Re: [BackupPC-users] [BackupPC-devel] Ubuntu Upgrade from 3.0.0 to 3.1.0 problem

2008-07-24 Thread Jon Craig
>>> discourages mixing up package and tarball :-). Now I remember why I mixed the tarball with the ubuntu package, it was because it was suggested on the wiki ( http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net/supporting+distros ): Ubuntu 7.04 (aka feisty fawn) backuppc v2 and v3.0 via apt (v3.0 is in backp

Re: [BackupPC-users] Why isn't this being backed up?

2008-07-24 Thread Jon Craig
On 7/24/08, Ward... James Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -rwxr-x--- 1 root root 205 2007-05-12 15:21 ADPass > -rwxr-x--- 1 root root 193 2008-07-21 12:33 createWin > -rwxr-xr-x 1 jeward dev 465 2007-06-20 15:56 ldap2mail > -rwxr-x--- 1 root root 977 2008-06-02 14:14 setWin > -rwxr-x--

Re: [BackupPC-users] (no subject)

2008-07-24 Thread Vincent Fleuranceau
> Make sure that rsyncd is started by: > > rsync localhost:: > > This should return all configured shares. > This hould return a line with the RSYNCD-SHARENAME Beware: this is true only if you have 'list = true' (or yes, or 1) in / etc/rsyncd.conf (or equivalent). But why not simply take a

[BackupPC-users] Why isn't this being backed up?

2008-07-24 Thread Ward... James Ward
Hi, I'm running BackupPC version 2.1.2pl1 on debian etch. We discovered that at least one directory is not being completely backed up and I can't figure out why. Here are the directory contents: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/local$ ls -l ldap total 20 -rwxr-x--- 1 root root 205 2007-05-12 15:2

Re: [BackupPC-users] (no subject)

2008-07-24 Thread Kurt Tunkko
fatima ech-charif wrote: > i want to backup localhost with rsyncd but i got this problem > full backup started for directory root (baseline backup #18) > Got fatal error during xfer (auth failed on module root) > Backup aborted (auth failed on module root) > full backup started for directory

Re: [BackupPC-users] [BackupPC-devel] Ubuntu Upgrade from 3.0.0 to 3.1.0 problem

2008-07-24 Thread Les Mikesell
Jon Craig wrote: > >> Wrong. It still is /etc/BackupPC for the tarball version. The Debian and >> Ubuntu packages use /etc/backuppc. I think this is a good idea, because it >> discourages mixing up package and tarball :-). > > Not sure I agree with this or at least with the manner of implementat

Re: [BackupPC-users] (no subject)

2008-07-24 Thread Jon Craig
First I would make sure that rsync is running (look at ps -ef for the rsync process). From the command line you should be able to: rsync [EMAIL PROTECTED]::root password: [password] and get the contents of your root directory listing. The username is the username specified in your conf file (/e

Re: [BackupPC-users] [BackupPC-devel] Ubuntu Upgrade from 3.0.0 to 3.1.0 problem

2008-07-24 Thread Jon Craig
On 7/22/08, Holger Parplies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm redirecting this to as it's a usage issue. > > Jon Craig wrote on 2008-07-22 13:42:33 -0400 [[BackupPC-devel] Ubuntu > Upgrade from 3.0.0 to 3.1.0 problem]: > > > I started with the Ubuntu backuppc package that is based on "3.

Re: [BackupPC-users] Prepare for the worst, Howto backup the back uppc-server

2008-07-24 Thread Bowie Bailey
Kurt Tunkko wrote: > > Question > > Just to make sure: since AoE is not IP-based, does that mean that I > can NOT connect the machine offering AoE to my server if I have > something like a hub/switch between them? It will work just fine through a hub or a switch. The problem is that the

[BackupPC-users] (no subject)

2008-07-24 Thread fatima ech-charif
i want to backup localhost with rsyncd but i got this problem full backup started for directory root (baseline backup #18) Got fatal error during xfer (auth failed on module root) Backup aborted (auth failed on module root) full backup started for directory root (baseline backup #18) Got fata

Re: [BackupPC-users] Job Order

2008-07-24 Thread Jon Craig
Not sure you can set the order. What you can do is open their backup window earlier than the others. So if your schedule starts at 1AM you can set the ones you want to get going earlier to 1AM and the others to 1:30AM. As long as the count of early starters doesn't exceed your allowed number of

Re: [BackupPC-users] The backup blog, deduplication

2008-07-24 Thread Jon Craig
Well unless someone is working on a sub-file deduplication engine your dedup rates are not gonna change. The only thing you can do to pump up your numbers is make every backup a full backup so your "source data size" increments at a greater rate while your "stored data size" only increases by the

[BackupPC-users] Job Order

2008-07-24 Thread Rob Poe
How do you set the order of the machines in the job? I have a few PC's Id like it to start first, rather than last.. thx! - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Lin

Re: [BackupPC-users] example of configuration file config.pl

2008-07-24 Thread Nils Breunese (Lemonbit)
Kurt Tunkko wrote: > regarding your question: > > I'm backing up my server with backuppc via rsyncd. I use rsync over SSH for all my Linux machines. The advantage is that the client setup is really easy. I just copy the public SSH key to the client and I can back it up without setting up any

Re: [BackupPC-users] example of configuration file config.pl

2008-07-24 Thread Jon Craig
On 7/24/08, Kurt Tunkko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You need to install rsyncd: > https://help.ubuntu.com/community/rsync > > I don't use xinetd but can start rsync with > > # sudo /etc/init.d/rsync start > I have Ubuntu 8.04 and after installing rsync I edited /etc/default/rsync and changed

Re: [BackupPC-users] example of configuration file config.pl

2008-07-24 Thread Kurt Tunkko
fatima ech-charif wrote: > i install backuppc in ubuntu 7.10 > and i want tio backup host client linux > so do you have some example file configuration for linux client > thanks As Nils suggested: > See the documentation: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/ > BackupPC.html If you have a spec

[BackupPC-users] example of configuration file config.pl

2008-07-24 Thread fatima ech-charif
hi i install backuppc in ubuntu 7.10 and i want tio backup host client linux so do you have some example file configuration for linux client thanks - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge

[BackupPC-users] The backup blog, deduplication

2008-07-24 Thread Ludovic Drolez
Hi ! Here's an interesting article about deduplication: http://thebackupblog.typepad.com/thebackupblog/2008/07/the-impact-of-deduplication-methodology-on-deduplication-ratios.html This blog is the EMC Avamar's blog, and has some other interesting articles. Deduplication rates are impressive, I

Re: [BackupPC-users] backupc hosts linux

2008-07-24 Thread Nils Breunese (Lemonbit)
fatima ech-charif wrote: > i use backuppc in ubuntu and i need to backup host linux client ,how > to backup host linux client with backuppc , > thanks See the documentation: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/ BackupPC.html If you have a specific problem, please tell us about it. Nils Breune

[BackupPC-users] backupc hosts linux

2008-07-24 Thread fatima ech-charif
hi i use backuppc in ubuntu and i need to backup host linux client ,how to backup host linux client with backuppc , thanks - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux

Re: [BackupPC-users] Prepare for the worst, Howto backup the backuppc-server

2008-07-24 Thread Tino Schwarze
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:35:25AM +1000, Adam Goryachev wrote: > > Success story :-) > > > > dan wrote: > >> AOE is quite simple. on ubuntu you can build a target like this > > 1) Backup using RAID1 and AoE > > Setup another machine, that is located at another place and is connected > > via Gi