Re: [BackupPC-users] Migrating User Data to New PC via BackupPC or Other?
BackupPC of course has no idea what you want to restore... and it really is up to you what you want to restore. Once you know what you want to restore (based on your own knowledge or perhaps Google to find out what directories make sense to restore), then you just select the desired files/directories in the GUI. Unlikely that any one will have done this for you as its very much an individual choice. The best way though is to see if your new PC came with migration software and/or use default Windows migration software to copy over the basics. This will ensure that everything gets put in the right place, that ownership/perms/ACLs are properly updated, and that any changes needed for migration are made. THEN if you find anything missing, you can use BackupPC to migrate the files or just copy them directly from your old PC (which is usually even easier!) Tim Evans wrote at about 15:48:58 -0500 on Sunday, November 26, 2023: > Just ordered a new Windows PC to replace a very old one, which has been > backed up via BackupPC (rsync) to my Linux backup server. (Pretty good > black friday deal from Costco.) > > Anyone have a recipe for restoring user data (docs, e-mail, photos, > browser profiles, etc.) via BackuPC? > > Are there better alternatives? Do new (Dell) PC's come with migration > tools? > > Thanks. > > > > ___ > 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] Migrating User Data to New PC via BackupPC or Other?
Just ordered a new Windows PC to replace a very old one, which has been backed up via BackupPC (rsync) to my Linux backup server. (Pretty good black friday deal from Costco.) Anyone have a recipe for restoring user data (docs, e-mail, photos, browser profiles, etc.) via BackuPC? Are there better alternatives? Do new (Dell) PC's come with migration tools? Thanks. ___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Outdated Files in Backup?
Thanks again!
Again, I do not know why this changed. Removed the entry on the host and
let the default settings settle in.
Thanks!
/KNEBB
Am 26.11.23 um 13:51 schrieb jbk:
On 11/26/23 05:30, Christian Völker wrote:
> Hi, > > thanks for pointins this out. I do not remember having set this >
manually on all hosts. It was set globally anyways so I removed these
> entries from all clients. > > And I have only a username for this
single host (as it is MacOS and > does not know "root" as the others
do). > > Meanwhile I have removed the host an created it from scratch.
Started > a backupc and now everything seems to work fine. I do not
know how > this has happened. > > Thanks! > > /KNEBB > > > Am 24.11.23
um 17:05 schrieb jbk: >> On 11/14/23 14:09, Christian Völker wrote:
>>> Hi, >>> >>> I have BackupPC 4.x running on a Debian system. Works
like a >>> champ since years now. >>> >>> One of my clients is an
Apple Mac with current up-to-date MacOS. >>> rsync is installed: >>>
>>> username@macos Documents % rsync --version rsync version 2.6.9 >>>
protocol version 29 Copyright (C) 1996-2006 by Andrew Tridgell, >>>
Wayne Davison, and others. So far it works fine. It does the >>>
backupsand all is good. I am backing up the Users-Folder as >>>
"$RsyncShareName": "/Users/username" and excluded some unneeded >>>
directories. >>> >>> See macos.pl: $Conf{BackupPCNightlyPeriod} = 1;
>>> $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [ '/Users/username' ]; >>>
$Conf{RsyncSshArgs} = [ '-e', '$sshPath -l username' ]; >>> >> In
reviewing again your settings I see that you have the nightly >>
period configured as a per host value to do a full traverse as I >>
do, but for my system this is configured on the server and not by >>
client. I also see that your: '$sshPath -l username' lists >>
username. For my setup that username is backuppc for all clients. >>
Do you have different usernames configured for each client? >> >> One
thing I've noticed in the nightly process is that even with the >>
setting to traverse the whole pool in one night it seems that I'll >>
get a big prune (4-5) G's late in the weekly cycle. >> >> -- Jim KR >
The other thing that I noticed is that your rsync args is missing the
option:
--protect-args
This may be important to BackupPC's operation. It is recommended that
you not change the rsync arguments from their default in the supplied
config.pl
I was guilty of modifying the defaults and it took me three months to
clear the backups of deleted data across four backup disks.
--
Jim KR
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Outdated Files in Backup?
On 11/26/23 05:30, Christian Völker wrote:
Hi, > > thanks for pointins this out. I do not remember having
set this > manually on all hosts. It was set globally
anyways so I removed these > entries from all clients. > >
And I have only a username for this single host (as it is
MacOS and > does not know "root" as the others do). > >
Meanwhile I have removed the host an created it from
scratch. Started > a backupc and now everything seems to
work fine. I do not know how > this has happened. > >
Thanks! > > /KNEBB > > > Am 24.11.23 um 17:05 schrieb jbk:
>> On 11/14/23 14:09, Christian Völker wrote: >>> Hi, >>>
>>> I have BackupPC 4.x running on a Debian system. Works
like a >>> champ since years now. >>> >>> One of my clients
is an Apple Mac with current up-to-date MacOS. >>> rsync is
installed: >>> >>> username@macos Documents % rsync
--version rsync version 2.6.9 >>> protocol version 29
Copyright (C) 1996-2006 by Andrew Tridgell, >>> Wayne
Davison, and others. So far it works fine. It does the >>>
backupsand all is good. I am backing up the Users-Folder as
>>> "$RsyncShareName": "/Users/username" and excluded some
unneeded >>> directories. >>> >>> See macos.pl:
$Conf{BackupPCNightlyPeriod} = 1; >>> $Conf{RsyncShareName}
= [ '/Users/username' ]; >>> $Conf{RsyncSshArgs} = [ '-e',
'$sshPath -l username' ]; >>> >> In reviewing again your
settings I see that you have the nightly >> period
configured as a per host value to do a full traverse as I >>
do, but for my system this is configured on the server and
not by >> client. I also see that your: '$sshPath -l
username' lists >> username. For my setup that username is
backuppc for all clients. >> Do you have different usernames
configured for each client? >> >> One thing I've noticed in
the nightly process is that even with the >> setting to
traverse the whole pool in one night it seems that I'll >>
get a big prune (4-5) G's late in the weekly cycle. >> >> --
Jim KR > The other thing that I noticed is that your rsync
args is missing the option:
--protect-args
This may be important to BackupPC's operation. It is
recommended that you not change the rsync arguments from
their default in the supplied config.pl
I was guilty of modifying the defaults and it took me three
months to clear the backups of deleted data across four
backup disks.
--
Jim KR
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Outdated Files in Backup?
Hi,
thanks for pointins this out. I do not remember having set this manually
on all hosts. It was set globally anyways so I removed these entries
from all clients.
And I have only a username for this single host (as it is MacOS and does
not know "root" as the others do).
Meanwhile I have removed the host an created it from scratch. Started a
backupc and now everything seems to work fine.
I do not know how this has happened.
Thanks!
/KNEBB
Am 24.11.23 um 17:05 schrieb jbk:
On 11/14/23 14:09, Christian Völker wrote:
Hi,
I have BackupPC 4.x running on a Debian system. Works like a champ
since years now.
One of my clients is an Apple Mac with current up-to-date MacOS.
rsync is installed:
username@macos Documents % rsync --version
rsync version 2.6.9 protocol version 29
Copyright (C) 1996-2006 by Andrew Tridgell, Wayne Davison, and others.
So far it works fine. It does the backupsand all is good. I am
backing up the Users-Folder as "$RsyncShareName": "/Users/username"
and excluded some unneeded directories.
See macos.pl:
$Conf{BackupPCNightlyPeriod} = 1;
$Conf{RsyncShareName} = [
'/Users/username'
];
$Conf{RsyncSshArgs} = [
'-e',
'$sshPath -l username'
];
In reviewing again your settings I see that you have the nightly
period configured as a per host value to do a full traverse as I do,
but for my system this is configured on the server and not by client.
I also see that your:
'$sshPath -l username'
lists username. For my setup that username is backuppc for all
clients. Do you have different usernames configured for each client?
One thing I've noticed in the nightly process is that even with the
setting to traverse the whole pool in one night it seems that I'll get
a big prune (4-5) G's late in the weekly cycle.
--
Jim KR
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