Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup in Progress

2007-07-09 Thread Nicholas Hall
On 7/9/07, Jim Elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: To the backuppc list, I am new to backupPC so please excuse my ignorance in the software. I have a job that has a status of a "backup in progress" The last backup was run on 7/1/07. Is there a way that I can check to see what this backup is wai

Re: [BackupPC-users] rsync incremental-only backups for eternity

2007-07-09 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote on 09.07.2007 at 08:12:18 [Re: [BackupPC-users] rsync incremental-only backups for eternity]: > On 07/09 08:22 , Rob Owens wrote: > > I see that the only difference between rsync "full" and rsync > > "incremental" backups is that "full" uses the --ignore-times o

Re: [BackupPC-users] /var/lib/backuppc replace HDD

2007-07-09 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, > Am Montag 09 Juli 2007 15:25 schrieb Ralf Gross: > > Krsnendu dasa schrieb: > > > I have a dedicated disk for BackupPC it is using LVM. Can I use dd to > > > clone this to a newer harddrive? > > > > I've done this a few weeks ago and it worked. you can 'dd' the LV to a LV (or disk partition

Re: [BackupPC-users] dissapointed and lost

2007-07-09 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, ilias wrote on 09.07.2007 at 08:01:13 [Re: [BackupPC-users] dissapointed and lost]: > I still get the linking error though. pool and PC directory on different file systems? Regards, Holger - This SF.net email is sponso

Re: [BackupPC-users] tarextract, checksum error

2007-07-09 Thread Craig Barratt
Bruno writes: > I have installed backuppc 2.1.2pl1 on debian etch. > > Currently i backup 7 servers, on 5 servers all works fine but: > > On two server i got the following xferlog: > > tarExtract: . > > tarExtract: : checksum error at > > tarExtract: Can't open /var/lib/backuppc/pc/dayta.br

[BackupPC-users] Backup in Progress

2007-07-09 Thread Jim Elliott
To the backuppc list, I am new to backupPC so please excuse my ignorance in the software. I have a job that has a status of a "backup in progress" The last backup was run on 7/1/07. Is there a way that I can check to see what this backup is waiting for? Please email me with any suggestions. T

Re: [BackupPC-users] Permission denied at /usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_dump line 193

2007-07-09 Thread Matthias Meyer
Am Montag 09 Juli 2007 12:45 schrieb Nils Breunese (Lemonbit): > Arch Willingham wrote: > > I am trying to do my first backup. For whatever reason its not > > working. If I look in "/var/log/BackupPC/LOG" I see this error any > > time I try to start a backup: > > > > "2007-07-08 20:00:01 truck: mkd

Re: [BackupPC-users] Permission denied at /usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_dump line 193

2007-07-09 Thread Matthias Meyer
Am Montag 09 Juli 2007 02:42 schrieb Arch Willingham: > I am trying to do my first backup. For whatever reason its not working. > If I look in "/var/log/BackupPC/LOG" I see this error any time I try to > start a backup: > > "2007-07-08 20:00:01 truck: mkdir /data/BackupPC: Permission denied at > /u

Re: [BackupPC-users] /var/lib/backuppc replace HDD

2007-07-09 Thread Matthias Meyer
Am Montag 09 Juli 2007 15:25 schrieb Ralf Gross: > Krsnendu dasa schrieb: > > I have a dedicated disk for BackupPC it is using LVM. Can I use dd to > > clone this to a newer harddrive? > > I've done this a few weeks ago and it worked. > > Ralf > > ---

Re: [BackupPC-users] rsync incremental-only backups for eternity

2007-07-09 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 07/09 06:31 , Jean-Michel Beuken wrote: > in theory, in the version 3.x of BackupPC, we can take incrementals of > different levels ( $Conf{IncrLevels} )... > but, my little experience shows that we don't gain a lot of time with > high level (with rsync) worse some incr takes more > times that

[BackupPC-users] Backing up Vista

2007-07-09 Thread CoolBreeze
Can anyone who has been successful in backing up Vista, please share how you were able to configure rsync to run as a service on Vista? This was trivial in Windows XP, but due to all of the changes made in Vista it's not a simple process. At least i haven't been able to get it to work. Oh and I am

Re: [BackupPC-users] rsync incremental-only backups for eternity

2007-07-09 Thread Jean-Michel Beuken
Hello Carl, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > BackupPC takes 'incrementals' against the last 'full' backup. So the farther > you get from the last 'full', the bigger your delta against it will be. > Obviously this depends heavily on how often your data changes; but it makes > sense to run a full ba

Re: [BackupPC-users] Permission denied at/usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_dump line 193

2007-07-09 Thread Arch Willingham
Yes...Fedora FC7 but, as usual, the problem was not due to Fedora or BackupPC...it was my fault. When I said I set the file permissions to allow user backuppc full access to full I was incorrect. I set the permission wrong. I just went back, set them correctly and a backup is running as I type t

Re: [BackupPC-users] Permission denied at/usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_dump line 193

2007-07-09 Thread Les Mikesell
Arch Willingham wrote: > For the heck of it, I gave that directory (and all its subdirectories) full > permission to backuppc as well as all users. I still get the same error > message. > Are you running a linux distribution that has SELinux enabled? -- Les Mikesell [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [BackupPC-users] Permission denied at/usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_dump line 193

2007-07-09 Thread Arch Willingham
For the heck of it, I gave that directory (and all its subdirectories) full permission to backuppc as well as all users. I still get the same error message. Arch -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Nils Breunese (Lemonbit) Sent: Monday, July 09,

[BackupPC-users] backuppc+ssh troubbles.

2007-07-09 Thread Robin-David Hammond
I have configured the user backuppc on my backuppc server to login to the client machine using an authed key. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ssh backup_client works FINE! i have configured the server thusly: # $Conf{ClientNameAlias} = 'backup_client'; # # If the server can't be pinged, put this in so

Re: [BackupPC-users] /var/lib/backuppc replace HDD

2007-07-09 Thread Ralf Gross
Krsnendu dasa schrieb: > I have a dedicated disk for BackupPC it is using LVM. Can I use dd to > clone this to a newer harddrive? I've done this a few weeks ago and it worked. Ralf - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Exp

Re: [BackupPC-users] rsync incremental-only backups for eternity

2007-07-09 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 07/09 08:22 , Rob Owens wrote: > I see that the only difference between rsync "full" and rsync > "incremental" backups is that "full" uses the --ignore-times option. > Under what circumstances would this option be desirable? Seems to me > that doing incremental backups forever would suffice

[BackupPC-users] rsync incremental-only backups for eternity

2007-07-09 Thread Rob Owens
I see that the only difference between rsync "full" and rsync "incremental" backups is that "full" uses the --ignore-times option. Under what circumstances would this option be desirable? Seems to me that doing incremental backups forever would suffice, but maybe I'm missing something. What

Re: [BackupPC-users] /var/lib/backuppc replace HDD

2007-07-09 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 07/09 08:25 , Krsnendu dasa wrote: > I have a dedicated disk for BackupPC it is using LVM. Can I use dd to > clone this to a newer harddrive? Try it and find out. :) (Yes, you can). -- Carl Soderstrom Systems Administrator Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com -

[BackupPC-users] Archive only files changed on incremental backup

2007-07-09 Thread Vjacheslav V. Borisov
Hello! Is it possible to archive only files changed on last incremental backup? - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits.

Re: [BackupPC-users] Permission denied at /usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_dump line 193

2007-07-09 Thread Nils Breunese (Lemonbit)
Arch Willingham wrote: I am trying to do my first backup. For whatever reason its not working. If I look in "/var/log/BackupPC/LOG" I see this error any time I try to start a backup: "2007-07-08 20:00:01 truck: mkdir /data/BackupPC: Permission denied at /usr/local/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_du

Re: [BackupPC-users] PostXXXXCmd REMOTEUSER $ubstitution

2007-07-09 Thread Mark Sopuch
Holger Parplies wrote: > Hi, > > Mark Sopuch wrote on 02.07.2007 at 19:50:33 [Re: [BackupPC-users] PostCmd > REMOTEUSER $ubstitution]: > >> [...] >> Okay I got around to running some tests with PostDumpCmd without mailing >> or schedules but just with some echo'ing and relying on stdout/s

Re: [BackupPC-users] /var/lib/backuppc replace HDD

2007-07-09 Thread Krsnendu dasa
On 04/07/07, Nils Breunese (Lemonbit) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Stefan Degen wrote: > /var/lib/backuppc has its own harddisk. The problem is, that the > harddisk is full and there is no LVM or RAID. > > So is it possible to change the harddisk like this (without to > lose the backups)? > > 1.

Re: [BackupPC-users] dissapointed and lost

2007-07-09 Thread ilias
> Windows normally locks some files so you can't back them up without some > special tricks. thanks for your replies I fixed the missing bytes problem and I'm able to restore files normally now. I still get the linking error though. What do you mean special tricks ? I would like to learn some