How to reproduce the "Directory not empty" error : Setup: mkdir backupdir mkdir backupdir/dir1 mkdir backupdir/dir2 echo "aa" > backupdir/dir1/file1_dir1 echo "aa" > backupdir/dir2/file1_dir2 freezer-agent --path-to-backup /home/stack/backupdir/ --backup-name plop --storage local --container /tmp/test/ --max-level 15 rm -rf backupdir/dir2/ mv backupdir/dir1/ backupdir/dir2 freezer-agent --path-to-backup /home/stack/backupdir/ --backup-name plop --storage local --container /tmp/test/ --max-level 15 Restore: stack@padawan-ccp-c0-m1-mgmt:~$ freezer-agent --restore-abs-path /home/stack/restoredir/ --backup-name plop --storage local --container /tmp/test/ --action restore [*] Critical Error: failed to restore file After restore state: stack@padawan-ccp-c0-m1-mgmt:~$ ls -lah restoredir/ total 16K drwxr-xr-x 4 stack stack 4.0K Apr 21 05:20 . drwxr-xr-x 14 stack stack 4.0K Apr 21 05:20 .. drwxr-xr-x 2 stack stack 4.0K Apr 21 05:19 dir1 drwxr-xr-x 2 stack stack 4.0K Apr 21 05:19 dir2 stack@padawan-ccp-c0-m1-mgmt:~$ ls -lah restoredir/dir1/ total 12K drwxr-xr-x 2 stack stack 4.0K Apr 21 05:19 . drwxr-xr-x 4 stack stack 4.0K Apr 21 05:20 .. -rw-r--r-- 1 stack stack 3 Apr 21 05:19 file1_dir1 stack@padawan-ccp-c0-m1-mgmt:~$ ls -lah restoredir/dir2 total 8.0K drwxr-xr-x 2 stack stack 4.0K Apr 21 05:19 . drwxr-xr-x 4 stack stack 4.0K Apr 21 05:20 .. Log (separated backup level 1, backup level 2 and restore): 2016-04-21 05:20:17,738 root INFO log file at /home/stack/.freezer/freezer.log 2016-04-21 05:20:17,739 root INFO [*] Job execution Started at: 2016-04-21 05:20:17 2016-04-21 05:20:17,899 root INFO [*] No LVM requested/configured 2016-04-21 05:20:17,899 root WARNING [*] Directory /home/stack/.freezer found! 2016-04-21 05:20:17,900 root INFO Tar engine backup stream enter 2016-04-21 05:20:17,901 root INFO Execution command: /bin/tar --create -z --warning=none --no-check-device --one-file-system --preserve-permissions --same-owner --seek --ignore-failed-read --listed-incremental=/home/stack/.freezer/tar_metadata_padawan-ccp-c0-m1-mgmt_plop_1461216017_0 . 2016-04-21 05:20:17,920 root INFO Tar engine streaming end 2016-04-21 05:20:17,926 root INFO [*] Job execution Finished, at: 2016-04-21 05:20:17 2016-04-21 05:20:17,927 root INFO [*] Job time Elapsed: 0:00:00.186618 2016-04-21 05:20:30,207 root INFO log file at /home/stack/.freezer/freezer.log 2016-04-21 05:20:30,208 root INFO [*] Job execution Started at: 2016-04-21 05:20:30 2016-04-21 05:20:30,258 root INFO [*] No LVM requested/configured 2016-04-21 05:20:30,260 root WARNING [*] Directory /home/stack/.freezer found! 2016-04-21 05:20:30,262 root INFO Tar engine backup stream enter 2016-04-21 05:20:30,265 root INFO Execution command: /bin/tar --create -z --warning=none --no-check-device --one-file-system --preserve-permissions --same-owner --seek --ignore-failed-read --listed-incremental=/home/stack/.freezer/tar_metadata_padawan-ccp-c0-m1-mgmt_plop_1461216017_0 . 2016-04-21 05:20:30,277 root INFO Tar engine streaming end 2016-04-21 05:20:31,279 root INFO [*] Job execution Finished, at: 2016-04-21 05:20:31 2016-04-21 05:20:31,279 root INFO [*] Job time Elapsed: 0:00:01.071243 2016-04-21 05:20:58,102 root INFO log file at /home/stack/.freezer/freezer.log 2016-04-21 05:20:58,103 root INFO [*] Job execution Started at: 2016-04-21 05:20:58 2016-04-21 05:20:58,103 root INFO [*] Executing FS restore... 2016-04-21 05:20:58,104 root INFO Creation restore path: /home/stack/restoredir/ 2016-04-21 05:20:58,105 root INFO Creation restore path completed 2016-04-21 05:20:58,105 root INFO Restore backup padawan-ccp-c0-m1-mgmt_plop_1461216017_0 2016-04-21 05:20:58,128 root INFO [*] Pipe closed as EOF reached. Data transmitted successfully 2016-04-21 05:20:58,137 root INFO Restore backup padawan-ccp-c0-m1-mgmt_plop_1461216030_1 2016-04-21 05:20:58,156 root INFO [*] Pipe closed as EOF reached. Data transmitted successfully 2016-04-21 05:20:58,164 root ERROR [*] Restore error: /bin/tar: Cannot rename ‘./dir1’ to ‘./dir2’: Directory not empty /bin/tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors Traceback (most recent call last): File "/opt/stack/venv/freezer_agent-20160418T041026Z/lib/python2.7/site-packages/freezer/engine/tar/tar_engine.py", line 129, in restore_level tar_process.stdin.write(read_pipe.recv_bytes()) EOFError 2016-04-21 05:20:58,167 root CRITICAL [*] Critical Error: failed to restore file