So in other words, you still need a daemon; whether it's rsync directly, or a cygwin/native ssh daemon running on the client machine that then execute rsync.
In my case, since all my backups are done internally, encryption wasn't a big deal, so I opted for setting up the cygwin rsync binary as a service on Windows (and figured I'd also use rsyncd on linux, for uniformity). It's simple, straightforward, and I have rules in place that only allow the backup server to connect to them. Thanks, --Mark -----Original Message----- From: John Rouillard [mailto:rouilj-backu...@renesys.com] Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2013 10:01 AM To: General list for user discussion, questions and support Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Keep backup data when source host/directory changes On Thu, Mar 07, 2013 at 07:40:15AM -0700, Mark Campbell wrote: > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Holger Parplies [mailto:[elided]] Mark Campbell wrote on > >2013-03-06 07:48:44 -0700 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Keep backup data when source > >host/directory changes]: > >> As for the differing locations, you haven't mentioned what method > >> you use to back up this server. I use rsync (and I think most people do). > >> In the case of rsync, even with the data being in a different > >> place, you can still set up the rsync.conf file on the host to use > >> the same rsync path, pointing to a different place. As an example, > >> let's say that I had data in /home/user/data being backed up, and > >> that the rsync path for this was rsync://<host>/data1. > > > >I think you are actually talking about rsyncd, right? > > I am--my clients linux & windows alike use rsync as a daemon. I'm not > aware of any other way to do rsync for Windows. You can use rsync just like you would on Unix: ssh direct execution of rsync without rsycnd. This won't work IIRC if you need to use VSS (unless there is a VSS aware rsync) but otherwise it works fine. I use cygwin for the sshd/rsync binaries now but I did get it working with all native windows versions of tools at one point. -- -- rouilj John Rouillard System Administrator Renesys Corporation 603-244-9084 (cell) 603-643-9300 x 111 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev _______________________________________________ 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The Forrester Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in the endpoint security space. For insight on selecting the right partner to tackle endpoint security challenges, access the full report. http://p.sf.net/sfu/symantec-dev2dev _______________________________________________ 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/
