On 30/10/2015 17:06, Les Mikesell wrote: On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 6:06 AM, <[email protected]><mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
- Is it possible that instead of sending the files to /home/backuppc/storage, to tell to BackupPC to send the files to a remote computer via ssh scp for example Does Backuppc has this feature or can implement it ? This would remove the need to script an additional cron job to export /home/backuppc/storage to a remote server when using bpc as solution to backup the server itself No, it won't work. Backuppc needs to be able to make hard links between files in the host backup directories and the pooled instance under pool or cpool, and scp won't maintain that. For a small archive you may be able to ' rsync -H' the entire archive directory, but this is likely to fail as the backups grow. The best approach is to simply run backuppc on a different host and let it make the backups there itself. Thanks for the clarification, someone suggested me another solution that is to mount a remote volume in the system, that way I will be able to just update the local path, sound even better than installing bpc on a remote server because I keep the administration of backuppc An NFS mount can work, but there are several disadvantages. It will be somewhat less efficient over the network than local storage and using rsync to access remote clients. And consider what you would have to do to restore the system you are backing up if it is broken and you are depending on its own instance of backuppc to do the work. As for administering backuppc, after the initial setup you can do most of the management through the web interface without needing to be root on the system. Indeed if I loose the backuppc instance this is problematic, I think I will try to convince our support team to do that rather than asking every server admins to send data. In short I'm doing the job of our support team actually ;( -- Cordialement, Arnaud DOVI Accenture Technology Solutions Nantes Delivery Center ✆ : 07 82 77 05 15 • : [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ________________________________ This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise confidential information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of the e-mail by you is prohibited. Where allowed by local law, electronic communications with Accenture and its affiliates, including e-mail and instant messaging (including content), may be scanned by our systems for the purposes of information security and assessment of internal compliance with Accenture policy. ______________________________________________________________________________________ www.accenture.com
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