On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:53:15 +0200, Joseph Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ok, we have BackupPC version 3 installed on a few servers throughout our > company. Recently one of the servers went down. We have been using > rsync to backup the BackupPC'c data directory onto a USB drive. I'm > just wondering is it possible to restore this data over a fresh install > of BaclupPC on another server? I know that I will probably need the > /etc/BackupPC and the /usr/local/share/BackupPC directory's to do this > and have copied them over my fresh install of BackupPC, but it will not > see the old backups. It can see however all the hosts that I was > backing up, but says that they have never been backed up by this new > install (which is true). > > Can anyone help me??? > > Thanks, > > > JoeH. > > Did you rsync with the hardlinks option? You can always try to mount the usb disk at the appriorate folder. That should work (atleast it did for me, when doing some testing) Greetings, Koen Linders ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone _______________________________________________ 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/
