On 23/07/13 09:54, rblake3 wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to move data from a 2TB hard drive to a 3TB drive and am having > space issues. I am using: > > rsync -aHAXv --delete --progress /mnt/olddrive/ /mnt/newdrive/ > > To copy the data from the old to the new. I noticed that this process > tanked so I ended up running it for individual folders under the specific > directories... for example: > > /mnt/olddrive/backup/pc/abccomputer/ > /mnt/newdrive/backup/pc/abccomputer/ > > I have ran this process all weekend (I bash scripted it for all the folders) > and then some and I came back to find that my entire hard drive is filled > up. I thought by using the “H” option, it would just keep the hardlink and > not have the files in two locations. > > What am I missing? What can I do to efficiently get the data copied from > olddrive to newdrive without this problem?
Short answer is you need to copy the pool and the individual pc subdirectory on each invocation for rsync. Regards, Adam -- Adam Goryachev Website Managers www.websitemanagers.com.au ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ 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/
