Issue when moving from windows to linux

[quinta]

Hello,
I am migrating from windows to linux
Booting from my new linux partition I mount my windows partition where are located all of my files.
Ideally I would like to backup my files both, when in Windows and when in Linux

I copied the duplicati configurations (json export/import) from my windows browser to my linux browser, changing the directories to be backed so that they point to the same ones
(e.g. from c:\users\quinta\documents to /media/stefano/users/quinta/documents)

When I run duplicati when in windows, the backups run smoothly.
When I run duplicati when in linux, I get these errors Imgur: The magic of the Internet

I guess the problem is that the filex to be backed up have two different path names, when in Windows and when in Linux. is that correct ? is there a workaround ?

Thanks!

[ts678]

@quinta

I get these errors

That shows a list of the backup files that I assume you navigated to and opened. Were there any errors found in a popup window, or <job> --> Show log --> General, or Home --> About --> Show log --> Stored?

@quinta

changing the directories to be backed

Did you also change the destination? Don’t even store two backups in the same folder, or they may collide.

[quinta]

thanks for answering.
and happy 2021 (hopefully!)

1. that is the directory that contains the backup files that were produced buy the backup when duplicati is running under windows. I didn’t open them, I specified their directory in the duplicati configuration (duplicati running under ubuntu)

2. each backup directory contains one and the same source directory backup. my question is precisely this: can I backup the same source directory, from windows and from linux, to the same destination backup ?

[ts678]

@quinta

can I backup the same source directory, from windows and from linux, to the same destination backup ?

You can never put two backups in the same folder unless you set prefix to keep the backups independent.
This has nothing to do with source directories or OS. Every backup needs to know which files belong to it. Backups validate the remote backup often to verify it looks right, and complain about missing or extra files.

@quinta

I guess the problem is that the filex to be backed up have two different path names

You can’t continue an existing backup on another OS that supports different path styles, but you can start another backup (or attempt some manual trickery to copy the old backup files to try to connect a new job).

@quinta

Ideally I would like to backup my files both, when in Windows and when in Linux

This should work if you have a Windows backup job and a Linux backup job to different destination folders.

[quinta]

@ts678

You can’t continue an existing backup on another OS that supports different path styles, but you can start another backup (or attempt some manual trickery to copy the old backup files to try to connect a new job).

that’s what I was hoping.
thanks.