Hi Harry, > I've been going thru backuppc in some detail to see if it's applicable for a > wider rollout in my org and the config file is a source of problem - on the > upside it can be configured to infinity to provide just the kind of tuning > that is needed. On the downside, ditto. > > It seems to me that I can strip out all the server settings that clients don't > need and just include a per-client config file that contains only those > settings that are applicable there. The backup appears to run fine when I do > this, but is this manipulation officially blessed/allowed?
I don't know about this, but is certainly what I am really doing at home (1 server + 2 always on Mac OS X laptops + 1 mobile laptop) and is a clean solution. Just remember that they're Perl scripts and (IMHO) as they are valid and are well formed to be used in module BackupPC::Lib (it makes a do() for each config file found). > Also, because of the config file, it's a significant hurdle for a naive admin > to set up. I DON'T want a GUI application - I want an appliance > application - that I can set and forget and Backuppc seems to be such a > beast ... I agree, an appliance it is. Cheers. -- Víctor A. Rodríguez (http://www.bit-man.com.ar) El bit Fantasma (Bit-Man) CaFe.pm - Perl Mongers Capital Federal (http://cafe.pm.org/) Probaste con Software Libre (http://www.bit-man.com.ar/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?AyudaCompu/SoftwareLibre ?? _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
