I can second dthat. For my routine I have a script which rsyncs my
/etc/backuppc folder (including the apache.conf and the host
configurations) to my /var/lib/backuppc folder (which is on an external
drive).
/CV
Am 26.01.24 um 23:31 schrieb Kenneth Porter:
In the future, I recommend putting t
On 2024-01-26 13:46, Stephen Blackwell wrote:
I'm just getting back to this.
I've set up ssh on my Windows machine and I verified that I can log in
from a linux box using a username and password.
I thought I would be able to set backuppc up to use rsync by looking at
whatever error messages
In the future, I recommend putting the config on the external drive and
mounting it to /etc/BackupPC.
I'd also recommend copying/tarring /etc/httpd or /etc/nginx (depending
on which web server you use) to the external drive. That lets you bring
up BackupPC quickly on a replacement server after
I'm just getting back to this.
I've set up ssh on my Windows machine and I verified that I can log in from
a linux box using a username and password.
I thought I would be able to set backuppc up to use rsync by looking at
whatever error messages it produced but that is not working.
The "BackupPC:
Good point.
I suggest to mount as Read-only. Should work.
Grüsse
Christian Völker
> Am 26.01.2024 um 21:29 schrieb backu...@kosowsky.org:
>
> I would be careful as running BackupPC could cause certain old backups
> to expire that you may not want to expire.
> Plus, if you don't have all the
I would be careful as running BackupPC could cause certain old backups
to expire that you may not want to expire.
Plus, if you don't have all the hosts set properly, it could delete
pool files that are needed...
I would be VERY careful to:
1. Make sure I have my full config restored -- including d
Greetings Christian,
yes, my hdd was mounted on /var/lib/BackupPC so it retains all the structure.
so based on your suggestion, I can restore the hosts but still be missing the
actual config?
if so, I can live with that.
Dagg
> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2024 at 11:41 AM
> From: "Christian Völk
Hi,
does your HDD contain the full structure of a pool (usually the
structure below /var/lib/BackupPC)? If so I'd recommend to add all the
hosts which are visible as directory in pc/-folder. Stop BackupPC, mount
your hdd to /var/lib/BackupPC and start BackupPC.
It should recon the structure
Greetings.
I have a pool of backups in a external hdd, I've seems to have misplaced the
config for them, is there a way to reconfigure backuppc so they can be used
again?
Thanks,
Dagg
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