borgbackup/borg-import

borg importer

ThomasWaldmann opened this issue · 3 comments

ThomasWaldmann commented

a borg -> borg importer could be used to change stuff that can only be given at repository creation time (borg1: borg init, borg2: borg rcreate), e.g. --encryption mode.

ThomasWaldmann commented

to access the data contained in the existing borg archives, there are 2 options:

  • borg extract (might need a lot of space, but should support all metadata on a suitable fs)
  • borg mount (does not support all metadata, requires FUSE support)
nain-F49FF806 commented

Would borg export-tar | borg2 import-tar method work for this?

As also presented here https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/master/usage/tar.html#archives-transfer-script

Should take less space than borg extract (?) and provide more metadata than borg-mount.
Time required may be high. But for one time transfer, could be considered okay.

ThomasWaldmann commented

export/import-tar does not support all metadata.

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