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Re: [BackupPC-users] Migrating backup machines

2010-12-15 12:56:26
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Migrating backup machines
From: Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell AT digitalkingdom DOT org>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 09:54:02 -0800
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 04:26:07PM +0100, d.davolio AT mastertraining DOT it 
wrote:
> OK, I know that it's an old topic :)
>
> I checked the mailing list and wiki but still I can't find the right 
> "direction".
>
> I just need migrate to a new Backupc server. I don't need to move the 
> pool because my data are on a NAS. My old backuppc server is a Linux 
> Debian etch. The new one is a Debian lenny that mount exactly the same 
> storage as the former backup server and the backuppc comes from standard 
> repository.
>
> Seen that I don't want to loose my working pool and I cant duplicate it 
> (I don't have another NAS with 4TB free space), is it enough to copy the 
> configuration from one server to another? Which files?

If the pool/, cpool/, and pc/ directories will be available, and
mounted in the same place, on both machines, you just need to copy
the /etc/backuppc directory.  I would try a couple of test restores
to be sure, but that should be it.

-Robin

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