Hallo Christian,
I'll try to explain what I do to import them, and also thanks for your
thoughts, I'll apply them right now.
I'm using rsync over ssh method for backing up WAN hosts, and it works almost
flawlessly: the only troubles arise when *huge* changes happen on the remote
server.
To import data I do as follows:
first, I put the data from my USB HDD into a folder on my backuppc server (you
must have enough free space, of course!);
then I change /etc/rsyncd.conf by configuring the exact number and type of
modules I need to back up from the remote server, pointing for each one to the
correct path on the LOCAL copy;
then I start rsync manually: rsync -v --daemon --config=/etc/rsyncd.conf
--no-detach;
on BackupPC webGUI I simply use defaults:
RsyncdClientPort [873]
DumpPreShareCmd [empty]
and finally I start *manually* from the webinterface the first full backup.
After this one ends successfully, I simply stop rsync from running, delete the
data from the temporary location, set up the correct RsyncdClientPort (as it is
tunneled I use other ports, like 8883 8884 and so on, different from remote
host to remote host) and I set my DumpPreShareCmd to start the ssh tunnel.
That's it, but if you need more depth I can help!
Ciao,
Flavio Boniforti
PIRAMIDE INFORMATICA SAGL
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From: Christian Völker [mailto:chrisc...@knebb.de]
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2011 4:26 PM
To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Imported local backups, now remote ones
in wrong directory
Hi Flavio,
> Now, what happened on my last duty is that I "imported" the
data into
> the wrong directory level. To be explcit:
>
> I have it in
>
> /var/lib/backuppc/pc/customer10/0/fPublic/fPublic
>
> but it should be in
>
> /var/lib/backuppc/pc/customer10/0/fPublic
>
> So, what could I do now to avoid re-transferring the data?
> Could I simply mv the directory "one level up"?
> Or should I change some more?
>
Just from my thoughts:
You should be good moving it up one level. As "additional" files/
folders would be removed by any following backup this should not be an
issue.
Just one question for my own: what backup type doe you use? I have a
similar issue (slow WAN link)- can I just copy over the files to the
local directory and that's it? Is this your "import"?
Greetings
Christian
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