[Box Backup] Re: Extend backup volume

[Per Thomsen]

On 6/27/06 5:22 AM, Maarten van Lieshout wrote:
>>> We are using boxbackup to provided an online storage for our
>>> customers. All works extremely wel but we're running out of space.
>>>
>>> The problem is that we need to resize the filesystem onwich the
>>> boxbackup-data is written but before we do that we must have a
>>> backup of that data. The data is right now about 1.1TB so copying   it
>>> to another disk will take forever. What we can do is create an   extra
>>> volume on the SAN and mount that on the boxbackup-server. Is   there a
>>> way to tell boxbackup that there is another disk to write   data? This
>>> is our config:
>>>
>>> disc0
>>> {
>>>         SetNumber = 0
>>>         BlockSize = 4096
>>>         Dir0 = /mnt/vol0/data/
>>>         Dir1 = /mnt/vol0/data/
>>>         Dir2 = /mnt/vol0/data/
>>> }
>>>       
>> Create another entry in raidfile.conf for set 1, (ie disc1
>> { SetNumber = 1 ...). Restart server.
>>
>> Then when you create accounts, specify set 1 on the command line of
>> bbstoreaccounts.
>>
>> There is no way to migrate accounts from one set to the other.
>>     
>
> Are you sure there is no way to migrate accounts? According to the faq it
> is  possible.
>   
No, you can migrate accounts, but there are no commands to do so. Follow
the steps in the FAQ on the Wiki to move an account from one drive to
another. Note that if you're using the built-in RAID, you'll have to
move 3 sets of files.

Thanks,
Per

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