Which database backup to choose?

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#1

Tonight I moved my DVR folder from the Shield internal drive to the external drive. When I went to do the restore step I realized that I think I have been selecting the incorrect backup. The dates on them in the web page don’t seem to make sense because I choose the last one dated today and it said it had been created 2 hours ago. However, when I selected that one it is missing my recordings from last night and the night before.

When I noticed that I decided to pick the next one up the line, also dated today with a similar result.

Finally, after selecting the 4th one up from the last one it finally shows me my recordings from last night and the night before (and what appears to be all my other recordings) except for one Movie I recorded last week.

I have moved the DVR around a few times in the last week trying to get a setup I like and now I am thinking that perhaps I have been choosing the wrong backup.

Are there any tips on how to do this?

#2

Huh, that’s weird. The backups are sorted by time, and the newest one should have the most recent/up-to-date data.

Did they show different number of recordings in the list?

#3

Thanks. That is what I thought as well. I think I am good enough for now, I at least I got back the last 3 recordings I haven’t watched and a number of others. I am just missing a movie that I recorded on Sunday. That is the odd part - if I used the backup that had the recordings from last night it, I don’t understand why it won’t show the movie that was recorded two days prior to that. It is in the movies folder.

To answer your other question - yes, each backup shows different numbers of recordings in each one. But the numbers seem all over the place as far as how many.

I think after the next backup I am going to delete the older backups in the folder. There are a lot of backup folders so it gets a little confusing to see so many. It goes back about 4 days?

#4

Hmm I’m not sure either. Backups happen once per ~12h, and the last 30 are kept. I guess it’s possible that a backup didn’t happen between when that last recording happened and when you shut down the server to move it.

Seems like I should probably add a button somewhere to force a backup to happen. And then maybe on the restore backups list, it should show the most recent recording name/time under each backup.

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#5

That would be ideal to be able to perform a manual backup. That way, if I have to move it again I will know which one is the most recent and either delete or move the older backups to another folder in case of a disaster! lol

Or maybe I should stop moving my DVR around so much! I still haven’t found that perfect setup for me yet. I keep changing my mind on where I want it to be.

#6

I added an API you can use to force a backup. No button yet.

curl -XPOST http://x.x.x.x:8089/backups

#7

Awesome! Thanks! You guys are so responsive to your users needs. I love it!