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@@ -187,6 +187,38 @@ all the part files and manually concatenate them together.
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For more details, see :ref:`checkpoints_parts`.
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+My repository is corrupt, how can I restore from an older but working repository?
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+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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+
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+If the working repo has the same ID as the corrupt one, the recommended method
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+is to delete the corrupted repository, and then copy the working repository to
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+the same location. The delete command will completely remove the corrupt repo
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+and delete the corresponding cache and security subdirectory in
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+``~/.config/borg/security``, including the nonce value (if encryption is used).
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+When the working repo is used later for creating new archives, Borg would
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+initialize a fresh nonce, which would be bad for security reasons (nonce values
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+should never be reused). To prevent this, the security subdirectory should be
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+saved before deleting, and later moved back into place.
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+Example:
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+
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+::
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+ # Get the repo ID from repo config.
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+ REPO_ID=$(borg config /path/to/repo-good id)
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+
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+ # Rename the repo security dir so Borg won't delete it.
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+ cd ~/.config/borg/security
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+ mv $REPO_ID $REPO_ID.backup
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+
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+ # Now delete and rename the security dir back.
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+ borg delete /path/to/repo
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+ mv $REPO_ID.backup $REPO_ID
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+
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+ # Finally copy the good repo to the original place.
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+ rsync -avH /path/to/repo-good /path/to/repo
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Can Borg add redundancy to the backup data to deal with hardware malfunction?
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