i think this is incorrect. a tar archive is produced using the index of a _completed_ backup. you can't extract an in-process backup.
and as for the cleanup process, it's only cleaning up files that have no references, so by definition it can't affect an extraction. > Good questions.. I would think if nothing else you could end up with > potentially invalid hardlink targets in the tar archive if the > background cleanup process is running, but I'm not sure. > > Check out the howto for LVM information. It should explain everything. > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ > > Dan- > > max wrote: > > > It's rigth that Dan wrote? > > > > but... if i go the the web interface and i run the archive command > > while the backuppc service is running, i will have the same > > incosistant tar archive? > > > > What's do you mean for "incosistent"? That isn't the last archived, or > > that contain wrong/corrupped data? > > > > Please tell me more about the LVM snapshot... sound interesting :) > > > > best, > > MaX > > > > Dan Cox wrote: > > > >> I believe you could potentially have an inconsistent tar archive if > >> the backuppc service is running while you are generating your > >> archive. The safest method would be to use LVM volumes on your backup > >> server, and then just create an LVM snapshot and back up the snapshot > >> so you won't need to shut down backuppc. > >> > >> Dan- > >> > >> max wrote: > >> > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> below my approach used on a backuppc server, for the second copy of=20 > >>> archive in a iPod via usb (but you can use a more big=20 > >> > >> > > > > > > =20 > > ______________________________________________ Renovamos el Correo=20 > > Yahoo! Nuevos servicios, m=E1s seguridad http://correo.yahoo.es > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO > September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices > Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA > Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ =--------------------- paul fox, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (arlington, ma, where it's 59.9 degrees) ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
