Hi Torsten.
Good idea to get local host going first :)
Quick question though.
What is "GetTar"?
Why is it in /etc/backuppc/ directory?
Is a binary or script that comes with backuppc? If so, I don't have it!!!
Thanks,
Brendan.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Message: 4 Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:26:00 +0200 Subject: Re:
[BackupPC-users] Errors backing up Linux server From: Torsten Sadowski
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Organization: TU Berlin 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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