Jocke wrote: > I also are thinking of moving the backuppc storage and have read > about the new mount. I have backuppc installed, so what should be > the work process here? > > 1. Backup /var/lib/backuppc with tar > 2. Delete /var/lib/backuppc > 3. Mount the new disk at /var/lib/backuppc > 4. Restore the tar'ed backup at /var/lib/backuppc > > Would that be correct?
That ought to work. You could also move the data in one go: (0. Stop BackupPC) 1. Mount the new drive somewhere (e.g. /mnt/temp) 2. Move all data from the old to the new location 3. Unmount the old and new drive 4. Mount the new drive on /var/lib/backuppc (4. Start BackupPC) Nils Breunese. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
