[BackupPC-users] RE solution for backup Windows

2007-10-16 Thread romain . pichard
Hello Olivier, In my case I'm using BackupPC 3.0.0 with Fedora Core 6 in order to back up several laptops and desktops (windows clients). I tried to use 3 XferMethods : Samba (SMB), Rsyncd (with cygwin) and Rsync via SSH. Samba and Rsyncd are working correctly to back up or restore my datas but

Re: [BackupPC-users] RE Any way to limit disk space?

2007-10-16 Thread romain . pichard
Hello, $Conf{DfMaxUsagePct} is in the master config.pl and it's possible to see it with the web interface => "Server", "Change the configuration" ( Modifier la configuration en francais), "Server" The default value of this option is "95". Good luck. Romain "Arch Willingham" <[EMAIL PR

Re: [BackupPC-users] RE Any way to limit disk space?

2007-10-16 Thread Toni Van Remortel
Arch Willingham wrote: > Do I set it in the master config.pl or in the individual hostname.pl > files (I have four of them)? master config.pl > If the latter, I see the $Conf{DfMaxUsagePct} in the config.pl file > but I don't see it in the web interface. Edit Config -> Server -> Pool Filesystem

Re: [BackupPC-users] solution for backup Windows

2007-10-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Brad Triem a écrit : > I use backuppc on over 300 desktops/laptops over 20 separate properties > and haven't had any rsyncd hanging problem using the cygwin rsyncd install > provided by the backuppc team for download from sourceforge. > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mail

Re: [BackupPC-users] small backup maxes out cpu and never finishes

2007-10-16 Thread Rob Owens
Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > On 10/16 11:30 , Rob Owens wrote: >> I'm backing up /etc, /home, and /usr/local. The trouble is with /etc, >> because if I choose to only back up /home and /usr/local it works fine. > > got a recursive link in there somewhere? Maybe check for this using a 'find'

[BackupPC-users] solution for backup Windows

2007-10-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hello i want to know if there is an issue for backup a windows workstation. i see that all people who use backuppc and rsync (or rsyncd) and ssh can't backup their windows data because the rsync hang randomize all the time !! 1/ so can you tell me if the SMB method work well for backuppc with s

Re: [BackupPC-users] small backup maxes out cpu and never finishes

2007-10-16 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 10/16 11:30 , Rob Owens wrote: > I'm backing up /etc, /home, and /usr/local. The trouble is with /etc, > because if I choose to only back up /home and /usr/local it works fine. got a recursive link in there somewhere? Maybe check for this using a 'find' command, and see where the links go to.

Re: [BackupPC-users] RE Any way to limit disk space?

2007-10-16 Thread Arch Willingham
Next dumb question(s): 1. Do I set it in the master config.pl or in the individual hostname.pl files (I have four of them)? 2. If the latter, I see the $Conf{DfMaxUsagePct} in the config.pl file but I don't see it in the web interface. Thanks! Arch -Original Message- From:

[BackupPC-users] small backup maxes out cpu and never finishes

2007-10-16 Thread Rob Owens
I have a host machine that was backing up fine until recently. I got an email stating there was trouble, and I found that the backup timed out. The machine is on the local network and only has about 30 MB of data being backed up. I'm backing up /etc, /home, and /usr/local. The trouble is with /

[BackupPC-users] RE Any way to limit disk space?

2007-10-16 Thread romain . pichard
Yes if I understood your question it's possible via $Conf{DfMaxUsagePct}. You can set this value (default = 95) in config.pl or via the web interface (server settings). Good luck Romain "Arch Willingham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Envoyé par : [EMAIL PROTECTED] 16/10/2007 13:36 A cc Objet [Back

Re: [BackupPC-users] incremental backups starts and runs, changed files not in backup

2007-10-16 Thread Philippe Dhont (Sea-ro)
Hello, Yes, that was it! The time on the server was changed by a program and the different between the server and the client was appearantly to big! Many thanks for the help. Ph. -Original Message- From: Sent: dinsdag 16 oktober 2007 15:44 To: Philippe Dhont (Sea-ro) Cc: Les Mikesell; ba

Re: [BackupPC-users] incremental backups starts and runs, changed files not in backup

2007-10-16 Thread Les Mikesell
Philippe Dhont (Sea-ro) wrote: > Hello, > > The timestamp is changed (just changed the doc and checked it), and even > when i put a new file in the folder and do an encrimental backup, the > new file is also not in the backup. > I must do a full backup ! Is the timestamp newer than the time of th

Re: [BackupPC-users] incremental backups starts and runs, changed files not in backup

2007-10-16 Thread Philippe Dhont (Sea-ro)
Hello, The timestamp is changed (just changed the doc and checked it), and even when i put a new file in the folder and do an encrimental backup, the new file is also not in the backup. I must do a full backup ! Thanks, Philippe. -Original Message- From: Sent: dinsdag 16 oktober 2007

Re: [BackupPC-users] incremental backups starts and runs, changed files not in backup

2007-10-16 Thread Les Mikesell
Philippe Dhont (Sea-ro) wrote: > > Backuppc is up and running, full backup works. > > Incremental backup starts and logs shows that it is ready and well but > the changed file is not in the backup. > > The changed file is still the old version, I have to do a new full > backup to have the file

Re: [BackupPC-users] RE incremental backups starts and runs, changed files not in backup

2007-10-16 Thread Philippe Dhont (Sea-ro)
I checked via the web interface. The version is still the old version, the logfile says that everything worked fine... In the history of the directory I can see that there are 3 backups (0 1 2) and the version with every backup (incremental) did not changed, it is still V0 (and I changed the c

Re: [BackupPC-users] Any way to limit disk space?

2007-10-16 Thread Arch Willingham
Thanks y'all! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Nils Breunese (Lemonbit) Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 7:48 AM To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Any way to limit disk space? Arch Willingham wrote: > Is t

[BackupPC-users] RE incremental backups starts and runs, changed files not in backup

2007-10-16 Thread romain . pichard
Hello, Just to know, did you check it in the linux folder (example : /data/BackupPC/pc/HOSTNAME/...) or via the web interface ? If you try to restore this file (with the web interface), what is the version of this file (old or new) ? Thanks to let me informed. Good luck, Romain "Philippe

[BackupPC-users] incremental backups starts and runs, changed files not in backup

2007-10-16 Thread Philippe Dhont (Sea-ro)
Hello, Backuppc is up and running, full backup works. Incremental backup starts and logs shows that it is ready and well but the changed file is not in the backup. The changed file is still the old version, I have to do a new full backup to have the file in the backup. I try to do this wi

Re: [BackupPC-users] Any way to limit disk space?

2007-10-16 Thread Rodrigo Real
"Arch Willingham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hi Arch > Is there any way to automatically tell BackupPC to limit the amount > of disk space it uses (a % of the disk or x GB used or x GB free, > etc)? I guess DfMaxUsagePct in the config.pl file do what you want: , /etc/backuppc/config.pl (in

Re: [BackupPC-users] Any way to limit disk space?

2007-10-16 Thread Nils Breunese (Lemonbit)
Arch Willingham wrote: Is there any way to automatically tell BackupPC to limit the amount of disk space it uses (a % of the disk or x GB used or x GB free, etc)? An easy way to limit this would be to create a dedicated partition of the size you want to use for backups. There's also this

[BackupPC-users] Any way to limit disk space?

2007-10-16 Thread Arch Willingham
Is there any way to automatically tell BackupPC to limit the amount of disk space it uses (a % of the disk or x GB used or x GB free, etc)? Thanks! Arch - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping throug

[BackupPC-users] Transfer-Rates via /var/lib/backuppc nfs-mounted and local rsync transfer method on ncp-mounted Netware 5.1 share

2007-10-16 Thread Aribert Biel
Hello, I just want to provide some transfer-rates for an 2-GB first time fullbackup from a Novell Sharelist, which is full backuped via rsync from a local NCP- mounted Netware Share. 2GB in aproximately 1 hour over /mnt/ncp/server mnt/nfs/NASdevice resulting in 0.6 MB for the first full-backu