digint/btrbk

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Tool for creating snapshots and remote backups of btrfs subvolumes

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Forks: 139
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 257

Dominant language: Perl
License: GPL-3.0
Last GitHub push: Jul 19, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 15, 2026
Contributing guide: No contributing guide
Code of conduct: No code of conduct
Beginner labels: help wanted
PR merge metrics: No merged PRs in 30d

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257 open issues indexed

perform more extensive checks on dryrun Open

enhancement

digint/btrbk#27 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
SSH filter script for raw targets on remote host Open

enhancement

digint/btrbk#56 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Add pre/post snapshot command Open

digint/btrbk#58 · 8 comments · 2 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
btrbk release v0.23.0 Open

announcement

digint/btrbk#84 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
questions about workflow Open

question

digint/btrbk#89 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Optimising archive updates Open

question

digint/btrbk#90 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
It's normal that gzip raw targets takes a long time ? Open

question

digint/btrbk#97 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
acd_cli support Open

enhancement

digint/btrbk#99 · 10 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
"ERROR: short read from stream..." when using btrfs-progs-4.8.4 Open

digint/btrbk#117 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Usage with cloud storage like Amazon S3 or Glacier Open

question

digint/btrbk#123 · 13 comments · 10 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Add raw target support for archive Open

enhancement

digint/btrbk#124 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Add option for dynamic snapshot_name (in conjunction with wildcards) Open

enhancement

digint/btrbk#127 · 3 comments · 4 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
How do I backup my root filesystem? - suggested FAQ entry Open

digint/btrbk#130 · 6 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Periodical non-incremental backups for "raw" targets Open

enhancement

digint/btrbk#133 · 4 comments · 8 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Consider outputing progress information, even when output is redirected. Open

enhancement

digint/btrbk#139 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Include Config Files Open

enhancement

digint/btrbk#140 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Same snapshot name confuses btrbk Open

digint/btrbk#145 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Support sending to a temporary file, then receive from that file. Open

enhancement

digint/btrbk#149 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Sending snapshot to remote only Open

enhancement

digint/btrbk#151 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
What can be responsible for subtle abortions in btrbk? Open

question

digint/btrbk#156 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
ERROR: lremovexattr security.selinux failed: Permission denied Open

upstream bug

digint/btrbk#160 · 8 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Possible way to identify partially failed, incomplete btrfs send's Open

digint/btrbk#161 · 6 comments · 2 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
ansible role for btrbk: possible enhancement Open

digint/btrbk#163 · 0 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Generate warning on `archive` with read-write snapshot Open

enhancement

digint/btrbk#165 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Processing stops upon reaching read-write snapshot Open

digint/btrbk#166 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Help understanding snapshot vs backup Open

question

digint/btrbk#168 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Question about usage Open

question

digint/btrbk#184 · 8 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Any warning over SSH leads to "subvolume fetch failure" of remote targets Open

digint/btrbk#188 · 7 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Retention confusion about hourly propagation to daily Open

question

digint/btrbk#190 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
RFE: Set suffix (after date), label, or other metadata to identify snapshots and backups Open

enhancement

digint/btrbk#191 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
btrfs-progs 4.13.2 not working with btrbk <= 0.25.1 Open

bug

digint/btrbk#192 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Backup interruption handling Open

question

digint/btrbk#196 · 14 comments · 2 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
feature request: resume mode if there is a recent enough snapshot already Open

enhancement

digint/btrbk#198 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Allow transfer via ncat rather than SSH Open

digint/btrbk#200 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
snapshot_dir line has to come before target line. Candidate for docs? Open

digint/btrbk#207 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
send/receive fails if snapshot_dir is a mount point Open

bug upstream bug

digint/btrbk#210 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Archive aborts when some target snapshots already exist Open

digint/btrbk#211 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
docs could mention that 'target send-receive' must be a subvolume Open

digint/btrbk#212 · 2 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
feature: send-receive to multiple receive targets at once Open

enhancement

digint/btrbk#214 · 6 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
ERROR: cannot open .../oc_activity.ibd: No such file or directory Open

duplicate upstream bug

digint/btrbk#223 · 9 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
More complex example with multiple subvolumes in multiple directories in howto. Open

digint/btrbk#228 · 2 comments · 2 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Yearly retention Open

digint/btrbk#229 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Group active backing up images to DATE not SUBVOLUME. Open

enhancement

digint/btrbk#236 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Add the ability to prune old backups (where the source volume doesn't exist anymore) Open

digint/btrbk#237 · 5 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
selective folder backup from a btrfs volume Open

digint/btrbk#238 · 3 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Optional checks for ongoing balance and scrub Open

digint/btrbk#242 · 0 comments · 3 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
btrbk + samba shadow_copy2 + windows clients Open

digint/btrbk#243 · 9 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
btrbk prune --preserve-backups tries to read backup targets then fails Open

digint/btrbk#249 · 1 comment · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Add option to remove (oldest) snapshot when space is low Open

digint/btrbk#250 · 3 comments · 2 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026
Failed send/receive with "inode_cache" mount option Open

digint/btrbk#253 · 4 comments · 0 reactions · 0 assignees · Indexed Sep 15, 2026

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