Damien Hull wrote: > Heres what I have > > BackupPC Server > 1. Ubuntu Dapper Server (LTS) > 2. Installed BackupPC from the Ubuntu package (apt-get) > 3. According to the web interface I have version 2.1.2 > > Network > 1. laptop > 2. Workstation > 3. 3 servers > > Questions > 1. Should I get the new version?
Version 3 is nicer. It has a GUI config editor, can use IO::DirEnt for a big performance boost, etc. But if 2.1.2 is working for you and you want to keep everything LTS, then you could just stay with that. > 2. Why is the data directory in /var/backuppc? Because the Ubuntu packager has decided on that. I thought it was /var/ lib/backuppc on Ubuntu, but oh well. > 3. How do I change the data directory? > 4. Should I change the data directory? This is a frequently asked question. Short answer: no, don't change the data directory when using a packaged version of BackupPC. Just mount your backup drive/array on /var/lib/backuppc. If you really don't want to do that for any reason you can create a symlink that points from /var/lib/backuppc to your backup drive/array. > 5. Is there a way to do off site storage? Some people replicate the data directory on remote server (using rsync for instance), but this doesn't scale very well, especially because of BackupPC's intensive use of hardlinks. For a small number of machines it might be feasible, but you may need to setup a separate remote BackupPC server that also backs up your machines if you want backups in two places. 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/
