Re: [Burp-users] Pre Stage Backups / Changing server host
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From: Graham K. <gr...@gr...> - 2014-12-23 05:10:08
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On Tue, December 23, 2014 2:22 pm, Alex Underwood wrote: > Hi - > > A question about the client backup data - > > Is it correct to say that the client backup folders are server agnostic? > > I.E. I could drop a clients backup data directory onto a completely > different burp server host - add the client config file on the server with > the password and then repoint the client to the new host and continue with > new incremental backups ? > > What I would like to achieve is to take my laptop running a copy of burp > server to stage a backup locally - and then copy the staged backup using a > faster connection to the real burp server. > > > Many thanks > Alex Hello, Yes, that will work. Don't forget to use the '-H' option with rsync when you copy the backup folder (if you are using rsync), because you want to preserve hard links. |