▲ 120 ▼ reminder to (test your) backup (lemmy.zip) submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by illusionist@lemmy.zip to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world 25 comments fedilink hide all child comments Somehow I had a database corruption and I did not know how to restore from backup. It was a bad experience until I saw that it worked. Make regular and check your backups.
[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 59 points 5 months ago (5 children) An untested backup is not a backup, it's a wish. permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 29 points 5 months ago (4 children) Also known as Schrödinger's Backup. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (3 children) Schrödinger did not have a backup cat. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Davel23@fedia.io 11 points 5 months ago (1 child) Well, he did and he didn't... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] uenticx@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago Restored my backup and have all and none of the files, sir. Don't look at it until we fsck. permalink fedilink source parent [–] illusionist@lemmy.zip [S] 3 points 5 months ago But he had quantum entanglement permalink fedilink source parent
[–] IsoKiero@sopuli.xyz 29 points 5 months ago (4 children) Also known as Schrödinger's Backup. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (3 children) Schrödinger did not have a backup cat. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Davel23@fedia.io 11 points 5 months ago (1 child) Well, he did and he didn't... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] uenticx@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago Restored my backup and have all and none of the files, sir. Don't look at it until we fsck. permalink fedilink source parent [–] illusionist@lemmy.zip [S] 3 points 5 months ago But he had quantum entanglement permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (3 children) Schrödinger did not have a backup cat. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Davel23@fedia.io 11 points 5 months ago (1 child) Well, he did and he didn't... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] uenticx@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago Restored my backup and have all and none of the files, sir. Don't look at it until we fsck. permalink fedilink source parent [–] illusionist@lemmy.zip [S] 3 points 5 months ago But he had quantum entanglement permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Davel23@fedia.io 11 points 5 months ago (1 child) Well, he did and he didn't... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] uenticx@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago Restored my backup and have all and none of the files, sir. Don't look at it until we fsck. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] uenticx@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago Restored my backup and have all and none of the files, sir. Don't look at it until we fsck. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] illusionist@lemmy.zip [S] 3 points 5 months ago But he had quantum entanglement permalink fedilink source parent