as applications are storing their whole data in /var/lib/appname/ yes
that is exactly how someone migrates to different machines

* app-specific configs in /etc
* /var/lib/appname
* your data if not in /var/lib/appname

the same for mysqld, postgresql, samba........

Am 17.04.2013 14:00, schrieb Paula Gonzalez Muñoz:
> Thanks for the answer Matthew. Does it work too when copying it to a new 
> OpenVAS version or to clone the database
> on another server?
> 
> 2013/4/17 Matthew Mundell <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>>
> 
>     > But I don't get any other message that could give me any clue about why 
> is
>     > it failing. Also, how do I load the backup on OpenVAS? Would it work if,
>     > for example, I do a backup of Openvas5, I delete it and, then, load the
>     > backup on a clean OpenVas6 install? If not, any recommended way of
>     > upgrading?
> 
>     The --backup option just copies the Manager database and journal with a
>     bak suffix inside a transaction.
> 
>     There is no restore command.
> 
>     It is simple to do this yourself.  Just copy the the directory
>     var/lib/openvas/mgr/ to somewhere, and copy it back if you need to 
> restore.
>     Best to stop Manager while doing the backup

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