Guillermo Rozas wrote:
> 
> I think there is a V3_to_V4 conversion tool (look for it in the manual), but 
> it works on data that BacupPC already knows.

I believe BackupPC 4.x can still read V3 pools?

> Maybe you could try to create a V3 pool for a ficticious client, add the old 
> data by hand into the folder structure, and then convert it to V4, but it 
> could be risky to your current pool.

Adding data is the part for which I have not found any guide so far.

BR,
Fabian


> On Wed, Aug 3, 2022 at 2:31 PM backuppc--- via BackupPC-users 
> <backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >  
> >  I pulled a V3 pool off an old hard disk that I had wrongly assumed was 
> > broken. Now I would like to import as much data as possible into my current 
> > V4 installation. 
> >  
> >  Merging or importing pools does not seem to be an option, so I am 
> > wondering what could be done with the existing tools? I am thinking that I 
> > could create a config.pl (http://config.pl) that would allow me to run at 
> > least BackupPC_archiveHost/BackupPC_archiveStart so that I could extract 
> > backups into an archive. But then there is no facility to import archives, 
> > or did I overlook anything? Any other suggestions?
> >  
> >  Fabian


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