[BackupPC-users] How do I expire backups from disabled hosts?

2009-04-01 Thread Tino Schwarze
Hi there, I've got several retired hosts and want to keep only the latest backup from them. I've set $Config{BackupsDisable}=2 in the server's config.pl and $Config{FullKeepCntMin}=1 but backups are still kept (I see these values if I edit the config via web interface). BackupPC still tries to

Re: [BackupPC-users] Next release

2009-04-01 Thread o...@jltechinc.com
I am running version 3.2.0. can someone tell me why $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} is not working. It still backups up all Temp folders, and .mp3 files, etc. The backup method is SMB. Below is a screenshot: Include/Exclude BackupFilesOnly

[BackupPC-users] Baking up Windows Vista

2009-04-01 Thread Mauro Condarelli
Hi, I managed to have my backups working for my Linux machines. Now I need to add a Win Vista machine as client. I browsed the wiki, but I didn't find anything specific and the guidelines for XP seem very old. What is the approved method to backup a current (Vista Home SP1) machine? I have one

Re: [BackupPC-users] Baking up Windows Vista

2009-04-01 Thread Chris Baker
We have several Vista business machines that are backing up just fine. I don't see any problems unique to Vista, so far. Obviously, if you want to backup user settings, you should back up the user's entire folder. Chris Baker -- cba...@intera.com systems administrator INTERA -- 512-425-2006

Re: [BackupPC-users] Baking up Windows Vista

2009-04-01 Thread Steve
i always try to get baked up before fiddling with Vista. On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 11:23 AM, Chris Baker cba...@intera.com wrote: We have several Vista business machines that are backing up just fine. I don't see any problems unique to Vista, so far. Obviously, if you want to backup user

Re: [BackupPC-users] Baking up Windows Vista

2009-04-01 Thread Cody Dunne
Hi Mauro, Mauro Condarelli wrote: Hi, I managed to have my backups working for my Linux machines. Now I need to add a Win Vista machine as client. I browsed the wiki, but I didn't find anything specific and the guidelines for XP seem very old. What is the approved method to backup a

Re: [BackupPC-users] Baking up Windows Vista

2009-04-01 Thread o...@jltechinc.com
Cody, Thanks for such an inclusive document! Many times we as administrators have very limited time to scour all the links related to the many parts of everything we need to manage our customers. I guess I must have look at every link I could find trying to find a working solution that

[BackupPC-users] Need help updating BackupPC wiki

2009-04-01 Thread David Lasker
I have been working with Jeffrey Kosowsky to add his Windows VSS scripts to the wiki. I was able to edit the User Scripts page at http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net/CustomUserScripts to add a link to a new page: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net/User+Scripts+-+Client+-+Windows+VSS But I am

Re: [BackupPC-users] Baking up Windows Vista

2009-04-01 Thread Cody Dunne
You're very welcome, and I hope it works for you. Let me know if you have any suggestions for additions or find any problems with it. Cody o...@jltechinc.com wrote: Cody, Thanks for such an inclusive document! Many times we as administrators have very limited time to scour all the

Re: [BackupPC-users] Baking up Windows Vista

2009-04-01 Thread o...@jltechinc.com
Will do, thanks again. Cody Dunne said the following on 04/01/2009 01:00 PM: You're very welcome, and I hope it works for you. Let me know if you have any suggestions for additions or find any problems with it. Cody o...@jltechinc.com wrote: Cody, Thanks for such an inclusive

Re: [BackupPC-users] Need help updating BackupPC wiki

2009-04-01 Thread Cody Dunne
Hi David, David Lasker wrote: I have been working with Jeffrey Kosowsky to add his Windows VSS scripts to the wiki. I was able to edit the User Scripts page at http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net/CustomUserScripts to add a link to a new page:

Re: [BackupPC-users] How do I expire backups from disabled hosts?

2009-04-01 Thread Chris Robertson
Tino Schwarze wrote: Hi there, I've got several retired hosts and want to keep only the latest backup from them. I've set $Config{BackupsDisable}=2 in the server's config.pl and $Config{FullKeepCntMin}=1 but backups are still kept (I see these values if I edit the config via web interface).

[BackupPC-users] initial backup seems to loop again and again

2009-04-01 Thread Matthias Meyer
Hi, I've a problem with the initial backup of a vista client, called myclient. This client ist connected over internet with an 1Mbit/s upload bandwidth and have 100GB of storage to backup. Unfortunately the internet connection will be interupted each night for 5 minutes. 2009-03-31 23:59:19

[BackupPC-users] smbclient and xp sp3

2009-04-01 Thread Anand Gupta
Hi, Has anyone facing trouble with smbclient connecting to a winxp machine with sp3 on it ? Here is what i get *Anonymous Login* smbclient -L \\172.20.198.240 -N Anonymous login successful Domain=[PEL] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager] Sharename Type Comment

Re: [BackupPC-users] Baking up Windows Vista

2009-04-01 Thread Mauro Condarelli
Cody Dunne wrote: Hi Mauro, Mauro Condarelli wrote: Hi, I managed to have my backups working for my Linux machines. Now I need to add a Win Vista machine as client. I browsed the wiki, but I didn't find anything specific and the guidelines for XP seem very old. What is the approved

Re: [BackupPC-users] How do I expire backups from disabled hosts?

2009-04-01 Thread Tino Schwarze
On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 10:50:18AM -0800, Chris Robertson wrote: I've got several retired hosts and want to keep only the latest backup from them. I've set $Config{BackupsDisable}=2 in the server's config.pl and $Config{FullKeepCntMin}=1 but backups are still kept (I see these values if I

Re: [BackupPC-users] Baking up Windows Vista

2009-04-01 Thread David Lasker
Some pointers are here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/259733 Dave -Original Message- From: Mauro Condarelli [mailto:mc5...@mclink.it] Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 1:51 PM To: General list for user discussion, questions and support Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Baking up Windows

Re: [BackupPC-users] UPDATED: Fully automated script for creating shadow copies and launching rsyncd

2009-04-01 Thread David Morton
Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: David Morton wrote at about 14:15:57 -0500 on Monday, March 30, 2009: David Lasker wrote: I was trying to figure out the best way to deploy VSS with BackupPC on my Windows XP PCs, and found this wonderful script. Thank you so much Jeffrey for sharing

Re: [BackupPC-users] UPDATED: Fully automated script for creating shadow copies and launching rsyncd

2009-04-01 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
While not perfect, I believe that the script fairly well documents what you need to do -- just read through the comments at the head of the script and look through the Variables section to see what is defined and whether it matches what you have on your system. You can put the programs referenced

Re: [BackupPC-users] UPDATED: Fully automated script for creating shadow copies and launching rsyncd

2009-04-01 Thread David Morton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: I guess the current comments assume that someone is reasonably familiar with cygwin/gnu/bash. Anyone can feel free to add more Well, no, that's not the problem - It's just that it wasn't listed as a pre-req. I wasn't

[BackupPC-users] Backuppc CGI Interface not working for me

2009-04-01 Thread Laurin d'Volts
I'm trying to access the CGI-interface of backuppc using a Debian Sid distro. Backuppc doesn't want to display the CGI interface in the browser. I got the program to work on a different computer (w/ Debian Sid but not apt-get upgrade for a while), so I don't fully understand why it was working. I