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transfer: add a specific transfer example

Thomas Waldmann 2 years ago
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+Examples
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+::
+    # 0. Have borg 2.0 installed on client AND server, have a b12 repo copy for testing.
+
+    # 1. Create a new "related" repository:
+    # here, the existing borg 1.2 repo used repokey-blake2 (and aes-ctr mode),
+    # thus we use repokey-blake2-aes-ocb for the new borg 2.0 repo.
+    # staying with the same chunk id algorithm (blake2) and with the same
+    # key material (via --other-repo <oldrepo>) will make deduplication work
+    # between old archives (copied with borg transfer) and future ones.
+    # the AEAD cipher does not matter (everything must be re-encrypted and
+    # re-authenticated anyway), you could also choose repokey-blake2-chacha20-poly1305.
+    # in case your old borg repo did not use blake2, just remove the "-blake2".
+    $ borg --repo       ssh://borg2@borgbackup/./tests/b20 rcreate \
+           --other-repo ssh://borg2@borgbackup/./tests/b12 -e repokey-blake2-aes-ocb
+
+    # 2. Check what and how much it would transfer:
+    $ borg --repo       ssh://borg2@borgbackup/./tests/b20 transfer \
+           --other-repo ssh://borg2@borgbackup/./tests/b12 --dry-run
+
+    # 3. Transfer (copy) archives from old repo into new repo (takes time and space!):
+    $ borg --repo       ssh://borg2@borgbackup/./tests/b20 transfer \
+           --other-repo ssh://borg2@borgbackup/./tests/b12
+
+    # 4. Check if we have everything (same as 2.):
+    $ borg --repo       ssh://borg2@borgbackup/./tests/b20 transfer \
+           --other-repo ssh://borg2@borgbackup/./tests/b12 --dry-run