Craig Barratt wrote:
> Jim writes:
>
>> I can log in to my server and run nmblookup with the clients netbios name as
>> it is configured in the config.pl file for BPC. It finds the client. I can
>> then always run the full backup from there with:
>>
>> BackupPC_dump -v -f <client>
>>
>> and it works well.
>
> This is a confusing part of the BackupPC setup. You should almost always
> set dhcp = 0 in the hosts configuration file, even if the host has dhcp
> turned on.
>
> More specifically, the only case where you should set dhcp = 1 is
> if the $Conf{NmbLookupFindHostCmd} broadcast command fails, and
> the $Conf{NmbLookupCmd} command works (ie: it only works when you
> explicitly contact it with a unicast request).
Yep, that fixed it. I added a new client and left the dhcp = 0. Then after
the usual client config I was able to fire off an initial full backup from my
desktop.
Many Thanks
>
> Craig
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Jim Summers
School of Computer Science-University of Oklahoma
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