I have an additional hdd connected to my server PC. Now I want the backup in ispconfig to be stored in the secondary hard disk instead of the primary hard disk itself. So in case the primary hdd fails, I can restore the server from the secondary hard disk. How I can mount the secondary hard disk and give the path for that so that back up is stored on the secondary hdd? I have also tried adding the secondary hdd in /etc/fstab Code: UUID=1579e689-3965-47db-83a7-665cceeb6aff /media/storage ext4 defaults 0 0 but it hangs on boot. As a note it has already existing lots of data.
The ispconfig backup path can be configured under system > server config. Regarding hdd mount: did you try to mount it with the mound command by using the /dev/sd.. name instead of the UUID? If that works, try to use the same name instead of the UUID in fstab.
I don't know till, but I have not created the mount point and it was being created automatically for example - /media/storage. So The storage folder was being created but halting on boot. What I have done deleted that folder and created another with sudo mkdir /media/server-backup and modified the /etc/fstab accordingly. Now it it booting correctly and mounting the secondary hdd. One Last question in system > server config - there is a checkbox - backup directory is a mount? I understand that this checkbox should be checked? Thanks.
You dont have to enable that as its a local disk. The checkbox is only required if you want to run a mount script, e.g. for a nfs share, right before the backup starts.
