> Hello: > Just starting to use backuppc. > So far so good. > I have the linux backup > server working backing up another linux server. Both are running > Centos. Now I want to add a windows (xp) > client via remote backup.
What do you mean by "remote backup?" > While looking for this > information on the web, I find it hard to tell what current > info and what is dated. Here are my > questions: > 1. I read one recommendation for > a remote (over the net) backup of a windows client. He suggested > using cygwin - rsync and ssh to access the > windows client, it's faster than other > alternatives, and it is more secure. Is > this current thinking? Rsync is probably a much better idea than SMB or tar. ssh is more secure than, say, no encryption, but not more secure than, say, a VPN, so I'm not sure what you're comparing it to. 2.If I use this > approach, who starts the backup running: the client or the backup > server? The backup server starts the backup regardless of your approach, as long as you're using BackupPC. 3.Can anyone recommend a good > source on how to configure this > setup? Thanks. Sounds like Kosowsky's scripts would be useful to you. I thought they were on the wiki (or at least linked to from there) but I couldn't find them, this is the first place I found them: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg16650.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
