How do I change the data directory in backuppc that is currently set to /var/lib/backuppc/pc? Backuppc works well but I would like to add an external HDD dedicated to backup files. This is running on Ubuntu 7.04 and was installed using Synaptic.
more help, please! I have the exact same scenario. BackupPC, installed via Synaptic, backing up by default to /var/lib/backuppc but I want it to backup to my external hard drive. I know a little about symlinks but I've never actually had to do them. I did this: Code: ln -s /var/lib/backuppc /media/300/backuppc That seemed to work... but it just makes everything in /var/lib/backuppc appear in the new location. I want it in the new location instead of the original, not in addition to. What am I doing wrong, or what do I need to do to accomplish this? To recap: The partition where /var/lib/backuppc resides is not where I want my backups going to. /media/300/backuppc is a folder on my external (300GB, hence the '300' name) hard drive Thank you!! /Kevin
Your backups are stored in /media/300/backuppc only, not in /media/300/backuppc AND /var/lib/backuppc. When you take a look at the contents of /var/lib/backuppc, you actually see the contents of /media/300/backuppc because /var/lib/backuppc is a symlink to /media/300/backuppc.
I would like to use both drives This is a good post for me, but I am installing a new hard drive and followed some of the other howtos to get the disk recognized, but I would like to now have BackupPC use the new hard drive and the old harddrives together. The SymLink just re-routes the data to the new location correct? As you can see below I have added 500GB (1 drive) to my 750GB (original 2 drives using CentOS) and now have 1.2TB. However df -h shows that I still just have the orginal 750GB. [root@CRO-Backup ~]# vgdisplay --- Volume group --- VG Name Backup00 System ID Format lvm2 Metadata Areas 3 Metadata Sequence No 4 VG Access read/write VG Status resizable MAX LV 0 Cur LV 2 Open LV 2 Max PV 0 Cur PV 3 Act PV 3 VG Size 1.20 TB PE Size 32.00 MB Total PE 39343 Alloc PE / Size 24439 / 763.72 GB Free PE / Size 14904 / 465.75 GB VG UUID VDHoBk-nd0b-R0zu-iqpx-lNCe-5CEy-rSF74d [root@CRO-Backup ~]# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/Backup00-Backup00 739G 578G 123G 83% / /dev/sda1 99M 17M 77M 18% /boot tmpfs 888M 0 888M 0% /dev/shm Note: VG size is correct with the extra 500GB, but the df -h command shows /dev/mapper seeing only the original size. How can I get BackupPC to just utilaze all of the space -- or will it and I just need to wait? Sorry for being such a newbie!
You must extend the LV with the lvextend command and then resize the file system on the LV with the resize2fs command. See http://www.howtoforge.com/linux_lvm_p4
