In v4, I wanted to confirm that the following approach would work for merging together backups for 2 different instances of backuppc.
For convenience, assume we are copying instance #1 onto instance #2 1. Copy over Cpool/pool Copy cpool/pool from instance #1 to instance #2 using 'cp -an' to avoid clobbering. I am willing to "assume" the very low risk of md5sum collisions -- (which frankly exists even with rsync-bpc). 2. Copy over pc tree For non-overlapping machines, just copy over the machine. For machines existing on both instances, renumber before copying as necessary to avoid conflicting numbers (plus make sure that incremental/full and filled/unfilled chains are not interrupted) 3. Run 'BackupPC_fsck -f' to adjust refCnt's and poolCnt's Any thoughts? Any better ways? _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
