HELP - Missing/Deleted Files

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#1

I accidentally deleted some files and now my IP cameras don’t work properly because I lost my ability to “view” the image. Can someone grab the files from their Vera and post/send them to me, please? The files that I inadvertantly deleted are

D_DigitalSecurityCamera1.json
D_DigitalSecurityCamera1.xml
D_DigitalSecurityCamera2.json
D_DigitalSecurityCamera2.xml

Any assistance is greatly appreciated!

#2

When you delete files that are part of the Vera ROM image you aren’t really deleting them. You are just applying a “whiteout” on the writeable overlay to hide the file.

See here for recovery steps: http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php?topic=14507.0

#3

Thanks for the info, but I was unsuccessful in locating the files. The original files I deleted were in /etc/cmh-lu directory and they were not in the /overlay/etc/cmh-lu directory (see attached). I also attached a snapshot of my ip camera device GUI which shows what’s missing and may shed some light on how I can recover.

#4

Restore from last night’s backup.

#5

Hi Richard,

I tried several backups and that didn’t help. I looked at the backup tar file and it does backup the /etc directory, but it doesn’t backup /etc/cmh-lu directory where those files originated. Do you think resetting my Vera back to the factory defaults, then restoring my devices and zwave settings would help?

#6

Or can someone just send me the files please?

#7

Here you go.

#8

Thanks RexBeckett!!! ;D

That did the trick. Everything is back up and running correctly. Thanks again!

#9

Ah, I see /etc/cmh-lu isn’t actually overlaid on the ROM, which explains why the whiteout symlink wasn’t there.

For future reference: There are ROM copies of the files in /mios/etc/cmh-lu, which you can copy across to /etc/cmh-lu.