Re: [Astlinux-devel] Tarsnap restore

[Lonnie A. <li...@lo...>]

> On Sep 29, 2018, at 9:27 AM, Michael Keuter <li...@mk...> wrote:
> 
> 
>> Am 29.09.2018 um 09:12 schrieb Michael Knill <mic...@ip...>:
>> 
>> Hi Devs
>> 
>> Im thinking that we should mention in the Tarsnap Online Backup doco about what needs to be done if you are restoring to a new box .
>> I think the process is as follows:
>> 
>> 	• Build new Astlinux server
>> 	• Copy stored tarsnap.key to /mnt/kd/tarsnap
>> 	• tarsnap -xvf <archive> -C /mnt/kd to restore all files
>> 	• tarsnap –fsck to resync cache so you can backup again. If you don't you get:
>> tarsnap: Sequence number mismatch: Run --fsck
>> tarsnap: Error creating new archive
>> tarsnap: Error exit delayed from previous errors.
> 
> I added the "tarsnap --fsck" part to our Wiki.
> And a link to the Action Script. 

I also added a new "Restore to a New Install" section:

https://doc.astlinux-project.org/userdoc:tt_tarsnap_online_backup#restore_to_a_new_install

Let me know if I missed anything.

Lonnie