Re: [BackupPC-users] Restore from orphaned topdir

2011-01-28 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 12:32 -0500, Erik Shreve wrote: > Just getting the backuppc config files is all I would be interested in, > which sounds doable. > After that I'd use backuppc to restore everything else. By far the easiest solution is to also back up /etc/backuppc to the NAS. I backup TopDir

Re: [BackupPC-users] Restore from orphaned topdir

2011-01-28 Thread Bowie Bailey
On 1/28/2011 12:21 PM, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: > Bowie Bailey wrote at about 11:49:21 -0500 on Thursday, January 27, 2011: > > On 1/27/2011 8:05 AM, Erik Shreve wrote: > > > I've been reading the archives and documentation but haven't been able > > > to find a clear answer... > > > > > > I

Re: [BackupPC-users] Restore from orphaned topdir

2011-01-28 Thread Erik Shreve
Just getting the backuppc config files is all I would be interested in, which sounds doable. After that I'd use backuppc to restore everything else. Thanks all! Erik On 01/28/2011 12:21 PM, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: > Bowie Bailey wrote at about 11:49:21 -0500 on Thursday, January 27, 2011: >

Re: [BackupPC-users] Restore from orphaned topdir

2011-01-28 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
Bowie Bailey wrote at about 11:49:21 -0500 on Thursday, January 27, 2011: > On 1/27/2011 8:05 AM, Erik Shreve wrote: > > I've been reading the archives and documentation but haven't been able > > to find a clear answer... > > > > I have backuppc backing up the machine it runs on to a NAS. Thus

Re: [BackupPC-users] Restore from orphaned topdir

2011-01-27 Thread Bowie Bailey
On 1/27/2011 8:05 AM, Erik Shreve wrote: > I've been reading the archives and documentation but haven't been able > to find a clear answer... > > I have backuppc backing up the machine it runs on to a NAS. Thus > everything under __TOPDIR__ is on the NAS. Meanwhile the backuppc > binaries and confi

Re: [BackupPC-users] Restore from orphaned topdir

2011-01-27 Thread Ryan Blake
-- From: "Erik Shreve" Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 8:05 AM To: Subject: [BackupPC-users] Restore from orphaned topdir > I've been reading the archives and documentation but haven't been able > to find a clear answer... > > I have backuppc backin

[BackupPC-users] Restore from orphaned topdir

2011-01-27 Thread Erik Shreve
I've been reading the archives and documentation but haven't been able to find a clear answer... I have backuppc backing up the machine it runs on to a NAS. Thus everything under __TOPDIR__ is on the NAS. Meanwhile the backuppc binaries and configuration are on the server. If I were to loose the