Re: [rdiff-backup-users] convert existing mirror to rdiff-backup ?

[Jesse Reynolds]

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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