BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] first copy on slow line

2014-09-15 17:32:21
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] first copy on slow line
From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 16:30:56 -0500
On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Evaristo Calatravita
<evaristo.calatravita AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm testing bakckuppc during las months but is the first problem/question I
> have: I'm testing to backup various  2TB-filesystems with relativelly lower
> daily changes (about 10-30Mb)
>
> The problem is that the line between these hosts  and backuppc server is
> terribly slow :-(, but I have the possibility of make initial backup moving
> info in a harddisk or similar.
>
> The question is: there is some function or hack to copy first backup
> manually to the backuppc server?

If you can make the files appear in the same location on a host local
to the backuppc server you could use ClientNameAlias to make that the
target for the initial copy, then change it to the real target host
for subsequent runs.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Want excitement?
Manually upgrade your production database.
When you want reliability, choose Perforce
Perforce version control. Predictably reliable.
http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157508191&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk
_______________________________________________
BackupPC-users mailing list
BackupPC-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
List:    https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users
Wiki:    http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net
Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>