Re: [BackupPC-users] Outlook and lock file problem

2007-07-26 Thread FleX
Jean-Michel Beuken ha scritto: > the use of VSS > (http://blogs.msdn.com/adioltean/archive/2005/01/05/346793.aspx) is a > solution... > It's a great idea, but I cannot use this on W2K or older, but I have an idea: I can write a batch file that (the first time) copy all PST files into a backu

Re: [BackupPC-users] localhost backup error not clear

2007-07-26 Thread Adam Goryachev
Antonio Marcos López Alonso wrote: > Got fatal error during xfer (Total de bytes escritos: : %s (%s, %s/s): > 10055680 > (9,6MiB, 2,6MiB/s)) > I assume "Total de bytes escritos" is some sort of success message in your language, but just as I can't be sure, I doubt that backuppc can be sure e

Re: [BackupPC-users] Outlook and lock file problem

2007-07-26 Thread David Rees
On 7/26/07, David Rees <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/26/07, Yaakov Chaikin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is a very basic question... After reading the docs, I am unclear > > on the difference between an incremental backup and a full backup. > > Since the backups are stored in a pool which

Re: [BackupPC-users] Outlook and lock file problem

2007-07-26 Thread David Rees
On 7/26/07, Yaakov Chaikin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a very basic question... After reading the docs, I am unclear > on the difference between an incremental backup and a full backup. > Since the backups are stored in a pool which stores JUST the > difference between the older and newer

[BackupPC-users] localhost backup error not clear

2007-07-26 Thread Antonio Marcos López Alonso
Hi, I was succesfully running BackupPC for almost one year to backup a Windows laptop (using smb) and the backup server itself to a second hard disk (using tar method). For an (until now) unknown reason, the Windows backups keep running fine but the localhost are now failing. I have deleted all

Re: [BackupPC-users] Incremental vs Full backup

2007-07-26 Thread Rob Owens
Yaakov Chaikin wrote: > I accidentally replied to a different topic instead of writing a new > message. Here is my question from the original post: > > Hi, > > This is a very basic question... After reading the docs, I am unclear > on the difference between an incremental backup and a full backup.

[BackupPC-users] Incremental vs Full backup

2007-07-26 Thread Yaakov Chaikin
I accidentally replied to a different topic instead of writing a new message. Here is my question from the original post: Hi, This is a very basic question... After reading the docs, I am unclear on the difference between an incremental backup and a full backup. Since the backups are stored in a

Re: [BackupPC-users] Outlook and lock file problem

2007-07-26 Thread Yaakov Chaikin
Hi, This is a very basic question... After reading the docs, I am unclear on the difference between an incremental backup and a full backup. Since the backups are stored in a pool which stores JUST the difference between the older and newer files, than what is the difference then? Thanks, Yaakov.

Re: [BackupPC-users] Outlook and lock file problem

2007-07-26 Thread Barry Robinson
I use a batch file then have that batch file run each night about 15 minutes before my backups start. Create a file called kill_outlook.bat or whatever you want as long as it ends with a .bat. In this file place the following taskkill /im outlook.exe Then in Scheduled Tasks (control panel) creat

Re: [BackupPC-users] Outlook and lock file problem

2007-07-26 Thread Jean-Michel Beuken
Hello, the use of VSS (http://blogs.msdn.com/adioltean/archive/2005/01/05/346793.aspx) is a solution... with a cron for windows (http://cronw.sourceforge.net/), you can backup of a opened file in a folder itself 'backuped' by BackupPC regards jmb FleX wrote: > BackupPc often isn't able to

[BackupPC-users] Outlook and lock file problem

2007-07-26 Thread FleX
BackupPc often isn't able to backup pst file, because the file is still open. Do you know a workaround to backup these files ? (a way to kill outlook or something else) -- Best FleX - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Spl

Re: [BackupPC-users] Outlook and lock file problem

2007-07-26 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 07/26 05:39 , FleX wrote: > BackupPc often isn't able to backup pst file, because the file is still > open. > Do you know a workaround to backup these files ? (a way to kill outlook > or something else) Large magnets work very well to kill Outlook. Humor aside, it's a difficult problem. Sear

Re: [BackupPC-users] How to schedule a backup

2007-07-26 Thread FleX
Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom ha scritto: > weekDays => [ 0, 6], # No Sunday or Saturday > > You do realize that the weekDays directive you have there, will cause the > blackout to only work on Sunday or Saturday, correct? No, it's my fault, I remove it soon, Thank's -- Best FleX -

Re: [BackupPC-users] How to schedule a backup

2007-07-26 Thread FleX
Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom ha scritto: > # do incremental backups of this machine most every workday at noon > 00 12 * * 1,2,3,4 backuppc /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_serverMesg backup host.domain.tld host.domain.tld backuppc 0 > Good trick, but you right, BackupPC do more.. I use these opti

Re: [BackupPC-users] How to schedule a backup

2007-07-26 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 07/26 02:51 , FleX wrote: > I'm a new BackupPC's user, and I don't understand how can I schedule a > backup. > For example: I have a notebook , and I'd like to backup ONLY it at 13:00 > every week (incremental) on saturday and every month for a full backup. > How can I do it ? > I find only th

Re: [BackupPC-users] How to schedule a backup

2007-07-26 Thread Rob Owens
BackupPC doesn't allow you to be that specific. It is designed for you to allow windows of time where backups can occur, and minimum times between backups, and the software schedules the backups accordingly. The advantage in this design is that if there is a loss of power or network connectivity,

Re: [BackupPC-users] How to schedule a backup

2007-07-26 Thread Rodrigo Real
FleX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi FleX > I'm a new BackupPC's user, and I don't understand how can I schedule a > backup. > For example: I have a notebook , and I'd like to backup ONLY it at 13:00 > every week (incremental) on saturday and every month for a full backup. > How can I do it ? >

[BackupPC-users] How to schedule a backup

2007-07-26 Thread FleX
I'm a new BackupPC's user, and I don't understand how can I schedule a backup. For example: I have a notebook , and I'd like to backup ONLY it at 13:00 every week (incremental) on saturday and every month for a full backup. How can I do it ? I find only these option, but I don't know how to set t

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC - smbclient is not picking up files

2007-07-26 Thread Rob Owens
Craig Barratt wrote: > Mark writes: > > >> Dear craig, >> I'm at a dead end. I googled for more than 5 days: smbclient does not show >> all the files, but only approx 31-36 files per directory. >> I'm in a PDC-environment (SAMBA is Primary domain controler). About 10 W2K >> pc with roaming prof

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC and SMTP??

2007-07-26 Thread Rob Owens
You need to use some sort of mailing system, whether it be sendmail, postfix, exim, etc. You will need to configure it to send mail through a "smarthost". The smarthost is your ISP's mail server. The process would then go like this: 1) BackupPC sends email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2) sendmail (or p

Re: [BackupPC-users] rsyncd and permissions

2007-07-26 Thread Chantal Rosmuller
Thanks, you are right I should have tried, I use uid=root now and that works. On Friday 13 July 2007 10:28, Keith Edmunds wrote: > On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:33:47 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > Btw I know it says uid = nobody but that's the default so removing it > > will not fix this. > > What