Les Mikesell writes: > On Tue, 2005-09-13 at 10:15, Justin Pessa wrote: > > Thanks for your reply Les. > > > > Can you then clarify for me what exactly is the purpose of the Archive > > Host feature in BackupPC if the backups are not stored on an Archive > > server? > > I think it is a little confusing too, and assume that the idea of > calling it an archive host is to permit the config file that controls > it to fit into the same scheme used for target hosts that need > individual configs, and to use the same the way you select hosts > for an action to pick it. > > The archive hosts are used to pick a method of archiving the last > backup of any of the non-archive targets. How that is done and > where it is stored is up to the settings in the config file > for that archive host. You might have one that writes directly > to tape, one that slices to CD size, and one that slices to DVD > size (etc.).
That's right. > Note that you can do the same stuff with more options by rolling > your own command line around BackPC_tarCreate with ssh to > run it from elsewhere or to put the output where you want it. You can also modify or copy BackupPC_archiveHost to include ssh to a different host in the command that it builds and runs. That way BackupPC_tarCreate can run on the server, but the output could be deposited on any remote machine or remote device. Craig ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Tame your development challenges with Apache's Geronimo App Server. Download it for free - -and be entered to win a 42" plasma tv or your very own Sony(tm)PSP. Click here to play: http://sourceforge.net/geronimo.php _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
