Re: [BackupPC-users] define destination dir
Nils Breunese (Lemonbit) schrieb: dan wrote: also, $TopDIR is in the config.pl file and not hardcoded on debian or ubuntu(at least in version 3) you can certainly change $TopDIR, but you will have to you LVM and make a raid or jbod of some sort to get one filesystem. I believe just changing $TopDIR isn't going to work as it is also hardcoded in some lib file (search the archives). Or maybe the Debian package setup has changed. I'd say the safest way is to just use a symlink or bind mount, no need to change the BackupPC config. i just created a lvm device and made a symlink from backuppc to LVM Mountpont and it worked very well. Thanks for the hints. greets Holm - SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://sourceforge.net/services/buy/index.php ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] define destination dir
also, $TopDIR is in the config.pl file and not hardcoded on debian or ubuntu(at least in version 3) you can certainly change $TopDIR, but you will have to you LVM and make a raid or jbod of some sort to get one filesystem. On Nov 27, 2007 12:43 AM, Nils Breunese (Lemonbit) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Holm Kapschitzki wrote: i habe 4 older ide devices a 160 gb and i want to backup a few client hosts. So i cannot use one single device for backuppc. I read the doku and read something of configuring topdir to config the path where the data is backupt. On the other hand i read on debian package topdir is hardcoded. So my question is how to define different dir (at the different config files) for each host where i can backup the data? I don't think this is possible, because BackupPC uses hardlinks and these hardlinks need to be all on the same filesystem. You'll have to combine the drives into a single volume (LVM?) and then use that to backup to (mount the combined volume as /var/lib/backuppc). Nils Breunese. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] define destination dir
I mount the 'target' directory directly on the default $TopDIR though it does work by changing the $TopDIR. i have done this on debian and ubuntu. On Nov 27, 2007 8:11 AM, Nils Breunese (Lemonbit) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dan wrote: also, $TopDIR is in the config.pl file and not hardcoded on debian or ubuntu(at least in version 3) you can certainly change $TopDIR, but you will have to you LVM and make a raid or jbod of some sort to get one filesystem. I believe just changing $TopDIR isn't going to work as it is also hardcoded in some lib file (search the archives). Or maybe the Debian package setup has changed. I'd say the safest way is to just use a symlink or bind mount, no need to change the BackupPC config. Nils Breunese. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] define destination dir
Nils Breunese (Lemonbit) schrieb: Holm Kapschitzki wrote: So my question is how to define different dir (at the different config files) for each host where i can backup the data? I don't think this is possible, because BackupPC uses hardlinks and these hardlinks need to be all on the same filesystem. You'll have to combine the drives into a single volume (LVM?) and then use that to backup to (mount the combined volume as /var/lib/backuppc). Nils Breunese. thanks i will have a try. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
[BackupPC-users] define destination dir
Hello, i habe 4 older ide devices a 160 gb and i want to backup a few client hosts. So i cannot use one single device for backuppc. I read the doku and read something of configuring topdir to config the path where the data is backupt. On the other hand i read on debian package topdir is hardcoded. So my question is how to define different dir (at the different config files) for each host where i can backup the data? greets holm - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] define destination dir
Look in the config.pl file (if debian, it's probably /etc/backuppc/config.pl). If you have four 160GB drives, I would suggest using MD/LVM to create one large logical volume. The best arrangement would probably be something like a RAID 5 with all four drives, and maybe an LVM volume on top of that. Paul Tomorrow, Holm Kapschitzki wrote: Hello, i habe 4 older ide devices a 160 gb and i want to backup a few client hosts. So i cannot use one single device for backuppc. I read the doku and read something of configuring topdir to config the path where the data is backupt. On the other hand i read on debian package topdir is hardcoded. So my question is how to define different dir (at the different config files) for each host where i can backup the data? greets holm - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ___ Can't you recognize bullshit? Don't you think it would be a useful item to add to your intellectual toolkits to be capable of saying, when a ton of wet steaming bullshit lands on your head, 'My goodness, this appears to be bullshit'? _Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon__ -10921 days until retirement!- - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] define destination dir
enter the ZFS troll :) if you run opensolaris or a BSD with ZFS you can use ZFS as a zraid and you get the benefits of LVM, Raid5, and filesystem level compression all in one. I have noticed ZFS to be very resource friendly under heavy load even with compression and zraid enabled. search google and you will see a dynamic zraid volume on 16 flash keys and the filesystem remaining 'up' with 2 devices out and then rebuilt when they are plugged back in without user intervention. not to mention the zraid made a pretty impressive 4Gb(256mb flash keys) array with smoking fast IO On Nov 26, 2007 8:39 PM, Paul Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Look in the config.pl file (if debian, it's probably /etc/backuppc/config.pl). If you have four 160GB drives, I would suggest using MD/LVM to create one large logical volume. The best arrangement would probably be something like a RAID 5 with all four drives, and maybe an LVM volume on top of that. Paul Tomorrow, Holm Kapschitzki wrote: Hello, i habe 4 older ide devices a 160 gb and i want to backup a few client hosts. So i cannot use one single device for backuppc. I read the doku and read something of configuring topdir to config the path where the data is backupt. On the other hand i read on debian package topdir is hardcoded. So my question is how to define different dir (at the different config files) for each host where i can backup the data? greets holm - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ___ Can't you recognize bullshit? Don't you think it would be a useful item to add to your intellectual toolkits to be capable of saying, when a ton of wet steaming bullshit lands on your head, 'My goodness, this appears to be bullshit'? _Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon__ -10921 days until retirement!- - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] define destination dir
Holm Kapschitzki wrote: i habe 4 older ide devices a 160 gb and i want to backup a few client hosts. So i cannot use one single device for backuppc. I read the doku and read something of configuring topdir to config the path where the data is backupt. On the other hand i read on debian package topdir is hardcoded. So my question is how to define different dir (at the different config files) for each host where i can backup the data? I don't think this is possible, because BackupPC uses hardlinks and these hardlinks need to be all on the same filesystem. You'll have to combine the drives into a single volume (LVM?) and then use that to backup to (mount the combined volume as /var/lib/backuppc). Nils Breunese. PGP.sig Description: This is a digitally signed message part - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
