Farmol SPA wrote:
> Hi list.
> 
> I would like to ask which is the simplest yet effective way to dump
> backuppc stuff (mainly __TOPDIR__) eg to a removable hard disk that will
> be used in a disaster recovery scenario where the plant were destroyed
> and I need to restore data from this survivor device. Is a "rsync -aH"
> enough?

If your archive is small and you have plenty of RAM you may be able to do it 
with rsync -aH, but there is a limit to what you can copy in a reasonable 
amount 
of time because there is not an efficient way to re-create the hardlinks.  If 
the removable drive is as large as the disk or partition containing the 
archive, 
you may be able to use an image copy of the raw device instead with the source 
partition unmounted.  In any case you'll need a similarly-configured backuppc 
installation to mount it into for the restore so be sure you have copies of 
wherever your installtion puts them.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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