BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] upgrading from 2.1.x and swapping servers

2008-12-09 13:49:32
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] upgrading from 2.1.x and swapping servers
From: Trey Nolen <tnolen AT internetpro DOT net>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2008 12:35:53 -0600
> > My questions are these:  Can I move the pool from a 2.1.x server to  
> > a 3.1.0?
> > If so, are there any changes I need to implement to make it  
> > compatible?  Can
> > we go straight from 2.1.x to 3.1.0?  Any other insights would be much
> > appreciated.
> 
> How many days of history do you keep? If it's only one or two weeks,  
> you could just install a fresh server, disable backups on the old one  
> and keep the old server around until the new one has a full history.  
> No need to bother moving your pool in that case.
> 


In our case, all of the backups are over a WAN.  Many are too big to
sync without shipping a drive to the location and doing the initial
backup in-house.   Therefore, we need to migrate the backups from the
old server to the new one.


Trey Nolen




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