Thanks, Tim, The problem with this approach is that the old backup server is still running reiser3 (built before it got long in the tooth) and the new one is running ext4...So I have to do it the hard way...
--b On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Tim Fletcher <t...@night-shade.org.uk> wrote: > On Fri, 2012-02-24 at 14:57 -0500, Brad Alexander wrote: >> Hey all, >> >> I'm running into a problem migrating my /var/lib/backuppc pc >> directory. I got cpool, log, pool, tmp, and trash migrated via rsync, >> and I am attempting to migrate the pc directory. > > It's seriously much easier to copy the raw filesystem, with dd and ssh > or netcat. > > something like: > > dd if=/dev/filesystem bs=1M | ssh -C farragut dd of=/dev/newfilesystem > > If you are on the same network it might well be faster to use netcat. > > -- > Tim Fletcher <t...@night-shade.org.uk> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > _______________________________________________ > 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ 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/
