Re: [BackupPC-users] Restoring Backups to WinXP clients via rsyncd fails to restore all files

[Craig B. <cba...@us...>]

"Mirco Ellis" writes:

> I am also experincing the same problem. I am using smb and doing a "test" 
> restore to a removable IDE HDD on a windows 98 machine. The Full restore 
> completes without any errors. It is just that some subdirectories are empty. 
> The data has definately been backed up because I can restore the "missing" 
> files if I go and select them individualy. The actual size of the full 
> restore is 26 GB, but only  14 GB is restored.

Can you do the following:

  - Look in the RestoreLOG file.  Are the "missing" files listed?
    Are there any errors?

  - On the restore target, does the empty directory have
    permissions/ACLs that would prevent writing of files?
    This is probably the most likely explanation I can
    think of.

  - If the missing files are not in the RestoreLOG file, what
    happens if you run:

        BackupPC_tarCreate -h HOST -s SHARE -n -1 / | tar -tvf -

    Do you see the missing files listed?

Has anyone seen this with rsync/rsyncd, or is it just SMB?

Craig