Yesterday, I moved all files to a new partition with different file system. I also renamed major directories. The 2TB of data, however, are at least 99% identical.
Changes:
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Previously:
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Mount point:
/my_big_ssd -
File system: EXT4
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Backup command line (called from a systemd service):
restic --password-file %h/.config/restic_password -o rclone.program='ssh storagebox-sub1 forced-command' --verbose --exclude /my_big_ssd/lost+found -r rclone: backup --exclude=/my_big_ssd/lost+found /my_big_ssd/
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Now:
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Mount point:
/bigstore -
File system: NILFS2 on top of LUKS on top of RAID1
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Updated backup command line:
restic --password-file %h/.config/restic_password -o rclone.program='ssh storagebox-sub1 forced-command' --verbose -r rclone: backup /bigstore/
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When I run the updated backup, then I get a message “no parent snapshot found, will read all files”:
$ restic --password-file ~/.config/restic_password -o rclone.program='ssh storagebox-sub1 forced-command' --verbose -r rclone: backup /bigstore/
open repository
rclone: 2024/09/05 11:24:40 NOTICE: Config file "/home/.config/rclone/rclone.conf" not found - using defaults
repository 7a083edc opened (version 2, compression level auto)
found 3 old cache directories in /home/felix/.cache/restic, run `restic cache --cleanup` to remove them
no parent snapshot found, will read all files
load index files
[0:01] 100.00% 537 / 537 index files loaded
start scan on [/bigstore/]
start backup on [/bigstore/]
scan finished in 2.523s: 293642 files, 1.960 TiB
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Does that mean restic is doing a full backup? Can this be avoided?