I have gone down the cygwin path and rsync and have gotten it to work with ssh very reliably.
However, I recently replaced it with robocopy which is a native windows app, it handles the permissions on files much better, since it is not converted from nt-perms to cygwin-perms back to nt-perms, and is just as easy to use - although different syntax. Good luck. On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 6:41 AM, David Overton <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Henri, > > 2009/3/14 henri <[email protected]>: >> In essence I would like to determine if rsync a good choice when it comes to >> the backup of files on a Windows XP machine? >> >> Suggestions such as the following will all be warmly welcomed : >> >> (1) Do not run rsync over ssh, keep it simple. >> (2) Do not use rsync on Windows XP. >> (3) Try xyz commercial solution/service instead, it works great! >> (4) Use xyz open source solution it is fantastic! >> (4) It works but it is difficult, prepare your self for punishment. >> (5) No problem, just follow these instructions you will be running in 1 day. >> (6) It works, just make sure you install the xyz patch. >> (7) Not enough information, it depends on various other factors. >> ...etc >> >> >> I am aware that there is the popular "Cygwin" project which provides a super >> simple way of installing both rsync and OpenSSH on Windows systems. > > There's no "native" port of rsync on Windows so using the Cygwin > port is the way to go. If you don't want a full Cygwin installation > there is an excellent package called cwRsync which contains just what > you need at http://www.itefix.no/i2/node/10650. The same site provides > an OpenSSH package called CopSSH which is designed to work well with > cwRsync. Both packages come with Windows-style installers that set up > the SSH/rsync daemons as Windows services. > > If you want a commercial backup solution, you might be interested in > BackupAssist (www.backupassist.com) which now supports backup via rsync > as well as other methods. (Disclaimer: I work for the company that > develops BackupAssist.) BackupAssist provides various pre-defined > schemes for regular scheduled backups with history. No need to fiddle > around with scripts and rsync options, just enter your server details, > select a scheme then select which files/directories you want to backup. > There's a 30 day free trial period if you want to try it out. > > Other features: > - Supports rsync daemon, rsync over ssh, and rsync daemon via ssh tunnel > - Backup history uses hard links for files that haven't changed between > backups, similar to rsnapshot. (Our marketing department calls this > "single instance store".) > - Support for Volume Shadow Copy service (VSS) for Windows 2003 and > later (not XP unfortunately). > > I hope this doesn't sound too much like an ad, but you did ask about > commercial solutions. > > Cheers, > > David > -- > Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. > To unsubscribe or change options: > https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
