I used to backup Windows XP machines using Windows software (Cobian backup).
As number of PCs grow backups were very slow and Server became unstable.
Especially when all (20+ PCs) were sending data at the same time.
Now with BackupPC I think this would be much better as server is the one
grabing
I have recently installed BackupPC and am trying to get it configured.
Previously I was just using cron to schedule rsync over ssh.
Presently, I can backup my remote system with BackupPC just fine if I use
tar as the XferMethod. I would prefer to use rsync however.
I have on the server that is
Charles writes:
> full backup started for directory /home/cswarts
> started full dump, share=/home/cswarts
> Running: /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -l rback -p 222 vps.deadeyedata.com sudo\
> /usr/bin/rsync --server --sender --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group -D
> --links --hard-links --times --block-size
Good news folks, backups are working properly for the affected client. The
evident issue being the size and useage of the /home partition on the
client. I decided to reduce the amount of data required to move by emptying
the trash folders of the users on the machine, freeing over 2G of space (Wh
Hi,
I have the following host summary:
server1 username1 20.63.360.772 10.4
10.4
idle done
server2 username1 20.63.230.743 10.4
10.4idledone
server3 username2 20.68.52
On 3/18/07, Craig Barratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The checksumSeed doesn't look right. If you don't specify it on
the command line, it should default to unix time().
In your case it comprises the four ascii characters "idts". That
isn't coming from rsync. Hopefully that is a clue for you
Michael Mansour wrote:
> I'm wondering why the full backups numbered 2 are not going back down to 1 to
> free up some space on the server?
>
> In the glbal Schedule, I have the following:
>
> FullPeriod: 6.97
> FullKeepCnt: 1
> FullKeepCntMin: 1
> FullAgeMax: 7
>
> and it's my understanding that ba
Craig Barratt writes:
> > Got checksumSeed 0x69647473
> > Read EOF:
>
> The checksumSeed doesn't look right. If you don't specify it on
> the command line, it should default to unix time().
>
> In your case it comprises the four ascii characters "idts". That
> isn't coming from rsync. Hopeful
