Changes between Version 2 and Version 3 of restore_from_backup

Timestamp:

May 6, 2013, 8:35:52 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

Enrique Rosas

Comment:

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restore_from_backup

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 The rdiff backups are incremental, going back five days.
 
-You can restore an rdiff backup by ssh'ing into the backp server and running:
+You can restore an rdiff backup by ssh'ing into the backup server and running:
 
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+Example: Recoverying lost email
+
+1. In clara I found in {{{/etc/backup.d/50_backup.rdiff}}} that the host for incremental backups is luisa.mayfirst.org
+
+2. From clara, ssh into luisa as the clara backup user
+{{{ssh clara-sync@luisa.mayfirst.org}}}
+
+3. Create a backup target directory:
+{{{mkdir restore}}}
+
+4. Restore the entire Maildir from our earliest backup (the onsite backup goes back 5 days):
+{{{rdiff-backup rdiff-backup/rdiff-backup-data/increments/home/members/member-name/sites/member-site.org.mx/users/tomas/Maildir.2013-05-02T01\:03\:47-04\:00.dir restore}}}
+
+5. Examine the contents of the backup and identify the files needed.
+
+6. Exit from luisa
+
+7. rsync any directories you want:
+{{{rsync -av clara-sync@luisa.mayfirst.org:restore/.INBOX.<something> ticket/}}}
+
+8. Assign right ownership to those files
+{{{chown -R tomas:member-name ticket/*}}}
+
+9. Move them back into the user's Maildir.
+{{{mv  ticket/* /home/members/member-name/sites/member-site.org.mx/users/tomas/Maildir/
+
 
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