Re: [BackupPC-users] Keep backup data when source host/directory changes

2013-03-07 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Mark Campbell wrote on 2013-03-06 07:48:44 -0700 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Keep backup data when source host/directory changes]: I've not personally tried this, so someone else who has can comment on whether this would work or not, but it seems to me that if you were to rename your backups

Re: [BackupPC-users] Keep backup data when source host/directory changes

2013-03-07 Thread Mark Campbell
-Original Message- From: Holger Parplies [mailto:wb...@parplies.de] Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 9:29 AM To: General list for user discussion, questions and support Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Keep backup data when source host/directory changes Hi, Mark Campbell wrote on 2013-03-06

Re: [BackupPC-users] Keep backup data when source host/directory changes

2013-03-07 Thread John Rouillard
On Thu, Mar 07, 2013 at 07:40:15AM -0700, Mark Campbell wrote: -Original Message- From: Holger Parplies [mailto:[elided]] Mark Campbell wrote on 2013-03-06 07:48:44 -0700 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Keep backup data when source host/directory changes]: As for the differing locations, you

Re: [BackupPC-users] Keep backup data when source host/directory changes

2013-03-07 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 9:00 AM, John Rouillard rouilj-backu...@renesys.com wrote: I use cygwin for the sshd/rsync binaries now but I did get it working with all native windows versions of tools at one point. Really? Is there a non-cygwin based rsync?We have some windows boxes where the

Re: [BackupPC-users] Keep backup data when source host/directory changes

2013-03-07 Thread Mark Campbell
] Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 10:01 AM To: General list for user discussion, questions and support Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Keep backup data when source host/directory changes On Thu, Mar 07, 2013 at 07:40:15AM -0700, Mark Campbell wrote: -Original Message- From: Holger Parplies

Re: [BackupPC-users] Keep backup data when source host/directory changes

2013-03-07 Thread John Rouillard
On Thu, Mar 07, 2013 at 10:10:27AM -0600, Les Mikesell wrote: On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 9:00 AM, John Rouillard rouilj-backu...@renesys.com wrote: I use cygwin for the sshd/rsync binaries now but I did get it working with all native windows versions of tools at one point. Really? Is there a

Re: [BackupPC-users] Keep backup data when source host/directory changes

2013-03-07 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:31 AM, Mark Campbell mcampb...@emediatrade.com wrote: So in other words, you still need a daemon; whether it's rsync directly, or a cygwin/native ssh daemon running on the client machine that then execute rsync. Yes, the choice is mostly whether you want generic

[BackupPC-users] Keep backup data when source host/directory changes

2013-03-06 Thread Maarten
Hi, I have a problem for which I'm not sure a proper solution exists, but let me try anyway. In my current setup, I have a BackupPC server with about 4.0TB of storage of which 2.7TB is in use. One host is responsible for most of the backup data (~ 1.5TB), and yesterday I migrated this host to a

Re: [BackupPC-users] Keep backup data when source host/directory changes

2013-03-06 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Maarten m...@milieudefensie.nl wrote: I have a problem for which I'm not sure a proper solution exists, but let me try anyway. In my current setup, I have a BackupPC server with about 4.0TB of storage of which 2.7TB is in use. One host is responsible for most

Re: [BackupPC-users] Keep backup data when source host/directory changes

2013-03-06 Thread Mark Campbell
data when source host/directory changes Hi, I have a problem for which I'm not sure a proper solution exists, but let me try anyway. In my current setup, I have a BackupPC server with about 4.0TB of storage of which 2.7TB is in use. One host is responsible for most of the backup data (~ 1.5TB

Re: [BackupPC-users] Keep backup data when source host/directory changes

2013-03-06 Thread Maarten
Hi, On 03/06/2013 03:46 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: So my question is: can anybody think of an elegant way to re-use the currently backed up data so that I can keep the current backups and not start from scratch? The not-so-elegant solution that comes to mind is to rename the old host on the

Re: [BackupPC-users] Keep backup data when source host/directory changes

2013-03-06 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Maarten m...@milieudefensie.nl wrote: So my question is: can anybody think of an elegant way to re-use the currently backed up data so that I can keep the current backups and not start from scratch? The not-so-elegant solution that comes to mind is to rename

Re: [BackupPC-users] Keep backup data when source host/directory changes

2013-03-06 Thread Maarten
On 03/06/2013 04:46 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Maarten m...@milieudefensie.nl wrote: Thanks for the quick response. I assumed that BackupPC was just creating hardlinks in the pool for files on the same location. If what you say is correct, does that mean it

Re: [BackupPC-users] Keep backup data when source host/directory changes

2013-03-06 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Maarten m...@milieudefensie.nl wrote: Yes - the pool/cpool directory is full of extra hardlinks where the hash of the content is the name to quickly match up new items (plus a little extra work to deal with collisions). Rsync just follows the existing pc

Re: [BackupPC-users] Keep backup data when source host/directory changes

2013-03-06 Thread Michael Stowe
:49 AM To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [BackupPC-users] Keep backup data when source host/directory changes Hi, I have a problem for which I'm not sure a proper solution exists, but let me try anyway. In my current setup, I have a BackupPC server with about 4.0TB

Re: [BackupPC-users] Keep backup data when source host/directory changes

2013-03-06 Thread Arnold Krille
On Wed, 6 Mar 2013 10:10:17 -0600 Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Maarten m...@milieudefensie.nl wrote: Yes - the pool/cpool directory is full of extra hardlinks where the hash of the content is the name to quickly match up new items (plus a

Re: [BackupPC-users] Keep backup data when source host/directory changes

2013-03-06 Thread Trey Dockendorf
-Original Message- From: Maarten [mailto:m...@milieudefensie.nl] Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 8:49 AM To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [BackupPC-users] Keep backup data when source host/directory changes Hi, I have a problem for which I'm not sure a proper