-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Holger Parplies wrote: > Hi list, > > I don't seem to find as much time for posting on this list lately as I'd like > to. Since that won't change for at least two weeks, I'll write a few short > comments now. Please excuse me for being a bit terse about it and only > providing some keywords. I hope others will follow up with more information. > > Let's start with this thread (but it applies to others as well). > > Angus Scott-Fleming wrote on 2009-08-17 12:57:14 -0700 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Feature Requests and such?]: >> On 16 Aug 2009 at 14:11, Michael 'Moose' Dinn wrote: >> >>>> another unit offsite. The extensive use of hardlinks prevents >>>> rsync from being the right solution here. >>> rsync -H doesn't work for you? > > I fully agree that it doesn't scale, but the point is valid that it *could* > work for you now. The only way to see if it does is to try it out. > >> From earlier discussions on the list: >> >> Re: [BackupPC-users] backup of backup machine >> "Note that using -H to reconstruct hardlinks only works for links among >> the files traversed during a single rsync run." >> http://www.mail-archive.com/backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg04386.html >> >> Doesn't seem like that would work correctly for repeated 'rsync -H' runs ... > > The point is that rsync needs to see the full BackupPC pool during one run. > You can't split it up into seperate syncs of pool/, cpool/, pc/host1/, > pc/host2/ and so on.
What about syncing pool, cpool and pc/host1 in the first run, then pool, cpool and pc/host2 in the second run, and so on. This way you do the whole pool plus one pc subdirectory. Doing this on a regular basis, you might also be able to do just the "new" pc/host1/backupnum directories together with pool + cpool... Possibly removing/expiring the backups on your replica at some point... > rsync updates of the pool *should* work, provided they > again get to see the whole system in one pass. "Should work" as in "I haven't > heard definite success stories including verification of the copy, and I have > some doubts". I guess it depends on the activity of the source. If it isn't changing, then rsync (if it succeeds) should get an exact replica. Perhaps stopping backuppc, or using a snapshot would solve it. Regards, Adam -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkqJ+PsACgkQGyoxogrTyiW/DACfWTtQnQ1m1AK+A0hqpeoeCRhQ 6ZQAoJ8Iwv4nkWSENKmSQgba8zSUvAt4 =hqZ3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ 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/
