Transferring backups from Linux to W10

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#1

I’m running Duplicacy GUI on a Ubuntu 19.04 client backing up to an SFTP server. Most of the repositories that are being backed up are on a dedicated NTFS partition that can also be accessed by a dual booted instance of W10. Unfortunately, I am having to switch from the Ubuntu to the W10 instance as my daily driver, so I need to switch to running backup from W10, too. How can I move Duplicacy?

  • transfer the license?

  • continue backing up the repository data that is stored on the NTFS partition using the existing backup locations without losing old versions or re-transferring a lot of data? (Backup size is about 70 GB so if it is easier to start over I can do that. Losing old versions won’t be a disaster.)

Thanks -
Jeff

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#2

Except for transferring the licence, which i’m not sure how to do but i think it involves something with the hostname, sorry, you roughly have to do the following:

  • install :d: on new computer
  • add the storage on the new computer
  • add the repository on the new computer. You can use the existing name (snapshot-id) (if you want to continue the backups straight from where you left them) or create a new snapshot-id.
  • set up the backup schedule and prune schedules normally.

Don’t worry about this, your backups won’t go away, and :d: is smart enough to figure out that all the data (the chunks) is already uploaded, so it will just show a lot of skipped chunk messages.

These are the rough steps, but all in all, as long as you use the same storage, everything should be smooth sailing.

#3

For transferring the license, see Move Duplicacy & Licence

#4

Thanks. I got it working using your hints.

Now I am ready to try copying to cloud storage. I’d like to use OneDrive for Business. Is that working?