How to check validity of a backup
I am faced with being forced to update my Fedora 17 system, as F17 is going out of support.
I have been using deja-dup as my backup tool. It does not report success on completion and the only time I tried restoring my home directory on another machine, the attempt failed with an error (see below).
Before repaving my machine, I need to be sure I can recover my home directory and a few others.
How do I test that a backup is valid and can be restored?
The error on restore attempt was:
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/
with_
File "/usr/bin/
fn()
File "/usr/bin/
list_
File "/usr/bin/
for path in path_iter:
File "/usr/lib/
refresh_
File "/usr/lib/
new_triple = get_triple(
File "/usr/lib/
path = path_iter_
File "/usr/lib/
for tarinfo in tf:
File "/usr/lib/
tarinfo = self.tarfile.next()
File "/usr/lib/
self.
File "/usr/lib/
self.
File "/usr/lib/
self.
File "/usr/lib/
self.
File "/usr/lib/
hex(self.crc)))
IOError: CRC check failed 0x7ba711a7 != 0x192e7366L
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and the terminal from which I invoked deja-dup had the following information:
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** (deja-dup:4078): DEBUG: DuplicityInstan
** (deja-dup:4078): DEBUG: DuplicityInstan
** (deja-dup:4078): WARNING **: Operation.vala:261: GDBus.Error:
** (deja-dup:4078): DEBUG: DuplicityInstan
** (deja-dup:4078): DEBUG: DuplicityInstan
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