Re: [Duplicity-talk] Last full backup: none during a restore

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 7:17 AM edgar.soldin--- via Duplicity-talk
<duplicity-talk@nongnu.org> wrote:
>
> hey Jeffrey,
>
> comments inline
>
> On 14.08.2024 06:30, Jeffrey Walton via Duplicity-talk wrote:
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > I need to restore from a backup. The backup was taken with Duplicity
> > 0.8.12 (Ubuntu 22). The restore is happening with Duplicity 0.8.22
> > (Debian 12). The server has about 3 to 5 years of backups. Full
> > backups happen every 2 months to manage server-side storage.
>
> does the old 0.8.12 installation still exist and list backups?
>
> > When I attempt to perform the restore, I am getting:
> >
> > # duplicity restore --file-to-restore "/" "sftp://<redacted>/" 
> > "/tmp/restore"
> > Local and Remote metadata are synchronized, no sync needed.
> > Last full backup date: none
> >
> > Next, I try to list what is on our backup server:
> >
> > # duplicity collection-status "sftp://<redacted>"
> > Last full backup date: none
> > Collection Status
> > -----------------
> > Connecting with backend: BackendWrapper
> > Archive dir: /root/.cache/duplicity/68e34b6d286542746c57716f4d2a55ea
> >
> > How can I get duplicity to recognize what is on our backup server?
>
> looks like it does not find any backups. please post a file listing of 
> "sftp://<redacted>/". if it's big you may pastebin it.

This was my mistake. I did not specify the remote directory:

    "sftp://<redacted>/<remote_dir>"

(It is a gap in our internal documentation for a restore).

Jeff