Peter Walter wrote:
> All,
>
> I have implemented backuppc on a Linux server in my mixed OSX / Windows 
> / Linux environment for several months now, and I am very happy with the 
> results. For additional disaster recovery protection, I am considering 
> implementing an off-site backup of the backuppc server using rsync to 
> synchronize the backup pool to a remote server. However, I have heard 
> that in a previous release of backuppc, rsyncing to another server did 
> not work because backuppc kept changing the file and directory names in 
> the backup pool, leading the remote rsync server to having to 
> re-transfer the entire backup pool (because it thinks the renamed files 
> are new files).
>
> I have searched the wiki and the mailing list and can't find any 
> discussion of this topic.

http://www.mail-archive.com/backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT 
net/msg13367.html

>  Can anyone confirm that the way backuppc 
> manages the files and directories in the backup pool would make it 
> difficult to rsync to another server, and, if so, can anyone suggest a 
> method for "mirroring" the backuppc server at an offsite backup machine?
>
> Regards,
> Peter

Chris

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