Re: [BackupPC-users] Can't start BackupPC... HELP!

2005-12-29 Thread Chris Sommer
I thought we figured this one out.  Permissions?--ChrisOn 12/28/05, Jamie Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: I was hoping there is someone out there who might be able top point me in the right direction... I have BackupPC installed, and I believe I did it right, all the right permissions and al

Re: [BackupPC-users] Fast backup solution

2005-12-29 Thread Ski Kacoroski
Brendan Simon wrote: What do you mean by backup window? By this I mean how fast do you need the backup done (you answered this below). You can set BackupPC to blackout certain times and thus "kind of" set a time for when you want the backup run. I do this to force backups to run between

Re: [BackupPC-users] multiple DumpPreUserCmds

2005-12-29 Thread Paul Lukins
Put the multiple commands in a script and invoke it as the DumpPreUserCmd. J.M.Roth wrote: Hi there, how to I execute multiple command before the dump begins? I have tried something but it didn't work out: Executing DumpPreUserCmd: /usr/bin/ssh -l root bla 'mysqldump -u root -pxyz --all-databa

[BackupPC-users] multiple DumpPreUserCmds

2005-12-29 Thread J.M.Roth
Hi there, how to I execute multiple command before the dump begins? I have tried something but it didn't work out: Executing DumpPreUserCmd: /usr/bin/ssh -l root bla 'mysqldump -u root -pxyz --all-databases --add-locks > /var/backuppc-prepare/backup-all-databases.sql; dpkg --get-selections > /va

[BackupPC-users] Can't start BackupPC... HELP!

2005-12-29 Thread Jamie Myers
Title: Can't start BackupPC... HELP! I was hoping there is someone out there who might be able top point me in the right direction... I have BackupPC installed, and I believe I did it right, all the right permissions and all... I think... But when I start BackupPC it says it started ok, but the

Re: [BackupPC-users] Fast backup solution

2005-12-29 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 19:54, Brendan Simon wrote: > I would have thought that subsequent "full" backups would still use > rsync, but the results saved as full files rather than deltas or only > changed files. Yes, rsync should send only the differences and new files when you do a subsequent ful

Re: [BackupPC-users] Fast backup solution

2005-12-29 Thread Brendan Simon
What do you mean by backup window? Which configuration setting do mean? I want to do a full backup within 4 hours if possible, though I am happy for the first full backup to take longer if necessary. I would have thought that subsequent "full" backups would still use rsync, but the results sa

Re: [BackupPC-users] Fast backup solution

2005-12-29 Thread Ski Kacoroski
Brendan, Not sure if there is much else you can do to speed it up unless you switch to a different product that has a client program installed on the clients. BackupPC uses standard unix tools and seems to run very fast once it is going. I had an issue with a bad server motherboard that onl