Re: [BackupPC-users] Cloning computers?

[Jacob S <stormspotter@6Texans.net>]

On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 11:21:12 -0800
Craig Barratt <cba...@us...> wrote:

> Jacob S writes:
> 
> > Since we're already using this to backup our servers, we've thought
> > it would be convenient if we could copy the pool for one server to a
> > new hostname directory in ~backuppc/cpool/. This would make it
> > easier to setup new servers.
> > 
> > Currently we're downloading the latest full backup for the server we
> > want to copy from backuppc in a tarball, then we copy it to the new
> > server, boot from rescue media (floppy, cd, knoppix, etc.) and untar
> > it to the proper device. With a clone feature we could get it to
> > duplicate the pool and then click the restore button for the new
> > server. 
> > 
> > Is there currently a way to do this that I've missed, or is there a
> > chance this could be added as a feature?
> 
> The existing restore feature allows you to specify a different host as
> the restore destination (provided you are either the BackupPC admin or
> have BackupPC user privileges on both machines). So you should be able
> to just specify the new host and run the restore directly.

Ah, excellent! I'm not sure how we missed that before, but it looks
great.

Thanks,
Jacob