{"id":573,"date":"2023-04-04T10:21:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T10:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahorseforonebin.co.uk\/?p=573"},"modified":"2023-04-04T10:21:43","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T10:21:43","slug":"backups-broken-not-broken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahorseforonebin.co.uk\/?p=573","title":{"rendered":"Backups broken\/not broken"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I did a package upgrade on my NAS last week. Not even a DSM upgrade, just a couple of packages (HyperBackup and node.js). Unfortunately the HyperBackup upgrade broke the overnight backup process. No amount of fiddling and farting about (it&#8217;s a technical term) could get the process reinstated. In the end I removed everything from HyperBackup and set a new global all-user backup. On completing the process and the new mapping, HyperBackup asked me if I&#8217;d like to kick off a process right now? Sure, I said. I&#8217;m here for that. This is the reporting screenshot from that first backup:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ahorseforonebin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot_20230403_053454_Gmail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ahorseforonebin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot_20230403_053454_Gmail-1024x1018.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-574\" width=\"463\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahorseforonebin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot_20230403_053454_Gmail-1024x1018.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ahorseforonebin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot_20230403_053454_Gmail-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ahorseforonebin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot_20230403_053454_Gmail-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ahorseforonebin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot_20230403_053454_Gmail-768x764.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ahorseforonebin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot_20230403_053454_Gmail-151x150.jpg 151w, https:\/\/ahorseforonebin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot_20230403_053454_Gmail.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 463px) 100vw, 463px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I had forgotten that the first global all-user backup not only packs and transfers the target files and directories, it also has to create metadata and then map all files\/directories to that metadata as it creates a mirror (which it can use as a point of reference for the next &#8211; and all future &#8211; backups). Der. Anyway, the second backup process reported this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ahorseforonebin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot_20230404_072143_Gmail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ahorseforonebin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot_20230404_072143_Gmail-956x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-575\" width=\"452\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ahorseforonebin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot_20230404_072143_Gmail-956x1024.jpg 956w, https:\/\/ahorseforonebin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot_20230404_072143_Gmail-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/ahorseforonebin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot_20230404_072143_Gmail-768x823.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ahorseforonebin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot_20230404_072143_Gmail-140x150.jpg 140w, https:\/\/ahorseforonebin.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Screenshot_20230404_072143_Gmail.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 452px) 100vw, 452px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Much better!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I did a package upgrade on my NAS last week. Not even a DSM upgrade, just a couple of packages (HyperBackup and node.js). Unfortunately the HyperBackup upgrade broke the overnight backup process. No amount of fiddling and farting about (it&#8217;s a technical term) could get the process reinstated. 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