> I've not personally tried this, so someone else who has can comment on > whether this would work or not, but it seems to me that if you were to > rename your backups to the new servername, that they would show up for the > new server accordingly. These would be the locations that you would need > to change the server name in: > -The Backup directory (e.g., /var/lib/BackupPC/pc/<server name>) > -Inside the hosts file (/etc/BackupPC/hosts) > -The server config file (/etc/BackupPC/pc/<server name>.pl)
I *have* tried this, just last week, in fact, and it worked perfectly well. > As for the differing locations, you haven't mentioned what method you use > to back up this server. I use rsync (and I think most people do). In the > case of rsync, even with the data being in a different place, you can > still set up the rsync.conf file on the host to use the same rsync path, > pointing to a different place. As an example, let's say that I had data > in /home/user/data being backed up, and that the rsync path for this was > rsync://<host>/data1. You could continue to use that path in rsync should > you decide to move the data to /var/data1 by repointing it to the new > directory. BackupPC would know no differently. This example was a linux > host. You also didn't mention what type of host it was, but in the case > of rsync, this would work for a windows host as well. > > Thanks, > > --Mark > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Maarten [mailto:m...@milieudefensie.nl] > Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2013 8:49 AM > To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [BackupPC-users] Keep backup data when source host/directory > changes > > Hi, > > I have a problem for which I'm not sure a proper solution exists, but let > me try anyway. > > In my current setup, I have a BackupPC server with about 4.0TB of storage > of which 2.7TB is in use. One host is responsible for most of the backup > data (~ 1.5TB), and yesterday I migrated this host to a different server. > Added to that, I moved the data to a different/more sane place on the > filesystem. > > So now I have the situation that BackupPC has up to a year of backups of > the old host, but there is not enough room to start backing up the new > host/directories. And even if I did, it would be silly to backup the same > data twice. > > So my question is: can anybody think of an elegant way to re-use the > currently backed up data so that I can keep the current backups and not > start from scratch? The not-so-elegant solution that comes to mind is to > rename the old host on the BackupPC server and create symlinks so that the > old directories still exist on the new server. > > Thanks, > > Maarten > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester > Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the > endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to > tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester > Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the > endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to > tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev _______________________________________________ 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/
