Re: [BackupPC-users] /var/lib/backuppc replace HDD

[Krsnendu d. <krs...@gm...>]

On 04/07/07, Nils Breunese (Lemonbit) <ni...@le...> wrote:
>
> Stefan Degen wrote:
>
> > /var/lib/backuppc has its own harddisk. The problem is, that the
> > harddisk is full and there is no LVM or RAID.
> >
> > So is it possible to change the harddisk like this (without to
> > lose the backups)?
> >
> > 1. stop backuppc
> >
> > 2. Install the new harddisk and set the mountpoint
> > to /var/lib/backupc
> >
> > 3. copy all data stored on the old harddisk to the new one with
> > rsync -H /old_harddisk /new_var/lib/backuppc
> >
> > 4. start backuppc
>
> rsync -paH or something might be better, but because of all the
> hardlinks it might take quite a while to copy all the data. The
> fastest way to copy and preserve everything is probably to use dd to
> copy everything to the new drive and then grow the filesystem
> afterwards.
>
> I have a dedicated disk for BackupPC it is using LVM. Can I use dd to
clone this to a newer harddrive?