[Plugin] Appdata.Backup

[pOpYRaid]

10 hours ago, Kilrah said:

Yes, click on container name on the page. Likely to result in a useless backup though, why not backup in the middle of the night when nobody's going to be using the server?

 

Thanks a lot. Did'nt noticed that i can set different settings for each container.
Have now set embyserver & a few others to not stop during backup.
So the only downsid is that the docker image file can be corrupted, when i get it right.

I think it's not an issue for me. The important part is that the appdata and container XML is backed up.

 

Backing up in the middle of the night is not possible because my backup NAS is located in the sleeping room and will get you awake 

 

Anyway thx

[Kilrah]

10 hours ago, pOpYRaid said:

So the only downsid is that the docker image file can be corrupted, when i get it right.

No the docker image doesn't care, it's the appdata backup that may be invalid.

[dopeytree]

Just had a look out of interest at the backups and it's missing loads of my containers.

 

It seems to do the main ones plex etc but has missed out others specifically Romm.

 

So it creates a .xml file for each container but it is missing a lot of the .zst files of the actual folder.

 

Is anyone else having similar?

 

No container is set to be skipped.

 

Edited March 15 by dopeytree

[Kilrah]

Check what the logfile says for that container.

[oddz]

On 3/5/2024 at 11:37 PM, KluthR said:

There is none. The restore tab should be self explanatory.

@KluthR Thanks for the reply. Problem is you can't access the restore tab when your usb drive fails and you can't boot.

 

I have since discovered that there are two options when this happens:

1. Install unraid again and get it setup enough to use the built in restore functionality (requires other plugins though to mount drives/shares)

2. Use the usb zip for unraid usb creator tool

 

I found #2 to be far more convenient/straightforward after someone told me but I couldn't find it mentioned anywhere officially as an option. I personally think it is worth merely bringing attention to it at a high level on the Github repo or on the initial post for this support thread. Maybe I am just dumb or expecting too much hand-holding.

 

Either way thanks for maintaining this plugin. Restore worked perfectly via method #2.

Edited March 16 by oddz
wording

[calvados]

On 3/12/2024 at 1:58 PM, KluthR said:

Yea. Just checked. The plugins chmod runs after post-run. Will change that in next release

Hi @KluthR, I'm wondering if there is a rough ETA on the next release to adjust the CHMOD to run before the post-run scripts?

 

Thanks for all that you do @KluthR,

Cal.

[KluthR]

12 hours ago, calvados said:

I'm wondering if there is a rough ETA on the next release to adjust the CHMOD to run before the post-run scripts?

now.

[calvados]

3 hours ago, KluthR said:

now.

Thank you @KluthR.  It works perfectly!

 

Very much appreciated kind human. 

[dopeytree]

Logfile does not exist...!?

 

 

[KluthR]

But the log above that field is visible? No recent reboot or anything?

[xushier]

Is the "startup order setting" only effective under the "Stop all container, backup start all" mode? Will another mode ignore the startup sequence and directly start the containers in the same state as before the backup or remain unchanged after the backup is completed? Is that so?

[KluthR]

The order is effective for both modes as the container lost gets „sorted“ once when starting the backup.

[Charizard]

hey, is there a way to manually start the appdata backup plugin? I haven't had a backup made since 2/27/24 and i have it set to run weekly.

Spoiler

 

Edited March 21 by Charizard

[Kilrah]

1 minute ago, Charizard said:

is there a way to manually start the appdata backup plugin?

Click the "manual backup" button.

 

2 minutes ago, Charizard said:

i have it set to run weekly.

You haven't set a time to run at.

[Charizard]

1 minute ago, Kilrah said:

Click the "manual backup" button.

 

You haven't set a time to run at.

Thanks.

I feel like an idiot since the manual option was right there in front of me this whole time..

 

 

 

 

[xushier]

20 hours ago, KluthR said:

The order is effective for both modes as the container lost gets „sorted“ once when starting the backup.

According to the logs, each container starts or stops based on its previous state after backup in this mode. Assuming MariaDB is before Vaultwarden in terms of sequence, it should stop Vaultwarden first, backup, start Vaultwarden, then stop MariaDB, backup. At this time, Vaultwarden will lose connection with the database, right? If we put these interdependent containers into a group, can this problem be solved?

[KluthR]

The start order is used for stop, backup, start. If you put both in one group, both get stopped, then backed up and then started like the group order is. So: yes, that would be your solution

[BartyB]

@KluthR I just wanted to say thank you very much for picking up this plugin.. I just had to restore a container for the first time and it worked perfectly and solved my problem.

[Revan335]

How can i restored/select one File from the Appdata Folder from one App?

 

I have only Container, Template, extra/meta files in the restore process

 

How can i set a different location to not override existing files?

[KluthR]

@Revan335 its all described inside restore page except for „one file“. Either all or nothing. Its not selectable to only restore one file.

[Kilrah]

20 minutes ago, Revan335 said:

How can i restored/select one File from the Appdata Folder from one App?

Manually extract the archive to a temp location and grab the file you want.

[gacpac]

I have a question, i'm trying to backup the appdata for plex, anyway to have it in a separate folder so duplicati can do it?

[itimpi]

5 minutes ago, gacpac said:

I have a question, i'm trying to backup the appdata for plex, anyway to have it in a separate folder so duplicati can do it?

Not sure I understand the problem?   The Plex data will go to whatever location you configure in the container. 

[gacpac]

I'm using the appdata backup plugin, so when the backup runs it goes to a folder with all the dockers. Is there a way I can either set it to a separate folder or maybe in the duplicati forum filter to only backup plex

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[Kilrah]

If you want plex to be backed up separately / differently then skip it in appdata backup and use a different method just for that.