Hello, after getting so much interesting ideas how to backup the backuppc-server after asking this questions two weeks ago, I'm now close to take action. The topic was: Prepare for the worst, Howto backup the backuppc-server
To summarize: I want to put /var/lib/backuppc on a RAID1 and add one (two) external disk to the RAID. Since this raid can be removed from the raid after the content has been synced I have a full copy of the backuppc-data for secure offline storage. Another idea I want to try afterwards is to add a disk using AoE (ATA over Ethernet). Because the AoE-Disk is attached to a virtual machine running on a client, I don't even need physical access to the server room, when swapping the drive for offline storage. Since I've also an dd-diskimage of the server stored on the raid, I should be able to rebuilt my server (and then all clients) very easy (in theory). My RAID1 (/dev/md0) is now mounted at /mnt/md0 and as far as I understand I need to move /var/lib/backuppc to the RAID. Then when finished I would remount the RAID to /var/lib/backuppc. Question ======== While looking for information about how to move the /var/lib/backuppc-directory I found: 'change archive directory' on the backuppc wiki http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net/change+archive+directory Option 1 suggest to use: cp -pR /var/lib/backuppc /mnt/md0 while Option 3 suggest to move the directory to another place. In order to be safe when something bad happens while transferring the data to the RAID, I dont want to use 'move'. Just to make sure that I don't do something stupid before copying tons of GB of backup-data I would like have a short feedback regarding the command in option 1. Will this do the job? Can I just remount my RAID to /var/lib/backuppc afterwards and be sure that everything is working? Thanks and kind regards - Kurt ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
