If you are using LVM, just use pvmove and vgsplit with only a little
downtime.
On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 9:25 PM, dan <danden...@gmail.com> wrote:
> You can tar up the whole pool directory and put it on an external drive
> pretty easily. Just make sure that backuppc is not running when you do this
> -OR- do an LVM snapshot and then backup the snapshot.
>
> I have been using rsync to sync two servers for a long time but have
> recently started experimenting with DRDB for the remote sync. Are you
> interested in running two machines or do you just want to archive the data?
>
> If you just want an archive of the data maybe consider just pulling off
> periodic full backups to your alternate media. You have two options really
> which is to do an archive or restore and put the tar or zip archive on the
> external storage or you could even copy the specific backup for the
> pool/cpool directory onto the media by host.
>
> Another option would be to create a MD1 mirror with your primary data as a
> member of the mirror and your USB device as a member. You can add the USB
> device to the array long enough for it to sync and the remove it for offsite
> storage. You can then re-sync it anytime you like or even rotate in other
> disks. This can be time consuming but I see MD1 rebuilds running at 30MB/s+
> on very modest hardware so you could do a Terabyte in 8 or 10 hours and the
> array can remain active (though slow). My 4 drive array rebuilds at about
> 80MB/s and it is just 4 seagate 7200.11 drives in a raid10 (two mirrors in
> raid1) and I *can* add a single USB disk to the array though I have only
> done this in testing and it isnt my standard practice. I archive to DVD
> periodically.
>
> On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 12:53 AM, Chris Owen <
> chriso...@eigersecurities.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey
>>
>> Would like some advise on the best way to backup backuppc. I have a
>> 1TB USB drive that I would like to copy all of our backups to. Has
>> anyone done this? How easy is it to roll back from USB?
>>
>> Many Thanks
>>
>> Chris Owen
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
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