On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 04:40:02PM -0400, Alexandre Joly wrote: > > Straight to the point ... I want to copy the backups generated by > > BackupPC to an external/removable media but I'm not sure what is the > > best way to do it. > > > > My initial idea is just to copy the contents of all the BackupPC > > directories ( $TopDir, /etc/backuppc ...) to an external media. Is this > > enough ? > > > > I just want to have copies of my backups outside the server/company in > > case of having physical problems in the machine that stores them. > > I think what you are looking for is having an "archive host". > > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#archive_functions
And/or the command BackupPC_tarCreate. I'm using it (plus some sophisticated shell script) to create TARs from server backups. Note that backing up the pc/name/number directories is cumbersome since you need a Backuppc installation to actually restore something. If you create an archive (via archivehost or via BackupPC_tarCreate), you get a real TAR file. HTH, Tino. -- "What we nourish flourishes." - "Was wir nähren erblüht." www.craniosacralzentrum.de www.forteego.de ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
