Hi Brendan,
I'm using tar over ssh for the backup of Linux machines and just tar
for localhost (the backuppc server).
My localhost.pl looks like this:
$Conf{XferMethod} = 'tar';
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = ['/var/lib/backuppc'];
$Conf{TarIncrArgs} = '--newer=$incrDate $fileList';
$Conf{TarShareName} =
['/bin','/boot','/dev','/etc','/home','/initrd','/lib','/o
pt','/root','/sbin','/usr','/var'];
$Conf{TarClientCmd} = '/usr/bin/sudo /etc/backuppc/GetTar -v -f - -C '
. '$shareName --totals';
As you see I'm backing up /dev so special files are no problem. You
should try to make a localhost backup first. I had some "File list
receive failed" problems with windows and there it was the firewall.
Do the other Linux servers have one? If they have, open TCP port 873
for rsync to work.
HTH, Torsten
On 2005-09-28 02:54:14 +0200 Brendan Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Hi,
I'm a backuppc newbie and am trying to use backuppc on a Debian Linux
host
(AMD Athlon 1.4GHz, 256MB) to backup some Linux servers. At the
moment I'm
just trying to backup the home directory on one Debian Linux PPC
server. The
home directory is about 40GB. Eventually I'd like to backup the
entire PC
(ie. all partitions).
I've tried tar/nfs & rsync/ssh but the backup fails.
When using rsync it gets a broken pipe and/or timeout after a couple
of days
of trying to receive the file list. The home directory contains
special
files (eg. /home/user/project.1.2.3/dev/null) as we develop a linux
filesystem. I was wondering if rsync was barfing on these types of
files
because trying to read /dev/null would cause it to read for ever.
I assume that backuppc (tar or rsync, etc) is smart enough to not
_read_ the
contents of special files. Is that correct?
My assumption is based on backuppc being able to backup an entire
machine
including the root filesystem, /dev directory, etc.
Is there something special I have to setup in my config ??
I presume that backing up 40+GB with backuppc is also doable?
Are there any limitations of file size or performance, etc?
Would rsyncd be a better approach?
I can only assume ssh would slow things down and since I'm on a lan
behind a
firewall I don't really need the security across the lan. Then again
I guess
peoples data could be sniffed off the network, but unlikely if using
switches.
Thanks for any help.
Brendan.
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