Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude not working as expected
Anything that you want to be explicitly excluded you will need to put the
full path in the excludes. Otherwise if it matches anywhere else in the
filesystem it will be excluded.
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Mark Wass wrote:
> Hi Bowie
>
> Thanks for clearing that up. So does that mean I should also amend these
> other excludes by putting a forward slash in front?
>
> 'etc/fstab', ==> '/etc/fstab',
>
> 'var/cache/apt/archives/*', ==> '/var/cache/apt/archives/*',
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Bowie Bailey [mailto:bowie_bai...@buc.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 10 February 2010 12:40 AM
> To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
> Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude not working as expected
>
> Mark Wass wrote:
> >
> > Hi Guys
> >
> > I have a config file that looks likes this:
> >
> > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
> >
> > '/' => [
> >
> > 'dev',
> >
> > 'proc',
> >
> > 'sys',
> >
> > 'tmp',
> >
> > 'var/lib/mysql',
> >
> > 'etc/fstab',
> >
> > 'var/log/mysql/mysql-bin.*',
> >
> > 'var/log/apache2/*',
> >
> > 'shares',
> >
> > 'var/lib/cvs',
> >
> > 'var/lib/cvs-old',
> >
> > 'var/cache/apt/archives/*',
> >
> > 'var/log/samba/*',
> >
> > 'var/log/installer/*',
> >
> > 'var/log/apt/*',
> >
> > 'var/log/samba/*',
> >
> > 'HDD2'
> >
> > ]
> >
> > };
> >
> > $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} = {};
> >
> > $Conf{ClientNameAlias} = '192.168.1.3';
> >
> > $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [
> >
> > '/'
> >
> > ];
> >
> > I've got an exclude in there for "proc", the problem I'm getting is
> > that the "proc" is also getting excluded from "/opt/webmin/proc" I
> > only want the proc directly on the root "/" share to be excluded. How
> > can I make sure the no other "proc" folders are excluded?
> >
>
> You are telling it that you want all files/directories called 'proc' to
> be excluded. If you only want to exclude '/proc', then list it that way.
> You probably want to do the same thing with most of the rest of your
> list unless you are also wanting to exclude all 'tmp' directories, etc.
>
> $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
> '/' => [
> '/dev',
> '/proc',
> '/sys',
> '/tmp',
> ...
> 'HDD2'
> ]
> };
>
> --
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Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC 3 question
James Ward wrote:
> I'm trying to figure out how to do something in the GUI.
>
> I have the following exclude: /data0*
>
> Now I would like to add an exception to that rule and back
> up: /data02/vodvendors/promo_items/
>
> Is it possible to set this up in the GUI? I can't figure it out.
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} behaves differently depending on the
underlying transport program, rsync, smbclient or tar. If you are using
rsync as the backup method, I think you should be able to either add
"/data02/vodvendors/promo_items/" as an RsyncShareName, or add...
--include = "/data02/vodvendors/promo_items/"
...to your RsyncArgs.
>
> Ward... James Ward
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> ICQ: 201663408
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude not working as expected
Hi Bowie
Thanks for clearing that up. So does that mean I should also amend these
other excludes by putting a forward slash in front?
'etc/fstab', ==> '/etc/fstab',
'var/cache/apt/archives/*', ==> '/var/cache/apt/archives/*',
Thanks
Mark
-Original Message-
From: Bowie Bailey [mailto:bowie_bai...@buc.com]
Sent: Wednesday, 10 February 2010 12:40 AM
To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude not working as expected
Mark Wass wrote:
>
> Hi Guys
>
> I have a config file that looks likes this:
>
> $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
>
> '/' => [
>
> 'dev',
>
> 'proc',
>
> 'sys',
>
> 'tmp',
>
> 'var/lib/mysql',
>
> 'etc/fstab',
>
> 'var/log/mysql/mysql-bin.*',
>
> 'var/log/apache2/*',
>
> 'shares',
>
> 'var/lib/cvs',
>
> 'var/lib/cvs-old',
>
> 'var/cache/apt/archives/*',
>
> 'var/log/samba/*',
>
> 'var/log/installer/*',
>
> 'var/log/apt/*',
>
> 'var/log/samba/*',
>
> 'HDD2'
>
> ]
>
> };
>
> $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} = {};
>
> $Conf{ClientNameAlias} = '192.168.1.3';
>
> $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [
>
> '/'
>
> ];
>
> I've got an exclude in there for "proc", the problem I'm getting is
> that the "proc" is also getting excluded from "/opt/webmin/proc" I
> only want the proc directly on the root "/" share to be excluded. How
> can I make sure the no other "proc" folders are excluded?
>
You are telling it that you want all files/directories called 'proc' to
be excluded. If you only want to exclude '/proc', then list it that way.
You probably want to do the same thing with most of the rest of your
list unless you are also wanting to exclude all 'tmp' directories, etc.
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
'/' => [
'/dev',
'/proc',
'/sys',
'/tmp',
...
'HDD2'
]
};
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Large Linux backup Help
On Tue, Feb 09, 2010 at 11:16:02AM -0800, Colin Blower wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I was hoping for a solution to my latest problem and also advice on my > general backup. My latest problem is the backup seems to be running, > but stalled. Which version of BackupPC are you running? > I see the ssh process on the server and the rsync process on the > client, but in the web interface the Xfer PID has only one PID. It has > been this way for ~12 hours. > > Background: I am in the process of backing up a very large (~1TB, > maybe 12million files?) filesystem using backuppc. It is a linux setup > using rsync. Originally the RsyncShareName was '/home', but that back > up failed to transfer any files after an Out of Memory error and the > server killed the backup process. > > I split up the RsyncShareName into > '/home/aa','/home/ab',...,'/home/zy',/home/zz'. Ran another backup, > ran into a filename too long error and removed that weird directory > from the client. > > The latest backup has been running for 24 hours, but for the last 12 > has been stuck on /home/hm. This directory is one of the empty > directories and should not take more than a second to complete. Can you do an lsof on the client rsync? File descriptor 3 should be the file in the share you are currently processing. Also maybe do an strace as well to see if it's moving data or not? If it stuck in a select loop and never issuing reads/writes I claim it's deadlocked and needs to be killed. > Could this be related to the ~400 zombie processes this backup has > created? Unlikely. However I was hoping that the zombie issue would be fixed in BackupPC by now. > Also, if i were to stop this full backup, should i try again > with another full or an incremental ? ( i have no full backups in > backuppc ) A full. If you abort what you currently have transferred should be kept as a partial backup and the next full will reuse the files to get a complete full backup that you can use. I have had to run 4 or 5 full backups to get a base full backup that I could use on some of the larger partitions. -- -- rouilj John Rouillard System Administrator Renesys Corporation 603-244-9084 (cell) 603-643-9300 x 111 -- SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as DTrace, Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. Get Solaris 10 NOW http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Large Linux backup Help
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Colin Blower wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I was hoping for a solution to my latest problem and also advice on > my general backup. My latest problem is the backup seems to be > running, but stalled. > > I see the ssh process on the server and the rsync process on the > client, but in the web interface the Xfer PID has only one PID. It > has been this way for ~12 hours. > > Background: I am in the process of backing up a very large (~1TB, > maybe 12million files?) filesystem using backuppc. It is a linux > setup using rsync. Originally the RsyncShareName was '/home', but > that back up failed to transfer any files after an Out of Memory > error and the server killed the backup process. > > I split up the RsyncShareName into > '/home/aa','/home/ab',...,'/home/zy',/home/zz'. Ran another backup, > ran into a filename too long error and removed that weird > directory from the client. > > The latest backup has been running for 24 hours, but for the last > 12 has been stuck on /home/hm. This directory is one of the empty > directories and should not take more than a second to complete. > > Could this be related to the ~400 zombie processes this backup has > created? Also, if i were to stop this full backup, should i try > again with another full or an incremental ? ( i have no full > backups in backuppc ) I would advise you split this into different hosts, where each host has only aa-az or ba-bz etc ... This way, when a share fails to backup for some reason, only a small portion of the overall backup will fail instead of the whole lot. Use ClientNameAlias (from memory) to point hostname-a, hostname-b, hostname-c, etc to hostname. Also check your number of concurrent backups is low, you don't want multiple backups to the same 'host' at the same time. Some people have written scripts which will check this and cause the backup to fail for the current backup attempt if there is already a backup running. (See the archives/google with keywords concurrent, lock, backup, etc or ask and someone might have a better pointer). Regards, Adam -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAktxvRsACgkQGyoxogrTyiVm5QCfT6VS9/s4pZYc6PgpW30pGHRh H4gAoI5nRH8wWhwdTvlyIBifWe5fLL0E =NHUe -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- SOLARIS 10 is the OS for Data Centers - provides features such as DTrace, Predictive Self Healing and Award Winning ZFS. Get Solaris 10 NOW http://p.sf.net/sfu/solaris-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/
[BackupPC-users] Large Linux backup Help
Hello everyone, I was hoping for a solution to my latest problem and also advice on my general backup. My latest problem is the backup seems to be running, but stalled. I see the ssh process on the server and the rsync process on the client, but in the web interface the Xfer PID has only one PID. It has been this way for ~12 hours. Background: I am in the process of backing up a very large (~1TB, maybe 12million files?) filesystem using backuppc. It is a linux setup using rsync. Originally the RsyncShareName was '/home', but that back up failed to transfer any files after an Out of Memory error and the server killed the backup process. I split up the RsyncShareName into '/home/aa','/home/ab',...,'/home/zy',/home/zz'. Ran another backup, ran into a filename too long error and removed that weird directory from the client. The latest backup has been running for 24 hours, but for the last 12 has been stuck on /home/hm. This directory is one of the empty directories and should not take more than a second to complete. Could this be related to the ~400 zombie processes this backup has created? Also, if i were to stop this full backup, should i try again with another full or an incremental ? ( i have no full backups in backuppc ) Thanks, -Colin B. -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com ___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Auto Archiving of hosts
-Original Message- From: Michael Osburn [mailto:michael.osb...@echostar.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 8:24 AM To: General list for user discussion, questions and support Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Auto Archiving of hosts On Tuesday 09 February 2010 08:01:59 am Timothy J Massey wrote: > > I have a cron script that I run once a week to archive the latest backup > to a removable hard drive. Let me know if you'd like to see it. It's > really pretty simple, though. It doesn't do as much error checking as I'd > like (like making sure the removable drive is mounted properly), but the > archive part works perfectly, thanks to BackupPC. > > Tim Massey > Thanks Tim, I need to get things confirmed with management first but I think that doing the latest would work for what I need. I did not see the "-1" option when looking at the archive host option. Do you mind sharing your script? Michael Tim I would be interested in seeing this script as well -- I am just starting to use the archive backups for my offsite backup solution. Danielle -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com ___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Auto Archiving of hosts
On 2/9/2010 10:24 AM, Michael Osburn wrote: > > I need to get things confirmed with management first but I think that doing > the latest > would work for what I need. I did not see the "-1" option when looking at the > archive > host option. Do you mind sharing your script? The archive host setup is just a wrapper around BackupPC_tarCreate. If you are doing it in a script you might as well run it directly and have more control. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com ___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Auto Archiving of hosts
Michael Osburn wrote on 02/09/2010 11:24:01
AM:
> I need to get things confirmed with management first but I think
> that doing the latest
> would work for what I need.
I can't imagine why that wouldn't work (you're saving the same info, just
a few weeks early! :) ), but sometimes management doesn't always see
things the same way.
> I did not see the "-1" option when
> looking at the archive
> host option. Do you mind sharing your script?
It's not something you'd do from the GUI: you would use it with the
archive command from the command line. I actually found it by reading the
source code back when I was trying to figure out how to do this.
The biggest disadvantage is that all of the generated files from the same
host will have the same name. If you want to keep multiple copies of the
archives you may have to either rename the files or put them into
different subdirectories. I asked that this be addressed in the BacukpPC
archive command (have it substitute the proper backup number for the -1),
but the request wasn't followed up on.
Here's the line in the backuppc user's crontab. Note that it must be run
as the backuppc user (or have some other script su it as backuppc).
04 07 * * 6 /data/BackupPC/util/cron_archive localhost 5
And here's cron_archive. It's designed for a Red Hat-based system. The
variables you might need to change are at the top. ARCHIVE_HOST_PATH is
the path to the archive host directory within BackupPC (where the archive
request file will be generated), ARCHIVE_DEST_PATH is the path to store
the generated archive, and BACKUPPC_BIN_PATH is the path to the BackupPC
command files.
#!/bin/sh
# Script to create archive of BackupPC host for OBS Backup Server 2.1
ARCHIVE_HOST_PATH=/data/BackupPC/pc/archive
ARCHIVE_DEST_PATH=/data/archive
BACKUPPC_BIN_PATH=/usr/local/BackupPC/bin
parameters() {
echo "$0 hostname par
where hostname is the host to archve and par is the percentage of
parity
Example: $0 localhost 5"
exit 1
}
if [ -z $1 ]; then
echo "You must include the hostname in the first parameter."
parameters
fi
if [ -z $2 ]; then
echo "You must include the percentage of parity in the second
parameter."
parameters
fi
echo "%ArchiveReq = (
'archiveloc' => '"${ARCHIVE_DEST_PATH}"',
'reqTime' => '946702800',
'BackupList' => [
'-1'
],
'host' => 'archive',
'parfile' => '"$2"',
'archtype' => '0',
'compression' => '/bin/cat',
'compext' => '.raw',
'HostList' => [
'"$1"'
],
'user' => 'backuppc',
'splitsize' => '000'
);" > ${ARCHIVE_HOST_PATH}/archiveReq.cron.$$
${BACKUPPC_BIN_PATH}/BackupPC_serverMesg archive backuppc archive
archiveReq.cron.$$
As you can see, the command generates an archive request file (which is
exactly what the BackupPC archive GUI does) and saves it in the archive
host's pc directory. The archive is set up for no splits, no compression,
and a variable amount of parity (some of my hosts are too big to generate
parity in a timely manner). If you want a different style of archive,
simply capture the archive file generated by the GUI and modify the above
information to better match your desired style of archive.
If you have further questions or comments, please feel free to ask. For
the record, the above code is released into the public domain (FWIW), but
I would appreciate it if you sent any corrections or updates my way.
Tim Massey
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Auto Archiving of hosts
On Tuesday 09 February 2010 08:01:59 am Timothy J Massey wrote: > Michael Osburn wrote on 02/08/2010 06:42:34 > PM: > > > I am looking for a way to automatically archive my oldest full > > backups to a different mount point. The goal is to have fairly > > recent backups stored off onto a SAN device, then remove the oldest > > backup. I have looked at the archive host option, but this would > > require a lot of manual intervention as we would need to select the > > backups some time during the week and then letting the fulls age away. > > Is there a reason you're moving the *oldest*? The newest would be very > easy. The oldest slightly more difficult. > > The archive command accepts negative numbers for the backup number. So, > to get the most recent, simply use "-1". For the oldest, use the number > of fulls plus the number of incrementals. Of course, if you haven't yet > done enough backups to get that far yet, that won't work. That's the > "slightly more difficult" part... :) > > I have a cron script that I run once a week to archive the latest backup > to a removable hard drive. Let me know if you'd like to see it. It's > really pretty simple, though. It doesn't do as much error checking as I'd > like (like making sure the removable drive is mounted properly), but the > archive part works perfectly, thanks to BackupPC. > > Tim Massey > > > -- > The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation > Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business > Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts > Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com > ___ > 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/ > Thanks Tim, I need to get things confirmed with management first but I think that doing the latest would work for what I need. I did not see the "-1" option when looking at the archive host option. Do you mind sharing your script? Michael -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com ___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] cygwin, ssh, and rsync
Cody Dunne wrote: On 2/6/2010 2:18 PM, Trey Nolen wrote: I don't know if this has been mentioned on the list or not, but the new Cygwin seems to have fixed the long standing bug that prevents rsync from running in server mode over ssh. Now, we are able to use the method "rsync" instead of "rsyncd". This means that we no longer have to maintain persistent SSH tunnels for our backups of Windows machines. The "rsync" method also seems to be faster for us on WANs as well. Just wanted to let everyone know if this hasn't been brought up. Trey Nolen I've had the reverse happen to me -- after the upgrade from Cygwin 1.5.25 to 1.7.1 my rscynd backups over pre-established ssh tunnels started hanging randomly after ~24 minutes. I've reinstalled Cygwin, installed on fresh Win 7 machines, turned off all anti-virus and firewalls, and still can't eliminate the problem. It is definitely an rsyncd issue and not a ssh one as the tunnel stays up and active waiting. I'll give rsync over ssh a try again, though. Yes, that's what happened to us, too. Like you, we were using rsyncd over tunnels maintained with autossh and that quit working. Now we are able to do it using method "rsync" (not rsyncd) and go directly over ssh with no tunnel. Trey Nolen -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] cygwin, ssh, and rsync
On 2/6/2010 2:18 PM, Trey Nolen wrote: > I don't know if this has been mentioned on the list or not, but the new > Cygwin seems to have fixed the long standing bug that prevents rsync > from running in server mode over ssh. Now, we are able to use the > method "rsync" instead of "rsyncd". This means that we no longer have > to maintain persistent SSH tunnels for our backups of Windows > machines. The "rsync" method also seems to be faster for us on WANs as > well. Just wanted to let everyone know if this hasn't been brought up. > > > Trey Nolen I've had the reverse happen to me -- after the upgrade from Cygwin 1.5.25 to 1.7.1 my rscynd backups over pre-established ssh tunnels started hanging randomly after ~24 minutes. I've reinstalled Cygwin, installed on fresh Win 7 machines, turned off all anti-virus and firewalls, and still can't eliminate the problem. It is definitely an rsyncd issue and not a ssh one as the tunnel stays up and active waiting. I'll give rsync over ssh a try again, though. Cody -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com ___ 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/
[BackupPC-users] BackupPC 3 question
I'm trying to figure out how to do something in the GUI. I have the following exclude: /data0* Now I would like to add an exception to that rule and back up: /data02/vodvendors/promo_items/ Is it possible to set this up in the GUI? I can't figure it out. Ward... James Ward Tekco Management Group, LLC jew...@torzo.com 520-290-0910x268 ICQ: 201663408 smime.p7s Description: S/MIME cryptographic signature -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] problems with DumpPreUserCmd.
Mauro wrote at about 11:07:34 +0100 on Tuesday, February 9, 2010: > For DumpPreUserCmd I've set $sshPath -p 2322 -q -x -l user $host, > /home/user/file.sh. > It return DumpPreUserCmd returned error status 65280... exiting. That just means the exit code of your command was 255 > Why?n > I've tried the command and it works but set in DumpPreUserCmd it > don't. What is the exit code when you manually run: ssh -p 2322 -q -x -l user $host /home/user/file.sh -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com ___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Auto Archiving of hosts
Michael Osburn wrote on 02/08/2010 06:42:34 PM: > I am looking for a way to automatically archive my oldest full > backups to a different mount point. The goal is to have fairly > recent backups stored off onto a SAN device, then remove the oldest > backup. I have looked at the archive host option, but this would > require a lot of manual intervention as we would need to select the > backups some time during the week and then letting the fulls age away. Is there a reason you're moving the *oldest*? The newest would be very easy. The oldest slightly more difficult. The archive command accepts negative numbers for the backup number. So, to get the most recent, simply use "-1". For the oldest, use the number of fulls plus the number of incrementals. Of course, if you haven't yet done enough backups to get that far yet, that won't work. That's the "slightly more difficult" part... :) I have a cron script that I run once a week to archive the latest backup to a removable hard drive. Let me know if you'd like to see it. It's really pretty simple, though. It doesn't do as much error checking as I'd like (like making sure the removable drive is mounted properly), but the archive part works perfectly, thanks to BackupPC. Tim Massey -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com ___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude not working as expected
Mark Wass wrote:
>
> Hi Guys
>
> I have a config file that looks likes this:
>
> $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
>
> '/' => [
>
> 'dev',
>
> 'proc',
>
> 'sys',
>
> 'tmp',
>
> 'var/lib/mysql',
>
> 'etc/fstab',
>
> 'var/log/mysql/mysql-bin.*',
>
> 'var/log/apache2/*',
>
> 'shares',
>
> 'var/lib/cvs',
>
> 'var/lib/cvs-old',
>
> 'var/cache/apt/archives/*',
>
> 'var/log/samba/*',
>
> 'var/log/installer/*',
>
> 'var/log/apt/*',
>
> 'var/log/samba/*',
>
> 'HDD2'
>
> ]
>
> };
>
> $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} = {};
>
> $Conf{ClientNameAlias} = '192.168.1.3';
>
> $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [
>
> '/'
>
> ];
>
> I’ve got an exclude in there for “proc”, the problem I’m getting is
> that the “proc” is also getting excluded from “/opt/webmin/proc” I
> only want the proc directly on the root “/” share to be excluded. How
> can I make sure the no other “proc” folders are excluded?
>
You are telling it that you want all files/directories called 'proc' to
be excluded. If you only want to exclude '/proc', then list it that way.
You probably want to do the same thing with most of the rest of your
list unless you are also wanting to exclude all 'tmp' directories, etc.
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
'/' => [
'/dev',
'/proc',
'/sys',
'/tmp',
...
'HDD2'
]
};
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[BackupPC-users] problems with DumpPreUserCmd.
For DumpPreUserCmd I've set $sshPath -p 2322 -q -x -l user $host, /home/user/file.sh. It return DumpPreUserCmd returned error status 65280... exiting. Why? I've tried the command and it works but set in DumpPreUserCmd it don't. -- The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com ___ 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/
