On Thu, Aug 4, 2022 at 7:32 AM backuppc--- via BackupPC-users
<backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:
>
> Right now I am thinking that it would probably be easiest if I set up a
> Debian 10 VM, which comes with BackupPC 3.3.2, point that at the old data
> directory and use it to extract the data I want. Then I store that on one of
> my backed up clients so that it goes to the BackupPC installation that I
> actually use.
>
That would work, but unless you really expect to regularly extract
files from the old backups, why not just leave it at having the VM set
up with a version of backuppc that works with the old drive mounted?
Then on the odd chance that you need something from it, just fire up
that VM again.
--
Les Mikesell
lesmikes...@gmail.com
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