Hi there, On Tue, 24 Jul 2018, Tim Evans wrote:
I'm retiring the oldest PC among my BackupPC clients, and replacing it with a new one. Would like to use the same hostname for the new machine, but think this might confuse things with BackupPC.
I'd recommend that you don't do it. BackupPC is not the only thing that will get confused. You will too. Examples below. On Tue, 24 Jul 2018, Michael Stowe wrote:
2. Login to the configuration folder cd /etc/BackupPC 2. Change the host file to the corresponding one : vi hosts *change old_host to new_host*
Examples: 1: There are two '2.'s in there. Has this been tested? 2: In some installations the directory structure is different and the configuration isn't in /etc/BackupPC. Debian packages for example use /etc/backuppc/ for configuration and /var/lib/backuppc/ for data. 3: You need to *keep* old_host and *add* new_host, otherwise the confusingly-named old_host (it's really old_NAME) won't get backed up any more. 4: Some things on old_host will probably still think they're on old_host even after you've renamed it to new_(host|name|whatever). 5: DHCP servers and things that rely on MAC addresses can get confused. 6: Nameservers and things that rely on IP addresses can get confused. -- 73, Ged. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ 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/
