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== Update restic ==
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  restic self-update
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== Listing previous snapshots ==
 
== Listing previous snapshots ==
Note: This is slow if it hasn't been done in a while
 
 
   sudo -i
 
   sudo -i
   . bin/restic-init
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   . /etc/restic-init
 
   restic snapshots
 
   restic snapshots
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== Listing contents of the latest snapshot ==
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  sudo -i
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  . /etc/restic-init
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  restic ls -l latest
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== Deleting old snapshots ==
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Substitute `2021-12` with the month (or months) for which you want to keep a full history. Note: `2019-03-26` is the first-ever backup in this instance, so we want to keep that too.
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  for snap in `restic snapshots -c | grep maine | sed -e 's!.* !!' | grep -v -- '-01$' | grep -v '2019-03-26' | grep -v '2021-12'`
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  do
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    restic forget --path /var/backup/snapshot/latest --tag $snap --keep-last=-1
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  done
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== Pruning old history ==
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Note: This will also trim the size of the /root/.cache/restic directory
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  sudo -i
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  . /etc/restic-init
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  restic prune

Latest revision as of 08:12, 20 May 2022

Update restic

 restic self-update

Listing previous snapshots

 sudo -i
 . /etc/restic-init
 restic snapshots

Listing contents of the latest snapshot

 sudo -i
 . /etc/restic-init
 restic ls -l latest

Deleting old snapshots

Substitute `2021-12` with the month (or months) for which you want to keep a full history. Note: `2019-03-26` is the first-ever backup in this instance, so we want to keep that too.

 for snap in `restic snapshots -c | grep maine | sed -e 's!.* !!' | grep -v -- '-01$' | grep -v '2019-03-26' | grep -v '2021-12'`
 do
   restic forget --path /var/backup/snapshot/latest --tag $snap --keep-last=-1
 done

Pruning old history

Note: This will also trim the size of the /root/.cache/restic directory

 sudo -i
 . /etc/restic-init
 restic prune