On Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:27:00 +0200, Koen Linders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 > > Ok, a bit too quick: did you rsync to the usb disk with rsync with hardlinks? did you rsync/copy back to local disk with hardlinks? Does mounting the usb drive at the backuppc data folder show your backups? If not, it could be a config thing. Else there might be something wrong with the way you copied the data from (or initially to) the USB disk. 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/
