> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: "Adam Goryachev" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Gesendet: 18.11.08 10:53:36 > An: questions and support" <[email protected]> > Betreff: Re: [BackupPC-users] merge host from one pool into another pool
> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > dan wrote: > > I have done this on a small setup a while ago. I just pulled over the > > pc directory from one into the other and adjusted my config files for > > the imported backups.. aditionally I made an error when copying and > > brought over numeric user ids for the files and had to chown them. Im > > not sure if the nightly run will handle the typical deduplication or > > not. I never checked. > > > > so..yet you can merge them but I am not sure if you get deduplication in > > the next nightly run... > > You would not get proper de-duplication... basically you keep the > de-duplication amongst the files you copy across, but because you are > not linking those files to the pool, you don't get any de-dupe between > the existing files in the pool and the new files you just copied across > under the pc dir. > > Also, what is potentially worse, is the next backup will store another > duplicate for each file (because it doesn't exist in the pool). However, > the good news is that nothing should break by doing this, except you use > up additional disk space. > > Finally, someone recently questioned what would happen if they moved the > pc dirs across one backup at a time, and then ran backuppc_link... I > don't recall seeing any response/answer to that, but it sounded like a > very sensible method to combine two backuppc systems... Hi, I asked this, in this thread. Anyway, I would like to thank the three folks who replied for their suggestions. Before Friday, I will be unable to try anything out, so please be patient. Regards, Michael _________________________________________________________________________ Sensationsangebot nur bis 30.11: WEB.DE FreeDSL - Telefonanschluss + DSL für nur 16,37 Euro/mtl.!* http://dsl.web.de/?ac=OM.AD.AD008K13805B7069a ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
