Re: cross-platform backup tool Duplicate timestamp date after copying rdiff-backup repository.

Hi Reio,

You need to delete files from the destination that have been removed from
the source, especially the current_mirror file.

Use rsync with --delete to do that.

Thanks, Chris.

On Thu, 23 Dec 2021 at 11:24, Reio Remma via Any discussion of rdiff-backup
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I'm migrating my backups from an LVM volume to ZFS dataset, however after
> rsyncing the data over, I'm getting the following error:
>
> $ rdiff-backup --verify backup-zfs/hostname
> Warning, two different times for current mirror found
> Fatal Error: Metadata file
> '/mnt/backup-zfs/hostname/rdiff-backup-data/mirror_metadata.2021-12-23T06:17:32+02:00.diff.gz'
> has a duplicate timestamp date, you might not be able to recover files on
> or earlier than this date. Check the man page on how to clean up your
> repository using the '--allow-duplicate-timestamps' option.
>
> I'm unsure what to make of it or how to avoid it.
>
> I used the following rsync command to copy the data:
>
> rsync -avhA --progress --stats backup/ backup-zfs/
>
> It seems that it breaks when I run rsync again after an initial run and
> when data has changed at the source by then.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Reio
>