"Jost Schenck" <[email protected]> wrote on 03/14/2014 07:37:00 AM:
> I guess you're right that backing up the backup servers system
> config with backuppc itself may not be such a brilliant idea :)
You can *never* back up something with itself.
> What
> I thought was, that in case my home server fails I could restore
> configuration by first installing a new linux with backuppc and then
> pointing backuppc to my backup disc.
The last part (pointing to the backup disk) won't work: BackupPC mangles
file names, for one thing. You would need to do a proper restore in order
to use the data.
If you want a copy of your data that is 100% ready to put into production,
you'd use a different tool. Rsync by itself would work fine (but no
versioning), as would things like rdiff-backup (a kind of BackupPC-style
method of versioning but with unmangled files).
> But your idea sounds easier. Thanks!
His idea is not any easier on the *RESTORE* side. In either case, you'll
have to do a restore.
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