Hello. “rsync target::” works just fine: vm-backuppc# /usr/local/bin/rsync 192.168.0.118:: docs Documents and Settings dDrive Entire D Drive
The logs don't provide anything more specific than “Backup failed on <HostName> (inet connect: Operation timed out)”. I guess the problem is somewhere with how BackupPC handles the sockets or nearby, judging by results of “grep -r "inet connect" *”... Sincerely, Maxim 2012/1/31 Les Mikesell <[email protected]>: > On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 9:29 AM, haruspex <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I have installed BackupPC 3.2.1 on a FreeBSD server to back several >> Windows workstations up. The Xfer method is rsyncd. Some of them >> workstations work fine, but three display strange behaviour: >> >> 1) One gives “inet connect: Connection refused” though “telnet <IP> >> 873” from the very same FreeBSD server works just time. BackupPC >> managed to make a successful backup of one share (of two) on this >> computer once. Not sure what was different. >> >> 2) One gives “no ping”, then, after making $PingCmd for it empty, >> “inet connect: Operation timed out”. telnet is successful as well >> here; “nmblookup <name>” or “ping -c 1 <IP>” don't show any problems >> when run from shell either. >> >> 3) The only Windows 7 box (the others are XP). Just plain “inet >> connect: Operation timed out”, can't connect from any other computer >> as well. >> >> To sum up, I have two problems: BackupPC not connecting while >> everybody else can, and rsyncd not working properly on Windows 7. >> >> Any help will be strongly appreciated. The bizarre BackupPC failures >> are making me question my sanity. > > Recent windows versions have a firewall on by default that needs to be > configured to allow inbound connections. One way to test basic > connectivity with rsynd is to run 'rsync target::' or 'rsync > target::module' from the backuppc server. Note the double colons that > distinguish a connection to rsyncd as opposed to running over ssh, and > that if you don't specify a destination in the command you should get > a directory listing. Not sure what to check on the one that works on > some of the shares - see if the logs show anything specific and look > for any possible network issues. > > -- > Les Mikesell > [email protected] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! > The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers > is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, > Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d > _______________________________________________ > 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ 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/
