Removing hosts from backuppc

Simply remove the host from the web interface and rm -rf the pc/<host> directory, then wait for the next BackupPC_nightly run - it will remove all superfluous files from the pools.

The path for this directory usually is:

/var/lib/Backuppc/pc/<hostname>

If you want to force the clean-up process, you can remove your host like this:

1. Login to the Backuppc server
2. Remove the host in the Backuppc web-interface (under hosts)
3. remove it's directory /var/lib/Backuppc/pc/<hostname>:

rm -rf /var/lib/Backuppc/pc/<hostname>

4. Shutdown backuppc:

service backuppc stop

5. Change into backuppc:

su - backuppc

6. Run the nightly script:

/usr/share/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_nightly 0 255

7. Go back to root:

exit

8. Start backuppc again:

service backuppc start