>> > This seems to make sense, however when I set it up at first the > host(s) could not be backed up because of "host not found" error. > Placing hostA_share1 and hostA_share2 and so on in the > /etc/backuppc/hosts file seemed to cause this as they are not real > host names and fail an nmblookup query. Should these names be able to > pass an nmblookup query? Also, pings to the host seemed to fail until > I created new dns entries for each hostA_share# on the dns server. > After doing so I was able to do a successful backup. Is this > absolutely necessary or should a local update of the /etc/hosts file > suffice? ip fqdn hostA_share#
If ping doesn't work, then you didn't set the client name setting in each config file. And read the doc's referred to earlier ( http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#item__conf_clientnamealias_ ) -- This doesn't work with DHCP set to 1 in the hosts file. The DHCP flag is a bit of a misnomer.. I have DHCP configured to register names into my local bind/named and I do not need the DHCP flag. Rich ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
