On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Michael Stowe <mst...@chicago.us.mensa.org> wrote: > >> Can someone tell what the drawbacks of using cygwin/ssh/rsync on the >> windows BackupPc clients ? I just tried it yesterday on windows xp and >> it worked well. I believe this method of backup should also work on >> 2008r2 servers? > > Drawbacks versus ... what? > > Windows in general has issues with file semantics, and its system of > overcoming those is essentially to use VSS, the Volume Snapshot Service. > For BackupPC, there have been two solutions developed, one that requires > ssh, and one that instead uses winexe, which leverages samba. The ssh > solution encrypts in transit, but (naturally) requires the installation of > ssh and the appropriate version of vshadow. The winexe version has an > installer which takes care of the client details, but requires > winexe/samba installed on the BackupPC server. > > There are some minor functional differences in the implementations; the > ssh version backs up ACL's (in one of two ways) and the winexe version > handles backing up machines that are powered down. However, the features > aren't incompatible, and since both are scripted, can be added to either > one.
Sorry about the confusing question. I was actually asking in general versus all other methods available to backup windows using BackupPC. Thanks for the information. It's certainly useful. I used method mentioned at http://www.cs.umd.edu/~cdunne/projs/backuppc_guide.html for my windows xp client. It didn't mention anything about volume snapshot service or vshadow. I am not sure if I am using vshadow but I do find a service in my windows xp named "Volume Shadow Copy " that is set to manual. So I guess vshadow is not being used on when backup is taken. Do I have to start vshadow and set to to automatic for future? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb _______________________________________________ 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/
