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Rob 2017-11-08 11:37:29 -06:00
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4. Compressing my backups isn't working, why?
The most common reason for this is going to be drive space. Non-compressed backups write files directly from your local folders to the remote directory. When compressing the archive the files are first staged locally and then only the compressed folder copied over the remote directory. This means for both backup and restore operations you need to have enough space on your local drive for creation/extraction of the compressed archive. Depending on the folders you are selecting - especially for custom directories - this could be a lot of extra drive space, or very little.
The most common reason for this is going to be drive space. Non-compressed backups write files directly from your local folders to the remote directory. When compressing the archive the files are first staged locally and then only the compressed folder copied over the remote directory. This means for both backup and restore operations you need to have enough space on your local drive for creation/extraction of the compressed archive. Depending on the folders you are selecting - especially for custom directories - this could be a lot of extra drive space, or very little.
5. Why are my addons and settings gone after a restore?
Two reasons mainly, the files are probably there but either not in the right spot or enabled. Some Kodi specific settings are in the guisettings file. This file gets dumped whenever Kodi restarts, so it really can't be updated while running. The addon will make a guisettings.xml.restore file that you can copy over manually on your file system. The addon also makes an attempt to update settings via JSON-RPC if it can.
For addons the files are probably available, just not enabled. Kodi loads up addons in the folder not installed by itself in a disabled mode. You'll have to re-enable them from scratch. Kind of a pain but in order to remain in the Kodi repo this addon can't alter the state of other addons. It's one of the rules!