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update README: Add debugging hints
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Version 2.11
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* Update README
* Raise NBD connection error if `--tls` option is set but installed libnbd
bindings for python do not support required features.
* Set TLS connection options to TLS_REQUIRE instead of TLS_ALLOW which would
fallback to non-encrypted data transfer.


Version 2.10
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* Add --ssh-port option.


Version 2.9
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* Fix: backup with compression enabled fails: unsupported operand type(s) for
+: 'int' and 'dict' (#177)


Version 2.8
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* Add packages compatible to fedora 39 to package build (#174)
* Show total saved disk size in human readable output (#173)


Version 2.7
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* Update README
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* Detect remote connection based on libvirt URI, checking hostnames could lead
to situation where local backup is detected as remote backup (#170)


Version 2.6
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* Fix IndexError exception if auth file is used in qemu uri (#167)
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* Update README regards OVIRT/RHEV/OLVM (no mechanism available: No worthy
mechs found)


Version 2.5
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* Move some log messages from info to debug loglevel
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* Do not attempt to freeze filesystems if virtual machine is in paused state
(#166)


Version 2.4
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* Update RADME
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- [OpenNebula](#opennebula)
- [Authentication](#authentication)
- [Backup I/O and performance: scratch files](#backup-io-and-performance-scratch-files)
- [Debugging](#debugging)
- [FAQ](#faq)
- [The thin provisioned backups are bigger than the original qcow images](#the-thin-provisioned-backups-are-bigger-than-the-original-qcow-images)
- [Backup fails with "Cannot store dirty bitmaps in qcow2 v2 files"](#backup-fails-with-cannot-store-dirty-bitmaps-in-qcow2-v2-files)
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The free space on the default scratch directory (`/var/tmp`) must be enough to
be able to keep all fleecing data while the backup is active.

# Debugging

To get more detailed debug output use `--verbose` option. To enable NBD
specific debugging output export LIBNBD_DEBUG environment variable prior to
executing the backup or restore:

```
export LIBNBD_DEBUG=1
```

# FAQ
## The thin provisioned backups are bigger than the original qcow images

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