Nextcloud Backup without Data
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I'll switch back to rsync with hardlinks & try touching the error files too
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@iqweb We are monitoring @nebulon 's backups in the meantime, so we can find a workaround. Maybe as simple as a retry or maybe using rsync instead or creating hardlinks manually in node might do the trick.
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I've been using hardlinks for a few days now and encountered no problems so far. Would the backup job notify me if some links couldn't be generated? Not sure what happened the last time I tried that.
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Yes you would receive a notification and email if a backup job failed
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Seems to be working for me now too!
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@iqweb said in Nextcloud Backup without Data:
jdaviescoates - Do you mean the borgbackup to Hetzner storagebox - or the Synology pull?
Both! Thanks
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Just a heads up, I have seen some bad behavior with cifs mount and hard-links on my personal Cloudron, which made some backups corrupt.
So please everyone who is using this for now with relevant data, do not use hardlinks.
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We have now setup a separate hetzner box to sync large amount of data to debug this issue.
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@nebulon said in Nextcloud Backup without Data:
So please everyone who is using this for now with relevant data, do not use hardlinks.
I'm not sure if this applies to me or not. I backup to a Hetzner Cloud Volume (not storage box). Currently I have hardlinks enabled. Should I turn them off?
What should I look for in the logs to see if this is effecting me?
Thanks!
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It highly depends on how a "disk" is mounted onto the server. The hardlinks issue is only there for cifs mounts and since cifs/samba support hardlinks since a very long time, this seems to be related in particular to the hetzner storage boxes at the moment.
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@nebulon OK thanks, so I don't think this applies to me.
This is how Hetzner Cloud Volumes are mounted:
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correct in your case this should not be any issue as this is mounted like a regular ext4 which supports hardlinks just fine.
