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Re: [rdiff-backup-users] convert existing mirror to rdiff-backup ?
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Jesse Reynolds |
Subject: |
Re: [rdiff-backup-users] convert existing mirror to rdiff-backup ? |
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Mon, 29 May 2006 08:12:13 +1000 |
Thanks very much Chris. I'll give it a shot.
I'm really hoping I can toss Retrospect for historical snapshots.
Cheers
Jesse
On 28/05/2006, at 23:23, Chris Wilson wrote:
Hi Jesse,
I'm a newbie. rdiff-backup looks excellent. One thing I couldn't
see mentioned in any of the online docs and wiki and so on, is
whether I can somehow convert an existing mirror (currently
maintained with plain rsync, no incrementals or anything) over to
rdiff-backup?
Yes, just back up to the same directory with the --force option
(first time) and it will effectively do an rsync, and create the
rdiff-backup-data directory which holds the metadata. After that,
please do not touch the directory with rsync or anything except
rdiff-backup, and please remove the --force option from the rdiff-
backup command.
If I can't do it direcly, perhaps I can first make an rdiff-backup
copy of my mirror locally, and then update this new repository
from my remote source?
Yes, you can do that as well. Some people do if they can't install
Python on the storage server or the machine being backed up.
Cheers, Chris.
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