Good point. I suggest to mount as Read-only. Should work. Grüsse Christian Völker
> Am 26.01.2024 um 21:29 schrieb backu...@kosowsky.org: > > I would be careful as running BackupPC could cause certain old backups > to expire that you may not want to expire. > Plus, if you don't have all the hosts set properly, it could delete > pool files that are needed... > > I would be VERY careful to: > 1. Make sure I have my full config restored -- including desired > expiry times > 2. That all my desired backup hosts are intact > 3. That I know what I am doing before starting the daemon and risking > auto-deletion > > Regardless, definitely make a copy/snapshot before proceeding... so > you can undo... > > Jeff > > > Christian Völker via BackupPC-users wrote at about 10:41:33 +0100 on Friday, > January 26, 2024: >> Hi, >> >> does your HDD contain the full structure of a pool (usually the >> structure below /var/lib/BackupPC)? If so I'd recommend to add all the >> hosts which are visible as directory in pc/-folder. Stop BackupPC, mount >> your hdd to /var/lib/BackupPC and start BackupPC. >> >> It should recon the structure and match with the hosts configuration. >> >> /CV >> >> >>> Am 26.01.24 um 09:35 schrieb daggs via BackupPC-users: >>> Greetings. >>> >>> I have a pool of backups in a external hdd, I've seems to have misplaced >>> the config for them, is there a way to reconfigure backuppc so they can be >>> used again? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Dagg >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> BackupPC-users mailing list >>> BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net >>> List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users >>> Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki >>> Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> BackupPC-users mailing list >> BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net >> List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users >> Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki >> Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ > > > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
