List backups

Once the backup has been carried out, you can use a number of special functions or parameters with which the backups can be listed.

List all backups

Lists available backup days/snapshots.

sudo bash /home/user/bmus.sh --restore --list

Warning: This can result in a very long output (and waiting time). BmuS searches for all existing folders/snapshots.

Output:

Loading configuration from: /home/pi/bmus.conf
Configuration successfully loaded

═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
              RESTORATION MODE ACTIVE                        
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

[1/5] Mounting NAS share...
NAS already mounted at: /mnt/workstation
[3/5] Available backups:
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
All available backup files:
Detected structure: Nested structure with deduplication (YYYY-MM-DD/YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS/)
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Available Restore Points (Snapshots):
Date         | Time     | Backup Folder ID
-------------|----------|--------------------------------
2025-11-16   | 13:26:00 | 2025-11-16_13-26-00
2025-11-16   | 11:01:19 | 2025-11-16_11-01-19
2025-11-16   | 10:58:29 | 2025-11-16_10-58-29
2025-11-28   | 23:30:12 | 2025-11-28_23-30-12
2025-11-27   | 23:30:03 | 2025-11-27_23-30-03
2025-11-26   | 23:30:12 | 2025-11-26_23-30-12
2025-11-26   | 15:17:50 | 2025-11-26_15-17-50
2025-11-25   | 23:30:12 | 2025-11-25_23-30-12
2025-11-25   | 11:56:34 | 2025-11-25_11-56-34
2025-11-25   | 11:47:05 | 2025-11-25_11-47-05
2025-11-25   | 11:27:51 | 2025-11-25_11-27-51
2025-11-24   | 23:30:12 | 2025-11-24_23-30-12
2025-11-23   | 23:30:12 | 2025-11-23_23-30-12
2025-11-22   | 23:30:12 | 2025-11-22_23-30-12

───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Use --date YYYY-MM-DD to restore a specific backup

NAS unmounted

List backup of a specific date

List files from 2025-11-23

sudo bash /home/user/bmus.sh --restore --list --date 2025-11-23

Output:

Loading configuration from: /home/pi/bmus.conf
Configuration successfully loaded

═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
              RESTORATION MODE ACTIVE                        
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

[1/5] Mounting NAS share...
NAS already mounted at: /mnt/workstation
Available backups from 2025-11-23:
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Available backups from 2025-11-23:
Detected structure: Nested structure with deduplication (YYYY-MM-DD/YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS/)
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

2025-11-27+23:49:42.9775945000  2025-11-23_23-30-12   .DS_Store                                      6,1KB
2025-11-23+23:31:52.0546388000  2025-11-23_23-30-12   german_2025-11-23_23-31-51.lang.bak             39KB
2025-11-23+23:31:51.9477766000  2025-11-23_23-30-12   bmus_encryption_2025-11-23_23-31-51.sh.bak        14KB
2025-11-23+23:31:51.9081038000  2025-11-23_23-30-12   bmus_dashboard_2025-11-23_23-31-51.sh.bak        52KB
2025-11-23+23:31:51.8549421000  2025-11-23_23-30-12   .bmus_credentials_2025-11-23_23-31-51.bak       1,5KB
2025-11-23+23:31:51.7868492000  2025-11-23_23-30-12   bmus_2025-11-23_23-31-51.conf.bak               29KB
2025-11-23+23:31:51.7326495000  2025-11-23_23-30-12   bmus_2025-11-23_23-31-51.sh.bak                125KB
2025-11-23+23:30:17.0852559000  2025-11-23_23-30-12   2025-11-23-phpmyadmin.sql                       20KB
2025-11-23+23:30:16.5615374000  2025-11-23_23-30-12   2025-11-23-stromzaehler.sql                    4,6MB
2025-11-23+23:30:01.7051567000  2025-11-23_23-30-12   smartmeter.log                                  78MB

Use --date YYYY-MM-DD to restore a specific backup

NAS unmounted

List all unencrypted/encrypted backups

Lists all unencrypted backups, in case you have both encrypted and unencrypted backups. BmuS will only list the unencrypted ones.

sudo bash /home/pi/bmus.sh --restore --list --source unencrypted

Lists all encrypted backups, in case you have both encrypted and unencrypted backups. BmuS will only list the encrypted ones.

sudo bash /home/pi/bmus.sh --restore --list --source encrypted

Output:

═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
              RESTORATION MODE ACTIVE                        
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

[1/5] Mounting NAS share...
NAS already mounted at: /mnt/workstation
[3/5] Available backups:
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
All available backup files:
Detected structure: Nested structure with deduplication (YYYY-MM-DD/YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS/)
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

2025-11-28+23:31:37.4545694000  2025-11-28_23-30-12   german_2025-11-28_23-31-37.lang.bak             40KB
2025-11-28+23:31:37.4127297000  2025-11-28_23-30-12   bmus_encryption_2025-11-28_23-31-37.sh.bak        14KB
2025-11-28+23:31:37.3643687000  2025-11-28_23-30-12   bmus_dashboard_2025-11-28_23-31-37.sh.bak        52KB
2025-11-28+23:31:37.2848465000  2025-11-28_23-30-12   .bmus_credentials_2025-11-28_23-31-37.bak       1,5KB
2025-11-28+23:31:37.2305157000  2025-11-28_23-30-12   bmus_2025-11-28_23-31-37.conf.bak               30KB
2025-11-28+23:31:37.1702335000  2025-11-28_23-30-12   bmus_2025-11-28_23-31-37.sh.bak                139KB

Use --date YYYY-MM-DD to restore a specific backup

NAS unmounted

List unencrypted/encrypted backups from a specific day

List all unencrypted backups from a specific day

sudo bash /home/user/bmus.sh --restore --list --date 2025-11-23 --source unencrypted

Lists all encrypted backups, in case you have both encrypted and unencrypted backups. BmuS will only list the encrypted ones.

sudo bash /home/user/bmus.sh --restore --list --date 2025-11-23 --source encrypted

Output:

Loading configuration from: /home/pi/bmus.conf
Configuration successfully loaded

═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
              RESTORATION MODE ACTIVE                        
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

[1/5] Mounting NAS share...
NAS already mounted at: /mnt/workstation
Available backups from 2025-11-23:
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Available backups from 2025-11-23:
Detected structure: Nested structure with deduplication (YYYY-MM-DD/YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS/)
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

2025-11-27+23:49:42.9775945000  2025-11-23_23-30-12   .DS_Store                                      6,1KB
2025-11-23+23:31:52.0546388000  2025-11-23_23-30-12   german_2025-11-23_23-31-51.lang.bak             39KB
2025-11-23+23:31:51.9477766000  2025-11-23_23-30-12   bmus_encryption_2025-11-23_23-31-51.sh.bak        14KB
2025-11-23+23:31:51.9081038000  2025-11-23_23-30-12   bmus_dashboard_2025-11-23_23-31-51.sh.bak        52KB
2025-11-23+23:31:51.8549421000  2025-11-23_23-30-12   .bmus_credentials_2025-11-23_23-31-51.bak       1,5KB
2025-11-23+23:31:51.7868492000  2025-11-23_23-30-12   bmus_2025-11-23_23-31-51.conf.bak               29KB
2025-11-23+23:31:51.7326495000  2025-11-23_23-30-12   bmus_2025-11-23_23-31-51.sh.bak                125KB
2025-11-23+23:30:17.0852559000  2025-11-23_23-30-12   2025-11-23-phpmyadmin.sql                       20KB
2025-11-23+23:30:16.5615374000  2025-11-23_23-30-12   2025-11-23-stromzaehler.sql                    4,6MB
2025-11-23+23:30:01.7051567000  2025-11-23_23-30-12   smartmeter.log                                  78MB

Use --date YYYY-MM-DD to restore a specific backup

NAS unmounted

List all backups in mixed structure (flat & folders, encrypted & plain)

List all backups that are stored as flat-structured backups or in folders:

sudo bash /home/user/bmus.sh --restore --list --source all

Output:

Loading configuration from: /home/nhg/bmus.conf
Configuration successfully loaded

═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
              RESTORATION MODE ACTIVE                        
═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════

[1/5] Mounting NAS share...

NAS successfully mounted
Searching in encrypted AND unencrypted backups...
[2/5] Decrypting backup...
[3/5] Available backups:

═══ UNENCRYPTED BACKUPS ═══
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
All available backup files:
Detected structure: Nested structure with deduplication (YYYY-MM-DD/YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS/)
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Available Restore Points (Snapshots):
Date         | Time     | Backup Folder ID
-------------|----------|--------------------------------
2025-11-16   | 12:55:39 | 2025-11-16_12-55-39
2025-11-28   | 23:00:11 | 2025-11-28_23-00-11
2025-11-27   | 23:00:02 | 2025-11-27_23-00-02
2025-11-27   | 10:31:37 | 2025-11-27_10-31-37
2025-11-26   | 23:00:11 | 2025-11-26_23-00-11

───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Use --date YYYY-MM-DD to restore a specific backup


═══ ENCRYPTED BACKUPS ═══
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
All available backup files:
Detected structure: Nested structure with deduplication (YYYY-MM-DD/YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS/)
───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

Available Restore Points (Snapshots):
Date         | Time     | Backup Folder ID
-------------|----------|--------------------------------
2025-11-26   | 10:59:45 | 2025-11-26_10-59-45
2025-11-16   | 19:54:01 | 2025-11-16_19-54-01
2025-11-16   | 19:50:17 | 2025-11-16_19-50-17
2025-11-16   | 19:31:15 | 2025-11-16_19-31-15

───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
Use --date YYYY-MM-DD to restore a specific backup

Docker commands

If you are using the Docker version, the program files are locked in the container, which means you can no longer simply call it with sudo bash bmus.sh.

There are two ways to solve this problem.