Hi,
I have been using this solution for a while (6 months) to
mainly backup windows file servers and PCs via SMB. That’s working more
or less like it should.
Now I would like to determine what’s the best method
of backing up the backups themselves for long-term archival. I realize
that I can just configure backuppc to keep more full backups for a longer
period of time, however that’s not ideal especially since the archives
are not changing and only rarely need to be restored, and also I need a way to
store it on removable media offsite.
Does anyone have any suggestions on the best method to
accomplish this?
I would assume that we could just copy the
/var/lib/backuppc/ folder and all of its contents to an external drive, but
then what would the restore method be? To restore, would I copy the files
back to the live backup server? Or an alternate server? Is there
another means of permanent archival method that’s built into backuppc
itself?
Thanks,
Moeen.