On 01/24 03:09 , Kenneth L. Owen wrote: > But, I do have another question. Do I need to remove the old tar > history for localhost? I don't trust any of the data anyway and it will > free the storage.
You will likely free less space than you think. This is due to the fact that BackupPC 'pools' (hardlinks) duplicate files together. You do not need to remove history. If you desire to do so anyway, the basic method is: # cd /var/lib/backuppc/pc/localhost # ls -l compare the numbers of the backups there with the numbers visible in the BackupPC web interface and pick out the one(s) you wish to delete # rm -rf <number> This does not free much space at all, since the files are stored in /var/lib/backuppc/cpool and hardlinked to /var/lib/backuppc/pc/<hostname>. The BackupPC_nightly process goes through the pool and looks for files that have a refcount of 1. These are files that have only one name (directory entry) associated with them. If the only name for them is in the pool, that means they aren't used by any backups and may be deleted. You can wait overnight for the BackupPC_nightly job to run (tho it may take several nights depending on the settings in config.pl); or to run it by hand across the whole pool, I think the syntax is: $ /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_nightly 0 255 As always, your paths may vary if you didn't use a Debian package for your install (or I made a typo). > Now, that provokes a second question. What is the best way to do this? > I could totally remove localhost from the backup system and then tell > the system to purge the old files for this machine. Then, recreate it > using rsync transport mechanism. I am just not sure exactly how to > perform this evolution. Don't worry about it. Just set up the backup the new way. -- Carl Soderstrom Systems Administrator Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ 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/
