----- "Sylvain Viart - Gmail" <sylvain.viart AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> 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
>
Isn't this essentially what archive does?
> # 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.
> Gmail.
>
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