Re: [BackupPC-users] Move current data dir to another location and start from scratch.

2021-08-12 Thread Guillermo Rozas
> > How do you archive your backups? > I use the Archive function from BackupPC: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/BackupPC.html#Archive-functions I save the archive to an external drive, which I then move off-site. WHat I was thinking was simply moving/renaming the current backup set and > ma

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC 4.x on Raspberry PI?

2021-08-12 Thread backuppc
Just as an update... I have been running BackupPC 4.x on my RPI4 with 8GB memory and an external USB 1TB Samsung SSD. It's been ROCK STABLE for the past 7 months -- no crashes in more than 200 days and I only rebooted once due to a kernel upgrade. So in summary, it's a simple, fast, stable, small

Re: [BackupPC-users] Move current data dir to another location and start from scratch.

2021-08-12 Thread Bowie Bailey via BackupPC-users
On 8/11/2021 2:07 PM, Rob Morin wrote: Hey everyone I have a full week's backup of all my servers, i want to make an immutable copy of them, so I was thinking of just "moving" the current data dir, and whatever else I might need to another partition, and start the backup from scratch again

Re: [BackupPC-users] Move current data dir to another location and start from scratch.

2021-08-12 Thread Rob Morin
Hey Guillermo, thanks for the reply... How do you archive your backups? WHat I was thinking was simply moving/renaming the current backup set and making the dir immutable to prevent ransomware from getting to it. Then start from scratch again, but leave that one for 6 months then do the same thi

Re: [BackupPC-users] Move current data dir to another location and start from scratch.

2021-08-12 Thread Guillermo Rozas
Hi, I have a full week's backup of all my servers, i want to make an immutable > copy of them, so I was thinking of just "moving" the current data dir, and > whatever else I might need to another partition, and start the backup from > scratch again. > Why "move and start from scratch"? Why don't

Re: [BackupPC-users] Move current data dir to another location and start from scratch.

2021-08-12 Thread G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users
Hi there, On Thu, 12 Aug 2021, Rob Morin wrote: I have a full week's backup of all my servers, i want to make an immutable copy of them, so I was thinking of just "moving" the current data dir, and whatever else I might need to another partition, and start the backup from scratch again. Mean w