FABSYS_BACKUP-RETRY(1)

NAME
fabsys_backup-retry - Resume a failed backup run

SYNOPSIS
fabsys backup-retry <brun_id>

DESCRIPTION
The fabsys backup-retry command causes a backup run that was previously marked as failed to resume. The backup run is retried from the last successful stage of the backup, and proceeds as normal.

A backup run can be marked as "failed" either due to errors, or because someone killed the backup run with "fabsys_backup-kill(1)". A single error normally does not cause a backup run to be marked as "failed".

The failure to backup a single volume does not cause the entire backup run to fail, so any such error must prevent the entire backup from proceeding (e.g., if we cannot examine the vldb for volumes to backup). Operations are also retried when an error occurs, so a backup run that is marked as "failed" must have encountered an error multiple times. It is recommended that an administrator first determine why a backup run failed, and fix it, before running fabsys backup-retry on that backup run.

OPTIONS

<brun_id>
    The backup run id to resume. Backup run ids can be shown with the "fabsys_backup-status(1)" command.

PRIVILEGED REQUIRED
The issuer of this command must be able to read the FABS configuration (specifically, the database access information), typically in /etc/fabs/fabs.yaml.d/.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2015, Sine Nomine Associates.

See the provided LICENSE file for licensing terms.