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[DOCS] #3428 – Borg repo restore instructions needed
Add new FAQ: A repo is corrupt and must be replaced with an older repo.
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For more details, see :ref:`checkpoints_parts`.
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My repository is corrupt, how can I restore from an older but working repository?
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If the working repo has the same ID as the corrupt one, the recommended method
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is to delete the corrupted repository, and then copy the working repository to
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the same location. The delete command will completely remove the corrupt repo
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and delete the corresponding cache and security subdirectory in
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``~/.config/borg/security``, including the nonce value (if encryption is used).
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When the working repo is used later for creating new archives, Borg would
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initialize a fresh nonce, which would be bad for security reasons (nonce values
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should never be reused). To prevent this, the security subdirectory should be
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saved before deleting, and later moved back into place.
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Example:
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::
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# Get the repo ID from repo config.
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REPO_ID=$(borg config /path/to/repo-good id)
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# Rename the repo security dir so Borg won't delete it.
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cd ~/.config/borg/security
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mv $REPO_ID $REPO_ID.backup
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# Now delete and rename the security dir back.
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borg delete /path/to/repo
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mv $REPO_ID.backup $REPO_ID
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# Finally copy the good repo to the original place.
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rsync -avH /path/to/repo-good /path/to/repo
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Can Borg add redundancy to the backup data to deal with hardware malfunction?
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