Summary
I find it hard to navigate snapshot browser itself to find backups for particular host, as all I can see is just Snapshot ID. To find backups for my particular host, it requires navigating through all of them one-by-one.
Lack of visibility into what host's snapshot I'm looking at applies to restore screen as well, where this information is invisible (fine that I have repo-name / snapshot ID breadcrumb at the top, but in a hectic restore situation I'd love to be able to see a bit more details about the snapshot, such as hostname and snapshot's date at the top for quick sanity-check).
Possibly deserves a separate FR, but navigation of snapshot browser could be improved. I've tried Backrest briefly and one thing it does a bit better is grouping backups by date into a tree, making it easier to find snapshots as navigation through YYYY-MM > full-date feels more intuitive (though it lacks quick way to see hostnames as well, at least for my single repo scenario):
This is more of a nice-to-have though, but possibly worth considering.
Motivation / Use case
Scenario: single repository housing snapshots from multiple hosts
Proposed solution
Hostname-based browsing: I think this could be solved with a dropdown next to the Search snapshots input that could allow user to select particular host (possible dropdown select options: "All hosts", <hostname>[]).
Snapshot list: An alternative tree-based view.
Impact
None
Summary
I find it hard to navigate snapshot browser itself to find backups for particular host, as all I can see is just Snapshot ID. To find backups for my particular host, it requires navigating through all of them one-by-one.
Lack of visibility into what host's snapshot I'm looking at applies to restore screen as well, where this information is invisible (fine that I have
repo-name / snapshot IDbreadcrumb at the top, but in a hectic restore situation I'd love to be able to see a bit more details about the snapshot, such as hostname and snapshot's date at the top for quick sanity-check).Possibly deserves a separate FR, but navigation of snapshot browser could be improved. I've tried Backrest briefly and one thing it does a bit better is grouping backups by date into a tree, making it easier to find snapshots as navigation through YYYY-MM > full-date feels more intuitive (though it lacks quick way to see hostnames as well, at least for my single repo scenario):
This is more of a nice-to-have though, but possibly worth considering.
Motivation / Use case
Scenario: single repository housing snapshots from multiple hosts
Proposed solution
Hostname-based browsing: I think this could be solved with a dropdown next to the Search snapshots input that could allow user to select particular host (possible dropdown select options:
"All hosts",<hostname>[]).Snapshot list: An alternative tree-based view.
Impact
None