Re: [BackupPC-users] making a mirror image of the backup pc disk

2009-12-09 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Pat Rice wrote on 2009-12-09 11:04:37 + [[BackupPC-users] making a mirror image of the backup pc disk]: > [...] > What I would like to know, or if any on had any experience of: > Making a mirror or the backup disk: well, yes, it is an FAQ, but in short: > Should I do a dd? Yes, in your

Re: [BackupPC-users] a slightly different question about rsync for offsite backups

2009-12-09 Thread Omid
indeed, these both seem like really good ways to approach this! i would definitely stop the backuppc service beforehand, and start it again afterwards. i know this doesn't stop backups in progress, but it's not a lot of computers, and by 3 am, all that needs to be done is done. and the rsync to

Re: [BackupPC-users] convert from rsync to rsyncd

2009-12-09 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote on 2009-12-09 02:33:35 -0500 [Re: [BackupPC-users] convert from rsync to rsyncd]: > [...] > That being said, I don't think "/" will pose a problem since BackupPC > saves the rsync "/" share name as "f%2f" (mangled form) which is > equivalent to an unmangled "%2f" sha

Re: [BackupPC-users] a slightly different question about rsync for offsite backups

2009-12-09 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Tino Schwarze wrote on 2009-12-09 20:50:35 +0100 [Re: [BackupPC-users] a slightly different question about rsync for?offsite backups]: > On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 10:57:13AM -0800, Omid wrote: > [...] > > if the usb drive does not mount for whatever reason (either because it > > hasn't been plu

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exluding specific files within a directory tree

2009-12-09 Thread Chris Robertson
ckandreou wrote: > I have the following files > /cmroot/ems_src/view/2010_emsmadd.vws/.pid > /cmroot/ems_src/view/2010_deva.vws/.pid > /cmroot/ems_src/view/emsadmcm_01.03.006.vws/.pid > /ccdev10/cmroot/ems_src/vob/mems.vbs/.pid > > I would like backuppc to exclude .pid > > I used the following exc

Re: [BackupPC-users] making a mirror image of the backup pc disk

2009-12-09 Thread Chris Robertson
Pat Rice wrote: > HI all > Well at the moment I an recovering from a flooding situation. > I had my office flooded to 2.5ft of water. Luckily the Backup server > (backup pc) was above the water line and also my hard drive for my > backup server. Unfortunately my machines that were on the ground, we

Re: [BackupPC-users] a slightly different question about rsync for offsite backups

2009-12-09 Thread Tino Schwarze
On Wed, Dec 09, 2009 at 10:57:13AM -0800, Omid wrote: [...] > the idea is to schedule an rsync command to an external drive say every > wednesday morning at 3 am, instruct the office to plug the drive in on > tuesday, and to replace it on thursday with next week's drive. > > i have the rsync com

[BackupPC-users] a slightly different question about rsync for offsite backups

2009-12-09 Thread Omid
so this is a slightly different question about crontabing rsync backups to an external usb drives. i know this isn't strictly a backuppc question, but... the idea is to schedule an rsync command to an external drive say every wednesday morning at 3 am, instruct the office to plug the drive in on

[BackupPC-users] Exluding specific files within a directory tree

2009-12-09 Thread ckandreou
I have the following files /cmroot/ems_src/view/2010_emsmadd.vws/.pid /cmroot/ems_src/view/2010_deva.vws/.pid /cmroot/ems_src/view/emsadmcm_01.03.006.vws/.pid /ccdev10/cmroot/ems_src/vob/mems.vbs/.pid I would like backuppc to exclude .pid I used the following exclude line with .pl '--exclud

Re: [BackupPC-users] making a mirror image of the backup pc disk

2009-12-09 Thread Alan McKay
See the recent thread about FC7 to FC10 upgrade, since this is what was being discussed there. -- “Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV” - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food" -- Ret

Re: [BackupPC-users] RsyncP problem

2009-12-09 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
Les Mikesell wrote at about 14:11:12 -0600 on Monday, December 7, 2009: > It applies to full rsync or rsyncd backups. An interrupted full should > be marked as a 'partial' in your backup summary - and the subsequent > full retry should not transfer the completed files again although it > wi

[BackupPC-users] making a mirror image of the backup pc disk

2009-12-09 Thread Pat Rice
HI all Well at the moment I an recovering from a flooding situation. I had my office flooded to 2.5ft of water. Luckily the Backup server (backup pc) was above the water line and also my hard drive for my backup server. Unfortunately my machines that were on the ground, were not so lucky. I have sp

Re: [BackupPC-users] rsyncd on vista 64 bit

2009-12-09 Thread Erik Hjertén
Kameleon skrev: > I am trying to setup the standalone rsyncd from the backuppc downloads > page on a 64 bit vista machine. I have done it already on about 5 32 > bit machines. Only this one fails to start the service. I see no error > other than it trys to run and then nothing. Has anyone else r