Les,


> But, your real problem is that even if you get the scheme mostly
> working, you will not be able to restore a primary backuppc server to a
> usable state in a reasonable amount of time.  Most people aren't able to
> do this even with more efficient schemes like native rsync.  And you
> won't be able to use the files directly like you might if you did
> straight rsync or an image copy.
>    
Totally.

In fact, I think another idea.

Why not using the Precommand to

# stop the backup violently
/etc/init.d/backuppc stop

# extract every hosts
for host in /etc/backuppc/hosts
    extract the last backup for $host | ssh to_secondary_backup 
/local/image/$host
done

# if I could do diff rsync would be better

nothing to really backup  on this host, would be localhost (secondary 
backup) may be.
/etc/init.d/backuppc start

> Try a test restore to see if it is worth the fight.
>    
in progress...

> You have the magic wand in the form of the pre/post commands that you
> can run on a target.
>    
yep, I've put some bash's runes over it! ;-)

Is there a good section on the wiki for that?
(not for magic wand making, but for the bash script!!)

Thanks for your suggestions.
Regards,
Sylvain.

-- 
Sylvain Viart.
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