Hello,

>>From what I have read even though tar supports a hardlink option it
will not do the trick with BackupPC. Have you use tar to copy the
__TOPDIR__/pc directory?

Anyway, I went with the rebuild and let BackupPC recreate the pool
option. I copied the configuration files to retain all the previous
system's settings. It worked and it was fast to set up.

Thanks

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
<chrome AT real-time DOT com> wrote:
> On 05/22 11:46 , ad^2 wrote:
>> I have a BackupPC server running an older unsupported version of
>> Fedora. I have new server with more disk space and an up to date
>> operating system. The goal is to migrate all the information over to
>> the new server
>>
>> DD is not an option because the device on the existing BackupPC server
>> contains more than just BackupPC data. It would take to long and I
>> can't unmount the disk without effecting users.
>>
>> I tried running BackupPC_tarPCCopy but the "Argument
>> /var/lib/BackupPC/pc must be an absolute path starting with
>> /var/lib/BackupPC/" error is displayed.
>>
>> Is my only option to start creating the new pool from scratch? Or, is
>> there another way to copy the hardlinks created by BackupPC to the new
>> server?
>
>
> I've used tar to capture all of /var/lib/backuppc (or whatever the path is
> on your box) and pipe it to netcat to send it across the wire. This can take
> a few days tho, during which your backup system is offline. If you need to
> preserve historic data going back months or years tho, it may be the way to
> go.
>
> Otherwise, just building a new backup server, moving the config over to it,
> and keeping the old one around until the data can be considered 'expired' is
> the best option.
>
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> Carl Soderstrom
> Systems Administrator
> Real-Time Enterprises
> www.real-time.com
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