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> Von: "Adam Goryachev" <mailinglists AT websitemanagers.com DOT au>
> Gesendet: 18.11.08 10:53:36
> An: questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
> Betreff: Re: [BackupPC-users] merge host from one pool into another pool
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> dan wrote:
> > I have done this on a small setup a while ago. I just pulled over the
> > pc directory from one into the other and adjusted my config files for
> > the imported backups.. aditionally I made an error when copying and
> > brought over numeric user ids for the files and had to chown them. Im
> > not sure if the nightly run will handle the typical deduplication or
> > not. I never checked.
> >
> > so..yet you can merge them but I am not sure if you get deduplication in
> > the next nightly run...
>
> You would not get proper de-duplication... basically you keep the
> de-duplication amongst the files you copy across, but because you are
> not linking those files to the pool, you don't get any de-dupe between
> the existing files in the pool and the new files you just copied across
> under the pc dir.
>
> Also, what is potentially worse, is the next backup will store another
> duplicate for each file (because it doesn't exist in the pool). However,
> the good news is that nothing should break by doing this, except you use
> up additional disk space.
>
> Finally, someone recently questioned what would happen if they moved the
> pc dirs across one backup at a time, and then ran backuppc_link... I
> don't recall seeing any response/answer to that, but it sounded like a
> very sensible method to combine two backuppc systems...
Hi,
I asked this, in this thread. Anyway, I would like to thank the three folks
who replied for their suggestions. Before Friday, I will be unable to try
anything out, so please be patient.
Regards,
Michael
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