Backup & Restore - how to force full backup?

[justinrh 259]

How do I force the "Backup & Restore" plugin to force a full backup?  I'm thinking I should do that right before I migrate to a new box.

If you have tips on how to restore, I'd appreciate that.  

[Luke 42077]

Hi, the backup process already captures all data from your installation.  There are just a couple things that are optional in the backup settings due to their size.

[justinrh 259]

Is there a docs page for this plugin?  I'd like to understand how it is supposed to work, because it is not making sense to me.

[Luke 42077]

Backup & Restore

[justinrh 259]

Here's (almost) the answer to my question:  "In Scheduled Tasks, you can manually run the schedule for "Emby Server Backup""

Docs says including metadata makes the backups take much more time.  My backup takes less than 5s and I have all the options checked.  What's wrong?

 

[Luke 42077]

Nothing. It’s an incremental backup so it only sends changes from the previous one.

[justinrh 259]

So if I want to do a complete restore, I choose "full" backup to restore then I restore again with the latest incremental?

Edited January 23 by justinrh

[Luke 42077]

Yes but did you try? There isn’t really that much to select in the restore process.

[justinrh 259]

I don't need to restore right now, so I didn't try.  Ah, but there are choices so it doesn't matter if there is 'much' or not because the needs to know what is going to happen.  Guessing during a restore is not fun.

If this is correct (per your "yes") "to do a complete restore, I choose "full" backup to restore then I restore again with the latest incremental" then please put that in the docs.  It is murky as to what exactly is happening if an incremental (dated) backup is used, and what you said sounds contradictory to what the docs say.

[Luke 42077]

Hi, yes that sounds right.