You don’t say whether you are using v3 or v4. Either way one also would need to copy the pool or cpool data.
There is a rather lengthy thread devoted to making copies of backups that you might find useful. A search of the archive ought to provide results. Cheers, Mph > On Feb 4, 2019, at 1:37 AM, Arsalan Naeem <naeemarsa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > Recently I experimented with host migration from one backuppc to another > fresh install. I rsynced the hosts folder in /var/lib/BackupPC/pc/< Host > to > a new instance. After adding the host via the web GUI. I could see all the > incremental/full backup history. I was able to download archive and restore > it to a server. I have done this many times with 100% success rate with other > hosts. > > I wanted to know is this a safe method off migration and cold storage backup > option, also how is this process working, I wasn't able to find anything in > the wiki regarding migrations other then TarCopy. > > > Thanks > Arsalan > _______________________________________________ > 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/ _______________________________________________ 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/
