Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up Windows 7 Pro, not enough permissions
Stowe has been around forever. I suggest you read his entire blog - very entertaining. Here's his BackupPC stuff: http://www.michaelstowe.com/backuppc/ I decided to use vssadmin and wmic to manage restore points. I then use Cygwin and a bash script to mount the shadow copy for backup. It's kludged together but works for me. Cheers! mph On 2017-05-17 06:07, Alexander Kobel wrote: > Hi Michael, > > On 2017-05-15 06:32 PM, Holger Parplies wrote: Hi, > > Michael Stowe wrote on 2017-05-15 09:58:08 -0500 [Re: [BackupPC-users] > Backing up Windows 7 Pro, not enough permissions]: > [...] At any rate, these reasons are why I personally switched to a > combination of rsync and vshadow (to handle open files) and put together > a package to install the proper files on the client side. [...] would you mind to share that package, in whatever state it is? I use a similar setup (Cygwin + rsync over SSH), but getting it to run is less than intuitive. I yet have to find a simple and fool-proof way of installing (don't talk about keeping up-to-date even) that combination. It takes me less and less time every time I do it (every few months), but it's still a pain. IIRC, last time I had to refresh my mind on - how to enable a cyg_server (appx. a.k.a. root) account with the proper access rights - how to open port 22 on the firewall, and (if need be) respond to pings, - how to make the SSH server accept the BackupPC server pubkey (because cyg_server has no home by default). And that's even without vshadow. Certainly not an approach that I can load off to the average Joe user, say, "download and install ..., and I do the BackupPC server setup remotely". Cheers, Alexander -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ 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/-- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot___ 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] Backing up Windows 7 Pro, not enough permissions
Hi Michael, On 2017-05-15 06:32 PM, Holger Parplies wrote: > Hi, > > Michael Stowe wrote on 2017-05-15 09:58:08 -0500 [Re: [BackupPC-users] > Backing up Windows 7 Pro, not enough permissions]: >[...] >> At any rate, these reasons are why I personally switched to a >> combination of rsync and vshadow (to handle open files) and put together >> a package to install the proper files on the client side. [...] would you mind to share that package, in whatever state it is? I use a similar setup (Cygwin + rsync over SSH), but getting it to run is less than intuitive. I yet have to find a simple and fool-proof way of installing (don't talk about keeping up-to-date even) that combination. It takes me less and less time every time I do it (every few months), but it's still a pain. IIRC, last time I had to refresh my mind on - how to enable a cyg_server (appx. a.k.a. root) account with the proper access rights - how to open port 22 on the firewall, and (if need be) respond to pings, - how to make the SSH server accept the BackupPC server pubkey (because cyg_server has no home by default). And that's even without vshadow. Certainly not an approach that I can load off to the average Joe user, say, "download and install ..., and I do the BackupPC server setup remotely". Cheers, Alexander -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ 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] Backing up Windows 7 Pro, not enough permissions
Hi, Michael Stowe wrote on 2017-05-15 09:58:08 -0500 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up Windows 7 Pro, not enough permissions]: > On 2017-05-15 05:20, Tapio Lehtonen wrote: > > [...] > > The share C is shared to network and user backuppc has full rights. > > [...] > > There are a few important things to understand here. One is that not > all transport mechanisms are created equal when backing up Windows > systems. what a nice way to say that :-). I'm not a Windoze expert at all, but I vaguely remember you (Michael) stating in the past that there is a difference between the default C$ share and an explicitly created share ... assuming my memory is correct, might that be the issue here? I.e. does anything change if you (Tapio) explicitly create a share and use that (or use the C$ share if you were previously using something different)? > At any rate, these reasons are why I personally switched to a > combination of rsync and vshadow (to handle open files) and put together > a package to install the proper files on the client side. If I were in the unlucky situation of having to deal with Windoze hosts, that is what I would use. From what I have read on this list, it seems to be the best choice. Regards, Holger -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ 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/
