Restore backuppc installation (localhost) from existing backuppc backups
[email protected] Mon, 04 May 2026 08:18:22 -0400
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--===============7872641749339550823== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0ed7bb7e6b6ece561c0fe855168bcf9a873da3e8 --0ed7bb7e6b6ece561c0fe855168bcf9a873da3e8 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The host running backuppc on my network had its root drive fail. The actual backup storage was on an external drive which I had mounted on /var/lib/backuppc That external drive is still healthy. I remember spending a lot of time getting backuppc to work just right and dread starting over. Since the external drive includes the backup for localhost (the former box running backuppc), it should include a backup for /etc/backuppc and the config.pl file (I forget which directories I set for backup for localhost; hopefully I included /etc). It seems there should be a way I can extract my now-lost /etc/backuppc/config.pl and other files in that directory. I am hoping I can install backuppc fresh, then grab the /etc/backuppc files from the external drive, and swap them in. Is this possible? The names on the files on the external drive are all user-unfriendly. --0ed7bb7e6b6ece561c0fe855168bcf9a873da3e8 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title></head><body><div style=3D"fon= t-family:Verdana;"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:Verdana;">The hos= t running backuppc on my network had its root drive fail.</div><div styl= e=3D"font-family:Verdana;"><br></div><div style=3D"font-family:Verdana;"= >The actual backup storage was on an external drive which I had mounted = on /var/lib/backuppc</div><div style=3D"font-family:Verdana;"><br></div>= <div style=3D"font-family:Verdana;">That external drive is still healthy= . I remember spending a lot of time getting backuppc to work just = right and dread starting over. Since the external drive includes t= he backup for localhost (the former box running backuppc), it should inc= lude a backup for /etc/backuppc and the config.pl file (I forget which d= irectories I set for backup for localhost; hopefully I included /etc).&n= bsp; </div><div style=3D"font-family:Verdana;"><br></div><div style= =3D"font-family:Verdana;">It seems there should be a way I can extract m= y now-lost /etc/backuppc/config.pl and other files in that directory.&nb= sp; I am hoping I can install backuppc fresh, then grab the /etc/backupp= c files from the external drive, and swap them in. Is this possibl= e?</div><div style=3D"font-family:Verdana;"><br></div><div style=3D"font= -family:Verdana;">The names on the files on the external drive are all u= ser-unfriendly.</div><div style=3D"font-family:Verdana;"><br></div></bod= y></html> --0ed7bb7e6b6ece561c0fe855168bcf9a873da3e8-- --===============7872641749339550823== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline --===============7872641749339550823== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ --===============7872641749339550823==--