On Tue, 2011-06-07 at 12:43 +0100, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> I can see that I should save /etc/backuppc ,
> but is it really necessary to save /var/lib/BackupPC/ ?
> This seems to be exactly what BackupPC has archived,
> and is almost the same size as the archive file
> (48GB archive file against 34GB /BackupPC in my case).

No, it is not necessary. I misread your original post. You just need the
archive, plus /etc/backuppc.

However, you should test this. Try restoring, add a line to disable all
scheduled jobs, and start backuppc on your backup system. Verify you can
browse and restore files.

Regards,
Tyler


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