The storage has not been initialized on local backup

[s.wertz]

I am getting this error on my backups. I checked the storage and the “Run a check job to retrieve stats” is greyed out. I tried to recreate the storage and it is still greyed out. What am I doing wrong?

[ninjanner]

Hey,

It sounds like you’re encountering an issue where your local backup storage hasn’t been properly initialized. Here are some steps to troubleshoot and resolve this issue:

1. Verify Storage Initialization:
   Ensure the storage has been initialized correctly:

   duplicacy init -e <repository_id> <storage_url>
   

   Replace <repository_id> with your repository name and <storage_url> with your storage path.

2. Check Storage Configuration:
   Make sure the storage configuration files are correctly set up in the storage directory.

3. Permissions:
   Verify that Duplicacy has the necessary permissions to access and modify the storage location.

4. Run a Check Job:
   Although the option is greyed out in the Web-UI, try running a check job via the CLI:

   duplicacy check -a
   

5. Logs:
   Check the logs for any specific error messages that might provide more details on why the storage is not initialized.

6. Remove and Re-Add Storage:
   Try removing the storage and then re-adding it. This can often resolve initialization issues:

   duplicacy add -e <repository_id> <storage_name> <storage_url>
   

You can also read more about it here.

Init command details

SYNOPSIS: duplicacy init - Initialize the storage if necessary and the current directory as the repository USAGE: duplicacy init [command options] <snapshot id> <storage url> OPTIONS: -encrypt, -e encrypt the storage with a password -chunk-size, -c <size> the average size of chunks (default is 4M) -max-chunk-size, -max <size> the maximum size of chunks (default is chunk-size*4) -min-chunk-size, -min <size> the minimum size of chunks (default …

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[saspus]

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[ninjanner]

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