for me, laptops are the most important thing to backup. desktop users write
files to a network share so their files are safe, and the network share is
backed up. laptop users are more prone to damage, loss, or theft. also, in
my organisation, laptop users are typically users that have more impor
>You can tell a user "you must bring your laptop into work every X days,
>connect it to the local LAN, and leave it connected for at least Y hours"
>(where Y is your average backup duration plus some amount of time
>sufficient to process the difference between the average number of
>simultaneous '
dan wrote:
> my priority is making sure that these laptops are backed up and the data is
> safe. the people that are running the laptops dont have that same priority
> and will not do the backups. i need to get these backups done when they are
> on the local network. right now it does work but o
excuse me, i didnt mean to spark a big argument here.
of course, this system works well for you and that is great, thats why i
added to the wiki without waiting for you to do it. im sure someone will
pull parts of it out that apply to their situation. it a good thing.
what im asking for here is
On Sat, 13 Oct 2007, dan wrote:
> one thing that i know about software systems is the the most vanilla setup
> is the best setup.
The setup that works the way I need it to and does what I want is the best
setup *for me*. That might be a vanilla setup, or it might be one I've
modded the hell out
my priority is making sure that these laptops are backed up and the data is
safe. the people that are running the laptops dont have that same priority
and will not do the backups. i need to get these backups done when they are
on the local network. right now it does work but only on the hourly
w
Hi. Well I managed to get BackupPC working to back up localhost to an
external usb diskor at least it says it did the backup and the log
files show the files etc but in fact the directories are there with the
listed files but the files are empty.
The drive has group read/write access for bac
dan wrote:
> is the idea that laptop users would log in and hit backup? my experience
> with this is that users will forget to do backups or just not care to do
> them at all. im i missing something?
Yes, users listed as the machine owner can log into the web interface
and start backups or rest
is the idea that laptop users would log in and hit backup? my experience
with this is that users will forget to do backups or just not care to do
them at all. im i missing something?
On 10/13/07, Les Mikesell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> dan wrote:
> >
> > i think we need a much more general
dan wrote:
>
> i think we need a much more general approach to this issue. as long as the
> laptops can be seen with nmblookup then a minor modification to the core
> program to wakeup much more frequently and skip the standard blackout
> period. when a host comes online, it broadcasts on the lo
i have no issues or complaints with sysadmins setting up their own systems
for their own sites and nothing bad to say about it.
one thing that i know about software systems is the the most vanilla setup
is the best setup. if a software is deployed with a big number of changes,
version changes can
Hi Dan,
I was kinda assuming that each admin would, after testing to see if s/he
wanted to use it, write scripts that automate the heavy lifting. As a lazy
sysadmin, if I have to do any task more than twice, I'll probably script
it!
For instance, I have:
install.bat (creates folders, sets pe
this link has been added to the Tips and tricks portion of the wiki.
but
does anyone else see this as a complicated workaround? i read through the
windowsxp setup and it is not trivial. what i mean is, repeating that
process on any number of laptops would be a hassle.
i wonder if it might be m
Is there a howto somewhere to do this...or even a mini howto? Can't seem to
get to first base with this.
The xfer.log:
Running: /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -l root localhost /usr/bin/rsync --server
--sender --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group -D --links --hard-links
--times --block-size=2048 --recursiv
Full details with apps and scripts at
http://www.physics.unc.edu/~stephen/on-demand-backuppc/
I'll add this to the wiki when I have time.
Cheers, Stephen
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Stephen Joyce
Systems AdministratorP A N I C
Physics & Astronomy Department
Hi,
I'm using BackupPc v. 3.0.0 ( from Debian Testing ) on a Debian Etch.
Using it to backup 2 WinXP computers and the local linux-box to a
USB-disk.
I found having problems doing backup of localhost.
Setup to do a full ( "/" ) backup, excluding the critical directories.
( /tmp, /dev, /sys, .. /
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