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From: Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:29:29 -0500
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Subject: Re: Move pgBackrest repo?
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On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 10:24=E2=80=AFAM Colin 't Hart <colinthart@gmail.co=
m> wrote:

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> What is the best way to move a pgBackrest repo?
>

* rsync to get things mostly copied
* use 'pgbackrest stop' to prevent it from running
* verify no pgbackrest processes still going
* update the conf file to point to the new dir
* final rsync
* rename the old repo dir so nothing writes to it by accident
* use 'pgbackrest start'

Cheers,
Greg

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 10:24=E2=80=AFAM =
Colin &#39;t Hart &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:colinthart@gmail.com">colinthart@gm=
ail.com</a>&gt; wrote:</div><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container=
"><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;borde=
r-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><=
br></div><div>What is the best way to move a pgBackrest repo?</div></div></=
blockquote></div><div><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature">=
<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>* rsync to get things mostly copied</div><div>* use &=
#39;pgbackrest stop&#39; to prevent it from running</div><div>* verify no p=
gbackrest processes still going</div><div>* update the conf file to point t=
o the new dir</div><div>* final rsync</div><div>* rename the old repo dir s=
o nothing writes to it by accident</div><div>* use &#39;pgbackrest start=
9;</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Greg</div><div><br></div><div=
>--</div><div>Crunchy Data - <a href=3D"https://www.crunchydata.com" target=
=3D"_blank">https://www.crunchydata.com</a></div><div>Enterprise Postgres S=
oftware Products &amp; Tech Support</div><div><br></div></div></div></div>

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