Re: [BackupPC-users] SSH Tunnel HOWTO for BackupPC

Hi Johan, Here is the output of ./BackupPC_dump -v -f myhost : Results cmdSystemOrEval: about to system /bin/ping -c 1 -w 3 localhost cmdSystemOrEval: finished: got output PING localhost (127.0.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from localhost (127.0.0.1): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.048 ms --- l

[BackupPC-users] Partial backups

Ok, now that I know how to view log files from the command line (guess I should check the bin dir first from now on :-), it looks like when a partial backup is saved, it only contains individual shares that were actually backed up completely. I have a server with four separate partitions that

Re: [BackupPC-users] Status of rsync backup

Hi, Jason M. Kusar wrote on 13.05.2007 at 20:18:01 [[BackupPC-users] Status of rsync backup]: > [...] > Also, is there any way to view the log file as it's being > created? I tried using zcat, but that didn't do it. try BackupPC_zcat. Regards, Holger -

Re: [BackupPC-users] API for full size?

Hi, Keith Edmunds wrote on 14.05.2007 at 00:00:33 [[BackupPC-users] API for full size?]: > Is there a way for a script to retrieve the "Full Size/GB" as reported on > the Host Summary page? yes, as the Host Summary page does :-). See BackupPC::CGI::Summary. Setting XEmacs to quick-hack-mode, I

[BackupPC-users] Status of rsync backup

Is there any way to tell the status of an on-going rsync backup? Ideally, I'd like to see how many file have been backed up, how many are left, how many were skipped because they're already there, etc. I know this is possible with the command line rsync via the --progress option, but I'm not

[BackupPC-users] API for full size?

Is there a way for a script to retrieve the "Full Size/GB" as reported on the Host Summary page? I want to write a script that checks that users haven't exceeded their backup quota. Thanks for any pointers - Keith - This SF.n

[BackupPC-users] BackupPC presentation online

Go to http://video.google.com and search for BackupPC. This is a presentation I gave at LinuxfestNW 2007. Appreciate your comments and corrections (I am sure there are some :). cheers, ski -- "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it connected to the entire universe"

[BackupPC-users] backing up localhost

I set up backuppc. It works with the clients but not with localhost. Empty folders and some few files do get backed up. The command: /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_dump -v -f localhost commes up with entries like: tarExtract: Can't link /var/lib/backuppc/pc/localhost/new/f% 2fetc/fhdparm