RG, We have done exactly what Les suggests previously, and it works a charm.
good luck > On Mon, 2006-07-03 at 15:25 -0400, R G wrote: > > I have BackupPC running on a Ubuntu box and I can run a backup using > > the rsync method but I do not want the backup to go to the default > > location of \var\lib\backuppc\pc\$hostname\ instead I have a separate > > hard drive that I want backups to go called \backup. > > > > I have attempted using the archivedest option but it does not work and > > I am thinking this is because it is associated with the achive Xfer > > method. > > > > All backups are happening on this local system only. This should be > > something very simple to implement and I can not for the life of me > > figure out what needs to be implemented. Any help would be greatly > > appreciated. > > You can move the destination, but the cpool and pc directories must > always be on the same filesystem so hard links can work. The debian > packaging moves things around so the easiest way is probably something > like: > cd /var/lib/backuppc > cp -av . /backup > cd /var/lib > mv backuppc backuppc.old > ln -s /backup backuppc > > This replaces the original backuppc directory with a symlink to your > mounted drive. You could also just mount it as /var/lib/backuppc > after copying the current contents to it. > > -- > Les Mikesell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- Lachlan Simpson, National Database & IT Support Officer National Office The Wilderness Society 57E Brisbane Street, Hobart TAS 7000, AUSTRALIA [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ph (03) 6270 1798 http://www.wilderness.org.au Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
