Re: [BackupPC-users] Moving /var/lib/BackupPC to a new disk fails with rsync and OOM

[Les M. <les...@gm...>]

On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 10:07 AM, Colin <col...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I know this question has been asked and answered before but I need help as
> the past suggestions are not working for me.
>
> I currently have lots of data on a normal parition (no LVM) and when trying
> to copying to a new disk, it always fail after a while:
>
> # df -h /var/lib/BackupPC
> Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> /dev/sdb1       493G  394G   74G  85% /var/lib/BackupPC
>
> # rsync -aH /var/lib/BackupPC/. /mnt/.
>
> But after a while I OOM just kills it:

Your best shot would be to use dd to copy the partition to the new
disk, then grow the filesystem to fill the space using the filesystem
tools.  You don't need lvm for that since the space is already there,
but the details of the command will depend on the type of filesystem.

-- 
    Les Mikesell
       les...@gm...