On 2/24/2012 4:00 PM, Brad Alexander wrote: > Thanks, Tim, > > The problem with this approach is that the old backup server is still > running reiser3 (built before it got long in the tooth) and the new > one is running ext4...So I have to do it the hard way... > > --b > > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Tim Fletcher <t...@night-shade.org.uk> wrote: >> On Fri, 2012-02-24 at 14:57 -0500, Brad Alexander wrote: >>> Hey all, >>> >>> I'm running into a problem migrating my /var/lib/backuppc pc >>> directory. I got cpool, log, pool, tmp, and trash migrated via rsync, >>> and I am attempting to migrate the pc directory. >> It's seriously much easier to copy the raw filesystem, with dd and ssh >> or netcat. >> >> something like: >> >> dd if=/dev/filesystem bs=1M | ssh -C farragut dd of=/dev/newfilesystem >> >> If you are on the same network it might well be faster to use netcat.
How much history are you keeping on the backuppc server? It might be easier to setup the new server with an empty pool and let it start making backups. Keep the old server around for a few months until the history on the new server catches up to where you need it to be. -- Bowie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ 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/
