On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 6:01 AM, M.Baert <m.ba...@free.fr> wrote: > > I just reinstalled ubuntu (12.04 to replace 10.10) and backuppc > (.deb 3.2.1-2ubuntu1.1 replacing 3.2.0-3ubuntu4~maverick1). > > I have a .tgz of old /etc/backuppc and /var/lib/backuppc. > The store is on an external disk, which was mounted from fstab : > > UUID=d8a382ae-f0ad-49ca-907b-1e99483ef5aa /var/lib/backuppc/store > ext4 defaults,noauto,noatime 0 2 > > Now I need to restore the configuration, but I'm afraid of damaging my > store/pool. > > The simple plan I have in mind: > - stop the service > - overwrite or merge the files from /etc/backuppc/ > - overwrite or merge the files from /var/lib/backuppc/ > - merge /etc/fstab and mount the disk > - start backuppc service and pray. > > Is there any specific precautions I should take ?
The only likely problems would be if the backuppc version has changed or the packaging has changed the locations for things - and these shouldn't have much chance of harming your existing archive. What I usually do for similar cases is save copies of the current copies before the restore and diff against the restored copies to make sure I understand the configuration setting differences. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Don't let slow site performance ruin your business. Deploy New Relic APM Deploy New Relic app performance management and know exactly what is happening inside your Ruby, Python, PHP, Java, and .NET app Try New Relic at no cost today and get our sweet Data Nerd shirt too! http://p.sf.net/sfu/newrelic-dev2dev _______________________________________________ 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/