On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 11:11:12PM +0200, Sam Przyswa wrote: > > > We have to change our BackupPC server to a new machine, how to copy the > > > entire BackupPC directory (120Gb) to an other machine ? > > > > > > I tried rsync, it crash after a long, long time, I tried scp but it > > > don't pass the link and the dest directory become out of size after > > > transferring about 50% of files... > > > > > > What is the right way to transfert a BackupPC with 120Gb of files ? > > > > An often suggested method is using dd and growing the filesystem > > afterwards. This will probably be a lot faster as dd doesn't need to > > know anything about the file structure and things like hardlinks. > > Yes but the the machines are on Internet not on your office, we have to > do that over the net. I never do a dd over ssh !?
It would work like this: oldserver# dd if=/dev/backuppc-filesystem bs=1M | ssh -c blowfish -C -o CompressionLevel=9 newserver "dd of=/de/newfilesystem bs=1M" (Of course, the filesystem has to be unmounted.) Later, you resize the file system to it's desired size, e.g. resize2fs /dev/newfilesystem Depending on the network connection between your servers, you might want to skip the compression (-C and -o). HTH, Tino. -- "What we resist, persists." (Zen saying) www.craniosacralzentrum.de www.forteego.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ 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/
