BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] Don't use rsync -H!! (was Re: copying the pool to a new filesystem?!)

2010-12-07 19:21:40
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Don't use rsync -H!! (was Re: copying the pool to a new filesystem?!)
From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
To: backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:19:45 -0600
On 12/7/10 5:19 PM, Tyler J. Wagner wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-12-07 at 14:18 -0500, Dan Pritts wrote:
>> Not exactly an answer to your question, but i would do this:
>>
>> umount /var/lib/backuppc
>> dd if=/dev/onedisk of=/dev/someotherdisk bs=1M
>
> Yes, that's a good way to copy the filesystem. But if you want to move
> the files to another filesystem, such as to upgrade to ext4 with
> extents, you need another method.

Or just start over, keeping the old instance around until the new one builds a 
reasonable amount of history.

   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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