Greetings, done all the suggested, now I have access to my backups. the backup is mounted as rw as it is required when the config is on the same drive all the backups are disabled, can I assume they won't be deleted?
Dagg > Sent: Friday, January 26, 2024 at 10:59 PM > From: "Christian Völker via BackupPC-users" > <backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" > <backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> > Cc: "Christian Völker" <cvoel...@knebb.de> > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] restoring pool > > 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/ > _______________________________________________ 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/
