« on: August 13, 2018, 06:32:39 AM »
Hi all,
1) In localserver-template, Xfer > BackupFilesExclude, there is the directory to exclude: /var/lib/BackupPC
In smeserver-template, Xfer > BackupFilesExclude, there is the directory to exclude: /var/lib/BackupPC/
According to: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/BackupPC-4.1.1.htmlAlso, for tar, do not use a trailing "/" in the directory name: a trailing "/" causes the name to not match and the directory will not be excluded.
For the smeserver-template it is OK because beside the host of BackupPC, there should not be another SME Server having a /var/lib/BackupPC directory.
Will it be better just to not put it at all in the smeserver-template: Xfer > BackupFilesExclude
2) The 3 sub-directories on the BackupPC host should be included in the backup but they are excluded by excluding /var/lib/BackupPC.:
* /var/lib/BackupPC/etc - Storing config files
* /var/lib/BackupPC/log - All the log files
* /var/lib/BackupPC/.ssh - Files related to SSH BackupPC host, including the SSH keys to log into other SME Servers without using a pssword to do the backup.
The solution will be to take out /var/lib/BackupPC and exclude only:
* /var/lib/BackupPC/cpool
* /var/lib/BackupPC/pc
* /var/lib/BackupPC/pool
3) There is a /initrd in both templates but there is no such directory as /intrd.
- Am I missing something?
4) There is the directory /var/lib/mysql in the BackupFilesExclude.
- Why excluding this directory?
5) The files:
* /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
- should be excluded so to not stop the communication if there is a full restoration to another machine
or the NIC card is changed before the restoration on the same machine.
* /etc/fstab
- should be excluded so to not jeopardize the mounting of disks if there is a full restoration after
a disk having been replaced.
Any comment appreciated,
Michel-André
« Last Edit: August 13, 2018, 06:34:31 AM by michelandre »
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