[Systems] Missing backups of Sunjammer

James Cameron quozl at laptop.org
Tue Mar 4 04:13:25 EST 2025


Thanks.  I've updated the Wiki page.

I don't have access to papert, so I can't complete the documentation
or support backups.

Another method is ZFS with snapshots on the backup system.

By the way, the Wiki seems very slow to edit and save, occasionally
failing the edit.

On Tue, Mar 04, 2025 at 12:22:10AM +0100, Bernie Innocenti wrote:
> On 2025/03/03 13:49, Chihurumnaya Ibiam wrote:
> > No, I didn't backup before the upgrade, and I should have despite my
> > assumption of wizbackup running daily.
> 
> Wizbackup is still running daily, but the current backup server is
> papert.sugarlabs.org.
> 
> The oldest backup we have for sunjammer is 20250101-monthly, and the most
> recent is 20250303.
> 
> By the way, nowadays I would suggest switching all SL backups to Restic (or
> Rustic, which uses the same archive format). It uses less storage and
> bandwidth, while having more features and being more robust.
> 
> Some integration and testing would be required, particularly because backups
> must be initiated by the clients rather than the backup server.
> 
> 
> > Euan just sent a key he thinks might work as it matches the API key on GH.
> > 
> > I'll try that and see if it works.
> > 
> > -- 
> > 
> > Ibiam Chihurumnaya
> > ibiamchihurumnaya at gmail.com <mailto:ibiamchihurumnaya at gmail.com>
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Mon, Mar 3, 2025 at 8:08 AM James Cameron <quozl at laptop.org
> > <mailto:quozl at laptop.org>> wrote:
> > 
> >     Does anyone hold backups of Sunjammer?
> > 
> >     Ibiam, did you make a backup before operating system upgrade?
> > 
> >     https://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Machine/sunjammer#Backups <https://
> >     wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Machine/sunjammer#Backups> edited just
> >     now.
> > 
> >     The backups we have on freedom are from May and June last year.
> > 
> >     I'm trying to solve
> >     https://github.com/sugarlabs/planet-server/issues/12 <https://
> >     github.com/sugarlabs/planet-server/issues/12>
> >     Music Blocks planet down.
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