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Arman
Asked: 2013-05-26 23:20:38 +0800 CST

How to configure multiple hostfiles to split big backups in BackupPC?

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With my current configuration the BackupPC creates one rsync(of tar for local) process per host. My config file is following: /etc/BackupPC/pc/myhost.pl:

$Conf{RsyncShareName} = '/data';

In my /data I have many folders /data/01 /data/02 /data/03. I would like to backup them in parallel. Is it possible to configure BackupPC in the way that single host backup done in parallel on directory basis?

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  1. Found finally! Looking in documentation: host aliases in /etc/BackupPC/hosts adding lines- 

    localhost.data.01 0 root
localhost.data.02 0 root
localhost.data.03 0 root

    /etc/BackupPC/pc/localhost.data.o1.pl 

    $Conf{XferMethod} = "tar";
$Conf{TarShareName} = '/data/01';
$Conf{ClientNameAlias} = 'localhost';

    same for 02,03 folders.

    Then backups will start in parallel if $Conf{MaxBackupPCNightlyJobs} >1;

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