Re: Last full backup: none during a restore

On 14.08.2024 16:04, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 7:17 AM edgar.soldin--- via Duplicity-talk
> <[email protected]> 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).

is it? would you mind to point me to the documentation in question so we may fix it please. ..ede

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