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==Change the storage location of the BackupPC pool== * Main Source: http://blog.pepita.org/?p=249 * Other Source: http://blog.hinshaws.net/?p=534 I will explain briefly how to move the Backuppc __TOP_DIR__ to another disk. * '''Copy the real Files (the pool or cpool) to the new disk''' I do prefer rsync but other method are possible (simple cp, tar, …) <source> cd /var/lib/backuppc rsync -aq --exclude=pc/ ./ /new_drive/new_backuppc/ </source> :be patient this can be long… to see what’s going on replace -aq by -avP * Use an Internal backuppc command ('''BackupPC_tarPCCopy''') to copy each PC hardlinks structure : this is also very long treatement. A huge amount of small hardlinks are read and relinked to the new destination <source> su __BACKUPPCUSER__ cd NEW_TOPDIR mkdir pc cd pc __INSTALLDIR__/bin/BackupPC_tarPCCopy __TOPDIR__/pc | tar xPf - </source> :too keep an eye on the progress I’ve found a small tool pretty handy to monitor piped data: “bar” <source> /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_tarPCCopy /var/lib/backuppc/pc | bar -dan -bs 4096 | tar xPf - </source>
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