sabujp wrote: > >> Hard-links cannot cross >> filesystems, so creating a second filesystem won't work. Your only >> choice would be to create a second BackupPC instance and move clients >> over to the new instance. >> > > > Well this is possible using the instructions here: > > http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net/move_backup_data+ > > or in the manual under "Copying the pool". I've started this process (moving > several TB) but my only question is regarding the commands from the manual > here: > > > su __BACKUPPCUSER__ > cd NEW_TOPDIR > mkdir pc > cd pc > __INSTALLDIR__/bin/BackupPC_tarPCCopy __TOPDIR__/pc | tar xvPf - > > > In the last command that runs BackupPC_tarPCCopy, does this perl command look > at any of the configuration files on the local host or does it just get what > it needs to re-generate the hard links straight from the old "pc" directory? > I looked through the code and don't see that it does look at the local > system's backuppc configuration files under /etc/BackupPC . > > What I'm doing is the following: I have two BackupPC servers host1 and host2. > I'm copying the BackupPC directories from a SAN (san2) attached to host2 to > the SAN attached to host1 (san1) . Both SANs are available to both hosts > through a FC switch so I just umount it on host2 and re-mount it on host1. I > then copy the cpool and pool directories to host1's san1. After this is > finished I plan on running BackupPC_tarPCCopy on host1 (san1) against the pc > directory on san2. Just wanted to make sure BackupPC_tarPCCopy wasn't going > to look at host1:/etc/BackupPC/hosts and try something funny . > > Finally I'll reformat san2 from xfs to jfs (xfs is very unstable on apple g5 > xserves) and then do the same thing again to move the backuppc pool, cpool, > and pc directories back to san2. > > Thanks, > Sabuj Pattanayek > > +---------------------------------------------------------------------- > |This was sent by sab...@gmail.com via Backup Central. > |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. > +---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA > -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise > -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation > -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD > http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H > _______________________________________________ > 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/ >
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