On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 7:45 PM, member horvath
wrote:
> I've have considered the archive function however I wasn't aware that
> the changes would be rsync'd.
> I thought it would create a tar archive of the most recent backup then
> xfer that to the archive host.
> Am I wrong in thinking this?
>
You also have the luxury of not worrying about migrating the past data over 8-)
Make sure with your new setup you give Topdir its own dedicated
filesystem, in such a way that it's easy to expand without taking the
system offline for long periods, and ideally also easy to switch from
one host to an
On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 7:06 AM, Arnold Krille wrote:
> And then update that 8.04 to 10.04 to get new features, more security fixes
> and
> less trouble when 12.04 arrives...
Honestly, once you get the current thing functional, get another
machine and clean-install everything yourself with the l
I've have considered the archive function however I wasn't aware that
the changes would be rsync'd.
I thought it would create a tar archive of the most recent backup then
xfer that to the archive host.
Am I wrong in thinking this?
I also need to ensure data integrity by check suming the remote copy
On Saturday 10 December 2011 09:18:27 Thomas Nilsson wrote:
> I've inherited a BackupPC installation which hadn't made any backups for
> 504.3 days (gulp!) but have managed to set that right (I think).
Nice! That the reason why the former admin was made to leave it to you?
> It is on an Ubuntu 8.
Hello everyone!
I've inherited a BackupPC installation which hadn't made any backups for 504.3
days (gulp!) but have managed to set that right (I think).
It is on an Ubuntu 8.04 server and now running BackupPC 3.0.0. As the wiki is
very clear about not mixing package and "by hand" upgrades, I w
