Re: [BackupPC-users] Archiving

2008-12-28 Thread Tino Schwarze
On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 08:07:40PM +, Edward Parker wrote: > I've Backuppc working fine without any probs on a handful of domestic > PCs. The data isn't commercially vital, but obviously of significant > personal value - family photos, homework, accounts, exam preparation > stuff, etc, etc for

Re: [BackupPC-users] Archiving

2008-12-28 Thread Adam Goryachev
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, Dec 27, 2008 at 08:07:40PM +, Edward Parker wrote: >> I've Backuppc working fine without any probs on a handful of domestic >> PCs. The data isn't commercially vital, but obviously of significant >> personal value - family photos, homework,

Re: [BackupPC-users] sshd on client?

2008-12-28 Thread Timothy Murphy
Les Mikesell wrote: >> I do see what you are saying, and I will think about it. >> The instructions I followed were taken from one of the many tutorials >> I looked at. > > Where did you find one that said you had to generate keys on the clients? I didn't keep a record of what I looked at. When

Re: [BackupPC-users] sshd on client?

2008-12-28 Thread Timothy Murphy
Holger Parplies wrote: >> > Is it not possible that running "ssh -l root " on the server >> > actually sets up the connection appropriately for BackupPC? >> >> No, it should ask for a password if it doesn't find matching keys. > > or, more clearly, no, it is completely impossible. It's *exactly*

Re: [BackupPC-users] Archiving

2008-12-28 Thread dan
I use BackupPC_tarcreate and pull the backup off. These can be 12-15GB. I then run this through rar and set a chunk size of 50MB. These usually compress down to 6-7GB of 50MB RAR files. I then par2 them to fill the remaining space in the media I'm using just to be safe. I just did a little scr

[BackupPC-users] Backup from BackupPC Server - which method?

2008-12-28 Thread Chris88
Hi, I know that this topic is discussed a lot of in this forum. But it is very important, so I think it can´t be discussed too much. I´m searching now a few days on the web, to find the best method to backup the backuppc server. The external storage should be able to boot from. 1. Add a 3rd

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup from BackupPC Server - which method?

2008-12-28 Thread dan
> > 1. Add a 3rd Device to the exisiting SoftRaid1. In this method my mdadm > monitor will always sent an error message for the Raid. So it isn´t the > best, I think. > Why do you think it would show an error? remove the device from the raid with mdadm. Then there is no error. Sure you may see

[BackupPC-users] Reduce BackupPC_nightly to weekly?

2008-12-28 Thread Matthias Lübben
I have used BackupPC for several month now and it's working great so far, but I'm curious if there is a way to configure the nightly process, so it won't clean up the pool every night. For me once a week would be more then sufficient. I have already reduced the nightly clean up job to 1/16 of th

Re: [BackupPC-users] Reduce BackupPC_nightly to weekly?

2008-12-28 Thread dan
what did you do to reduce the size? I wonder how long a weekly cleanup job would take verses a daily? On Sun, Dec 28, 2008 at 7:05 PM, Matthias Lübben wrote: > I have used BackupPC for several month now and it's working great so far, > but I'm curious if there is a way to configure the nightly

Re: [BackupPC-users] [OT] Backup Central (was Re: missing rdev on device...)

2008-12-28 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 12/24 05:39 , Holger Parplies wrote: > Sorry about the trouble and the long off-topic post, list. I *would* be > interested in how others feel about the matter though. I quickly ignore any poster that appears to be posting the same thing multiple times. Mr. Preston, I appreciate you turning t