Re: explained Re: [BackupPC-users] tar --one-file-system option not working

2005-08-31 Thread Craig Barratt
Marty writes: > Sorry, the explanation seems to be embarassingly simple -- I was > testing with incremental backups, and the tar method does not > fill in missing files older than the last full backup. Doing a > full backup solved the problem. > > I still don't understand why the subdirectories

Re: [BackupPC-users] Redundant calls to DumpPostUserCmd

2005-08-31 Thread Craig Barratt
Chris Stone writes: > Well, OK, I'll try to figure out the bigger issue on my own. How > about I just ask this, though... Sorry, I haven't had time to check into this. > Is there a way to manually change the status of a partial backup to a > valid full backup? Yes. Just edit the backups fi

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC and removable drives

2005-08-31 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 16:21, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > RHEL4 should have ipv6 support and tcp congestion control on by default > > and these both can cause problems in various situations. But, I don't > > know enough about them to be much help. > > Thank you for the info: I'll see if I can i

[BackupPC-users] Disturbing Loss of Backups

2005-08-31 Thread Dan D Niles
I had been backing up a host for a while using only full backups ($Conf{FullPeriod} = 0.97; $Conf{IncrPeriod} = 1.97;). This was working fine for a long time. Yesterday I switched to using incrementals ($Conf{FullPeriod} = 6.97; $Conf{IncrPeriod} = 0.97;). So last night it should have done an i

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC and removable drives

2005-08-31 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 15:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I don't think it's related specifically to rsync. I think it may be more > related to something else that is affecting the TCP session. > Unfortunately, I can find nothing interesting in any of the logs on either > box... :( > > So, for

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC and removable drives

2005-08-31 Thread tmassey
Les Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 08/31/2005 07:41:49 AM: > > >I have a half-dozen of these servers in place working very nicely. > >Removable IDE drives that get swapped weekly. > > > > What kind of setup are you using with removable drives? entire backuppc > directory lives on seperate

Re: [BackupPC-users] $Conf{FullKeepCnt} with $Conf{FullPeriod} set to -1

2005-08-31 Thread Ralf Gross
Craig Barratt schrieb: > Ralf Gross writes: > > > Craig Barratt schrieb: > > > > > Ralf Gross writes: > > > > Is there any side effect on setting $Conf{IncrPeriod} to a very high > > value? > > My first reaction was yes, but the answer is actually no. The normal > scheduler makes sure a full ba

[BackupPC-users] What would be conf/config.pl permissions?

2005-08-31 Thread dosseh edjé
 Hello, Very thanks for your last advices. But now i run apache as BackupPC's user and group backuppc and i read these in apache's log file: Could'nt open /var/backuppc/conf/config.pl:Permissions denied [error][client 127.0.0.1] Directory index forbidden by rule:/var/www/html, referer:http://localh

explained Re: [BackupPC-users] tar --one-file-system option not working

2005-08-31 Thread Marty
Craig Barratt wrote: Marty writes: Using the --one-file-system option, the tar method fails to back up files in the target subdirectory of a mounted partition. It backs up directories without their files, unlike the rsync method using the --one-file-system option, which works as expected. I'

Re: [BackupPC-users] Redundant calls to DumpPostUserCmd

2005-08-31 Thread Chris Stone
Well, OK, I'll try to figure out the bigger issue on my own. How about I just ask this, though... Is there a way to manually change the status of a partial backup to a valid full backup? Thanks, --Chris On Aug 30, 2005, at 11:16 AM, Chris Stone wrote: Just wondering if there were any th

Re: Re: [BackupPC-users] Debian can'tt start server

2005-08-31 Thread makaber
Ok thanks, i will change my server with a better hard disk so.. The usb disk wil be use for another way. Ext3 is a good choice or reiserfs is better for my new disk? I precise that all my server use ext3 file systems. Thanks Regards > Message du 31/08/05 à 15h59 > De : "Rupert Hair" <[EMAIL P

Re: [BackupPC-users] Debian can'tt start server

2005-08-31 Thread Rupert Hair
makaber wrote: I m on debian sarge . I installed backupp pc via apt. Backuppc works by default in my debian but when i mount a usb disk with the good rights uid and gid of backuppc , the server doesn't work. I mount my usb device disk in /var/lib/backuppc for save all the backups on this disk.

[BackupPC-users] Debian can'tt start server

2005-08-31 Thread makaber
Hello, I m on debian sarge . I installed backupp pc via apt. Backuppc works by default in my debian but when i mount a usb disk with the good rights uid and gid of backuppc , the server doesn't work. I mount my usb device disk in /var/lib/backuppc for save all the backups on this disk. My fstab

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up Novell Servers

2005-08-31 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 08/31 12:56 , Scott Gamble wrote: > Is it possible to backup Novell servers with Backuppc? should be. I'm pretty sure rsyncd is available on Netware (at least it was on the 6.5 box I looked at). Otherwise, if you can mount the filesystem, you can back it up. -- Carl Soderstrom Systems Adminis

Re: [BackupPC-users] KNOCK KNOCK - sorry, have to ask - backing up windows clients?

2005-08-31 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 02:54, Scott Gamble wrote: > So nobody has any tips or techniques for backing up windows machines or how > to deal with the issue of trying to backup files that are in use? No, it is a long-standing problem. Probably the best solution is to move as much as you can to a Linux

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC and removable drives

2005-08-31 Thread Les Stott
I have a half-dozen of these servers in place working very nicely. Removable IDE drives that get swapped weekly. I've always been interested in this, backing up the backup server. Most of my sites at the moment are just backup servers. The clients know that the server itself doesn't get b

Re: [BackupPC-users] Can't read /var/www/cgi-bin/BackupPC/BackupPC_Admin

2005-08-31 Thread Rupert Hair
dosseh edjé wrote: My BackupPC's cgi interface doesn't work. I receive a message which begin by:"Internal Server Error" but httpd's log file prints these: -> mod_mime_magic: can't read /var/www/cgi-bin/BackupPC/BackupPC_Admin -> can't open perl script "/var/www/cgi-bin/BackupPC/BackupPC_Admin"

Re: [BackupPC-users] Can't read /var/www/cgi-bin/BackupPC/BackupPC_Admin

2005-08-31 Thread Les Stott
The permissions on BackupPC_Admin's file are: "-rwx--x--- 1 edje edje 3927 aoû 11 17:48 /var/www/cgi-bin/BackupPC/BackupPC_Admin" "edje" is backuppc's user. So what can would be wrong? Even though your BackupPC runs as edje your apache webserver probably runs as apache:apache Because of th

[BackupPC-users] Can't read /var/www/cgi-bin/BackupPC/BackupPC_Admin

2005-08-31 Thread dosseh edjé
 Hello, My BackupPC's cgi interface doesn't work. I receive a message which begin by:"Internal Server Error" but httpd's log file prints these:   -> mod_mime_magic: can't read /var/www/cgi-bin/BackupPC/BackupPC_Admin   -> can't open perl script "/var/www/cgi-bin/BackupPC/BackupPC_Admin" Permission

Re: [BackupPC-users] tar --one-file-system option not working

2005-08-31 Thread Craig Barratt
Marty writes: > Using the --one-file-system option, the tar method fails to back up > files in the target subdirectory of a mounted partition. It backs > up directories without their files, unlike the rsync method using > the --one-file-system option, which works as expected. I'm surprised by th

[BackupPC-users] Backing up Novell Servers

2005-08-31 Thread Scott Gamble
Is it possible to backup Novell servers with Backuppc? Scott Gamble ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 206 412 3055 In my config file of host 127.0.0.1 I got these lines:$Conf{TarShareName} = '/home/e-smith/files/users';#    $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = '/temp';#

[BackupPC-users] KNOCK KNOCK - sorry, have to ask - backing up windows clients?

2005-08-31 Thread Scott Gamble
So nobody has any tips or techniques for backing up windows machines or how to deal with the issue of trying to backup files that are in use? ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 206 412 3055 > - Original Message - > Subject: [BackupPC-users] sorry guys - hav

[BackupPC-users] Config.pl, Directory's to be included and excluded in the backup

2005-08-31 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In my config file of host 127.0.0.1 I got these lines:$Conf{TarShareName} = '/home/e-smith/files/users';#    $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = '/temp';#    $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = ['/temp']; # same as first example#    $Conf{Bac kupFilesExclude} = ['/temp', '/winnt/tmp'];#    $Conf{BackupFilesEx