Safety Checklist Cheatsheet

Pre-Run

• Confirm source path exists and is non-empty.
• Confirm destination remote path is correct.
• Run with --dry-run for destructive operations.
• Verify credentials and config path for scheduler user.

During Run

• Log to file with timestamp.
• Capture exit code.
• Watch error and retry patterns.

Post-Run

• Run rclone check on critical datasets.
• Review delete counts and unusual diffs.
• Archive logs with job ID/date.
• Record restore-point metadata.

Incident Guardrails

Trigger	Action
Delete count unexpectedly high	Stop pipeline, investigate dry-run diff
Repeated auth errors	Rotate/reconnect credentials
API throttling spikes	Lower concurrency and TPS
Failed post-check	Run targeted repair loop

Core Recovery Commands

rclone check SRC DST --one-way
rclone sync SRC DST --dry-run
rclone copy ROLLBACK_PATH DST --progress

Next

• Restore Drills, RTO, and RPO