On Tue, 2011-06-07 at 12:43 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote: > I can see that I should save /etc/backuppc , > but is it really necessary to save /var/lib/BackupPC/ ? > This seems to be exactly what BackupPC has archived, > and is almost the same size as the archive file > (48GB archive file against 34GB /BackupPC in my case).
No, it is not necessary. I misread your original post. You just need the archive, plus /etc/backuppc. However, you should test this. Try restoring, add a line to disable all scheduled jobs, and start backuppc on your backup system. Verify you can browse and restore files. Regards, Tyler -- "Humanity is disappointing, but it's nothing personal." -- Jayme Wilmore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
