On 12/20/10 12:56 PM, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 10:06:53AM -0500, barry wrote:
>> Looking for a good way to do a seed copy import into backuppc. I
>> want to be able to get the bulk of backup data on a usb disk then
>> import it into backuppc from said disk and resume rsyncs without
>> copying all the data in over the wire. Is this possible? Thanks
>
> Yes: copy it to your backup server host, and then tell BackupPC to
> backup those files *on the server host*.  This will put them in the
> pool, which means they won't be retransferred.  After a couple of
> backups on the client are done, delete them on the server.

Getting them in the pool isn't enough - you have to make them appear in the 
same 
location in the same host in a full backup run so they are used as the 
comparison base for the next rsync.   You can do that by mounting the usb into 
the same location as the files should be on some other, more local host which 
may or may not be the server itself, then using the ClientAlias setting to 
temporarily point the backup for the real target host to the substitute holding 
the files.    If you do it some other way you could probably still make it work 
by mv'ing the pc tree where the files land into the location where they should 
be.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com


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