Re: [Duplicity-talk] Automated restore

[edgar . soldin]

On 30.03.2014 21:45, Grant wrote:
>>> Can I run an automated restore of my backups to verify that they're in
>>> working order and not tampered with?
>>>
>>
>> check the manpage, action command verify
>>  http://duplicity.nongnu.org/duplicity.1.html
> 
> 
> Works great.  I'm planning to put an identical dummy file on both of
> my important systems which will be backed up to the backup server.
> Each important system will pull the other's backups from the backup
> server and run duplicity verify to ensure the dummy file matches.
> 
> Is this a good strategy?  Is there a better method for this?
> 

what is the reasoning behind this? why don't you simply verify your backups 
after they are through?

..ede