martin f krafft wrote at about 09:23:07 +0200 on Sunday, April 17, 2011: > Dear list, > > we are facing a policy change requiring people to rename data files > in a trivial way (replace ':' with '-'). > > In terms of backuppc, this means that the files will have to be > transferred again, completely, right? > > Or is there a way in which I can prepare the server for this change > and prevent the completely unnecessary transfer of terabytes of > data, just so backuppc can find out that the data haven't changed? > > Thanks,
Well... you could write a script (or even one-liner) to do the same name change (modulof-mangling) on the last backup... this would be pretty easy if your name change is well-defined... you might even be able to use the 'rename' Unix function ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ 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/
