On Fri, 2006-02-17 at 11:40, Travis Wu wrote: > I am using rsync xfer and wondering if I can just directly use the > data without doing the restore first?
The backuppc archive copy is highly compressed so you can't use it directly. > The scenario is that I want to make a backup server for our production > server. In case of the production server goes down, hopefully the data > is ready on the backup server so users will be able to use it right > away. > > I am thinking to do rsync (just the command) with the production > server first and then use backuppc to backup the local copy of the > dataset. The only downside is that I'll need twice as much space as > the original dataset. Yes, that approach should work with a few additional considerations about how you will handle accessing the copy from the backup machine (add the ip address, make the users aware of a different server or something else) and about matching logins and authentication on the machines. If the downtime while you restored would be expensive, this could be worthwhile and continuing to let backuppc work lets you have older versions still available if needed. -- Les Mikesell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=103432&bid=230486&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
