I upgraded two backuppc servers (both ubuntu 14.04) so far with: 1) cpan install BackupPC::XS 2) manual install of rsync-bpc (./configure --prefix=/opt/pkg/rsync- bpc-<version>; make; make install 3) then just ran the backuppc configure script (and mention the path for rsync-bpc)
It "just worked", except the ubuntu init script has: grep -q IncrLevel $CONF || BAD=1 Which triggers (for those googleing the error): BackupPC cannot be started because important parameters are missing from config.pl. If you just upgraded BackupPC, please update /etc/backuppc /config.pl Took me awhile to find because it's not in dmesg, syslog, or stdout/stderr for the daemon. I added to the config.pl: 'IncrLevel' => '1', Started up. Seems happy, did a test restore, and am now doing a migrate to see how that impacts performance, pool size, and number of inodes. On a 2.7TB pool so far it's around 30% more inodes and 1% more space, but it's only processes less than half the hosts. I'm also rather curious about the time to backup for 3.x vs 4.x. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ BackupPC-devel mailing list BackupPC-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-devel Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/