Automatic Retry backup if %Parsedresult% = Error

tarcis · August 31, 2020, 1:30am

Hi there,

Congrats on the great project,

I did not find an option for this, but since I´ve been getting sporadical Forbidden erros from Google´s side, I think this will be a much appreciated feature.

Have a flag for Duplicati to retry backup in xx minutes if %parsedresult%= error

Kind regards,
Tarcisio

ts678 · September 1, 2020, 1:58am

I don’t think there is one, but you could probably build this with scripting if you really want to have it.
The run-script-example scripts in the Duplicati installation document. Or look at this online version:

github.com

duplicati/duplicati/blob/082a14fc22efdef226c1bee956f85009f7104fb3/Duplicati/Library/Modules/Builtin/run-script-example.sh#L115-L117


      
          # DUPLICATI__PARSED_RESULT
          # This is a value indicating how well the operation was performed.
          # It can take the values: Unknown, Success, Warning, Error, Fatal.

github.com

duplicati/duplicati/blob/082a14fc22efdef226c1bee956f85009f7104fb3/Duplicati/Library/Modules/Builtin/run-script-example.sh#L19-L27


      
          # The following exit codes are supported:
          #
          # - 0: OK, run operation
          # - 1: OK, don't run operation
          # - 2: Warning, run operation
          # - 3: Warning, don't run operation
          # - 4: Error, run operation
          # - 5: Error don't run operation
          # - other: Error don't run operation

run-script-after can look at the parsed result, and make a note in a file for run-script-before to consider.
If too close to prior good backup, don’t run this one. Scheduler runs at your retry interval, but not all run.

A similar result can possibly be obtained by backing up often, then thinning down using retention policy.

Are you getting 403 Forbidden errors at a heavy rate? Are you exceeding the 750 GB daily upload limit?
number-of-retries and retry-delay will cover an occasional error (which I’ve also had Google throw me).

Duplicati hasn’t yet solved all the issues that might occur when you run out of retries, so beware of that.

tarcis · September 15, 2020, 3:07am

Thank you for that.
I have been getting a lot of 403 Forbidden. Enough to worry about, and it´s no the 750gb limit, because if I just try again once or twice, it works.