window, so I
tried other dates but again no files were showing.
I then checked my NAS server tosee if there were any backup files, and
there were, so why does the restore tool not see them.
You quite literally provide no relevant information.
Don't mention which OS version(s).
Don't say what your NAS server is or what protocol(s) it serves/shares.
Don't even mention what program you're using to backup or restore.
Yet we're supposed to help?
<http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#beprecise>
Ok, on 3 machines there is Ubuntu 20.04.2
On my NAS it os TrueNAS 12.0-U4, I have 1 pool just for backups for all
3 machines
The program I am using is the Deja Dup 40.7 Backup tool
On 2 machines , when I open the said backupm tool, it shows a menu down
the left hand side, but on the 3rd machine, there is no menu. It shows 2
tabs on the top saying Overview and Restore.
The Backup/Restore works just fine on the 2 machines which show a menu, because I have restored backups from my NAS server to the said machines.
RobH wrote:
On 13/07/2021 04:47, stepore wrote:
On 07/12/2021 01:16 PM, RobH wrote:
I backup my 3 ubuntu machines every week to my NAS server.
Now I wanted to restore a backup from last week due to a minor problem a >>>> program was having.
I opened up the backups tool and selected Restore, but when I chose the >>>> date to restore from, no files were showing in the restore window, so I >>>> tried other dates but again no files were showing.
I then checked my NAS server tosee if there were any backup files, and >>>> there were, so why does the restore tool not see them.
You quite literally provide no relevant information.
Don't mention which OS version(s).
Don't say what your NAS server is or what protocol(s) it serves/shares.
Don't even mention what program you're using to backup or restore.
Yet we're supposed to help?
<http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#beprecise>
Ok, on 3 machines there is Ubuntu 20.04.2
On my NAS it os TrueNAS 12.0-U4, I have 1 pool just for backups for all
3 machines
The program I am using is the Deja Dup 40.7 Backup tool
On 2 machines , when I open the said backupm tool, it shows a menu down
the left hand side, but on the 3rd machine, there is no menu. It shows 2
tabs on the top saying Overview and Restore.
The Backup/Restore works just fine on the 2 machines which show a menu,
because I have restored backups from my NAS server to the said machines.
Oooookay, and how is your client accessing the NAS in Deja Dup? As a
samba share (I bet), or nfs? If the former can you see the shared
directory as defined in Deja Dup setup in nautilus? If not, then you've mucked your samba settings again.
Yes I can see the shared directory as defined in Deja Dup setup in Nautilus
RobH wrote:
Yes I can see the shared directory as defined in Deja Dup setup in Nautilus
Well in Nautilus do you see anything there? If not time to filter your
system log for deja errors
On 15/07/2021 00:45, Jonathan N. Little wrote:
RobH wrote:
Yes I can see the shared directory as defined in Deja Dup setup in
Nautilus
Well in Nautilus do you see anything there? If not time to filter your
system log for deja errors
Yes, I can see all the backup files from the said machine, and the
latest ones being 13/07/2021
On 15/07/2021 09:00, RobH wrote:
On 15/07/2021 00:45, Jonathan N. Little wrote:
RobH wrote:
Yes I can see the shared directory as defined in Deja Dup setup in
Nautilus
Well in Nautilus do you see anything there? If not time to filter your
system log for deja errors
Yes, I can see all the backup files from the said machine, and the
latest ones being 13/07/2021
I changed the backup location from my NAS server to Google drive. The
backup was made without error or complaint, then when I tried the
Restore option, no files were showing.
So, the backup tool backs up the files to a location I choose, but after doing so, it can't see the files in it's restore function!!!
Is it time to chose another backup tool.
RobH wrote:
On 15/07/2021 09:00, RobH wrote:
On 15/07/2021 00:45, Jonathan N. Little wrote:
RobH wrote:
Yes I can see the shared directory as defined in Deja Dup setup in
Nautilus
Well in Nautilus do you see anything there? If not time to filter your >>>> system log for deja errors
Yes, I can see all the backup files from the said machine, and the
latest ones being 13/07/2021
I changed the backup location from my NAS server to Google drive. The
backup was made without error or complaint, then when I tried the
Restore option, no files were showing.
So, the backup tool backs up the files to a location I choose, but
after doing so, it can't see the files in it's restore function!!!
Is it time to chose another backup tool.
Are the files owned by your account ?
For example, my backup set are owned by "bullwinkle" 600.
197,584 duplicity-full-signatures.20210715T172925Z.sigtar.gz
14,263 duplicity-full.20210715T172925Z.manifest
5,901,215 duplicity-full.20210715T172925Z.vol1.difftar.gz
That's because, on purpose, I started deja-dup without using sudo.
To see what kind of trouble it could get into.
Paul
RobH wrote:
On 15/07/2021 09:00, RobH wrote:
On 15/07/2021 00:45, Jonathan N. Little wrote:
RobH wrote:
Yes I can see the shared directory as defined in Deja Dup setup in
Nautilus
Well in Nautilus do you see anything there? If not time to filter your >>>> system log for deja errors
Yes, I can see all the backup files from the said machine, and the
latest ones being 13/07/2021
I changed the backup location from my NAS server to Google drive. The
backup was made without error or complaint, then when I tried the
Restore option, no files were showing.
So, the backup tool backs up the files to a location I choose, but
after doing so, it can't see the files in it's restore function!!!
Is it time to chose another backup tool.
Are the files owned by your account ?
For example, my backup set are owned by "bullwinkle" 600.
197,584 duplicity-full-signatures.20210715T172925Z.sigtar.gz
14,263 duplicity-full.20210715T172925Z.manifest
5,901,215 duplicity-full.20210715T172925Z.vol1.difftar.gz
That's because, on purpose, I started deja-dup without using sudo.
To see what kind of trouble it could get into.
Paul wrote:
RobH wrote:
On 15/07/2021 09:00, RobH wrote:
On 15/07/2021 00:45, Jonathan N. Little wrote:
RobH wrote:
Yes I can see the shared directory as defined in Deja Dup setup in >>>>>> Nautilus
Well in Nautilus do you see anything there? If not time to filter your >>>>> system log for deja errors
Yes, I can see all the backup files from the said machine, and the
latest ones being 13/07/2021
I changed the backup location from my NAS server to Google drive. The
backup was made without error or complaint, then when I tried the
Restore option, no files were showing.
So, the backup tool backs up the files to a location I choose, but
after doing so, it can't see the files in it's restore function!!!
Is it time to chose another backup tool.
Are the files owned by your account ?
For example, my backup set are owned by "bullwinkle" 600.
197,584 duplicity-full-signatures.20210715T172925Z.sigtar.gz
14,263 duplicity-full.20210715T172925Z.manifest
5,901,215 duplicity-full.20210715T172925Z.vol1.difftar.gz
That's because, on purpose, I started deja-dup without using sudo.
To see what kind of trouble it could get into.
That was going to be my next guess. Easily fix with
sudo chown -R USER:USER /WHATEVER/PATH/TO/BACKUP/IS/*
But I don't use Deja, I have my own system.
Ok, thanks, I'll do that, but on the 2 other machines it just works fine
both ways.
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