[BackupPC-users] PLEASE READ BEFORE POSTING

2009-05-25 Thread cpreston
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Re: [BackupPC-users] keep old backups of removed client host

2009-05-25 Thread Tino Schwarze
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 01:39:08AM +0200, Jonas Meurer wrote: > Is it possible to make backuppc keep the old backups with at least one > full and all following incremental backups of a client host that does > not exist any longer? > > Currently I simply set $Conf{FullPeriod} = -1 and $Conf{IncrPe

[BackupPC-users] keep old backups of removed client host

2009-05-25 Thread Jonas Meurer
Hello, Is it possible to make backuppc keep the old backups with at least one full and all following incremental backups of a client host that does not exist any longer? Currently I simply set $Conf{FullPeriod} = -1 and $Conf{IncrPeriod} = -1 for those hosts, but unfortunately backuppc spams me w

Re: [BackupPC-users] par2

2009-05-25 Thread Tino Schwarze
Hi all, > gregor wrote at about 17:28:14 -0400 on Monday, May 25, 2009: > > oh, thanks but that didn't help > > What didn't help? > > You need to give CONTEXT! This is a mailing list. We have no idea > what you are referring to. Please calm down. It would be very kind if you could at leas

Re: [BackupPC-users] par2

2009-05-25 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote on 2009-05-25 17:56:14 -0400 [Re: [BackupPC-users] par2]: > gregor wrote at about 17:28:14 -0400 on Monday, May 25, 2009: > > > > oh, thanks but that didn't help > > What didn't help? > > You need to give CONTEXT! This is a mailing list. We have no idea > wh

Re: [BackupPC-users] par2

2009-05-25 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
gregor wrote at about 17:28:14 -0400 on Monday, May 25, 2009: > > oh, thanks but that didn't help What didn't help? You need to give CONTEXT! This is a mailing list. We have no idea what you are referring to. -- R

Re: [BackupPC-users] par2

2009-05-25 Thread Tino Schwarze
> > > i have the same problem? > > > > is that a question? I have a different problem. No question. > > > > > anybody found a package? > > > > Yes, I occasionally find packages. I either delete them or move them where > > they belong. > > > > Hope that helps. > > > > Regards, > >

Re: [BackupPC-users] par2

2009-05-25 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
Holger Parplies wrote at about 23:21:24 +0200 on Monday, May 25, 2009: > Hi, > > gregor wrote on 2009-05-25 16:08:14 -0400 [[BackupPC-users] par2]: > > > > i have the same problem? > > is that a question? I have a different problem. No question. > > > anybody found a package? > > Y

Re: [BackupPC-users] par2

2009-05-25 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
gregor wrote at about 16:08:14 -0400 on Monday, May 25, 2009: > > hi, > > i have the same problem? How do you know that you and I have the same problem. We all have lots of problems. Specifying your problem would be a good step to seeing if we have the *same* or *different* ones. > anybody

[BackupPC-users] par2

2009-05-25 Thread gregor
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Re: [BackupPC-users] par2

2009-05-25 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, gregor wrote on 2009-05-25 16:08:14 -0400 [[BackupPC-users] par2]: > > i have the same problem? is that a question? I have a different problem. No question. > anybody found a package? Yes, I occasionally find packages. I either delete them or move them where they belong. Hope that helps.

Re: [BackupPC-users] backup the backuppc pool with bacula

2009-05-25 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Il 25.05.09 17:40, "Les Mikesell" ha scritto: > On the other hand, if your external disk has as much space as the live > partition, you can stop backuppc, unmount the partition, and image-copy > to a matching partition on the external drive and have a copy that is > directly usable. Well, may

[BackupPC-users] par2

2009-05-25 Thread gregor
hi, i have the same problem? anybody found a package? gregor +-- |This was sent by gregor.bin...@gmx.net via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +---

Re: [BackupPC-users] "Full" backup

2009-05-25 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Daniel Carrera wrote on 2009-05-23 08:38:01 +0200 [Re: [BackupPC-users] "Full" backup]: > Holger Parplies wrote: > > 1.) That is what you are requesting BackupPC to do. > > [...] An incremental backup *can* miss changes. That is highly > > unlikely with rsync but remains possible. [..

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backuppc: Limit on the depth of folders backed up?

2009-05-25 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
Holger Parplies wrote at about 19:11:57 +0200 on Monday, May 25, 2009: > Hi, > > Dean Lambourn wrote on 2009-05-15 13:11:43 -0700 [[BackupPC-users] Backuppc: > Limit on the depth of folders backed up?]: > > Is there a limit on the folder depth for backups? > > there is no explicit limit (

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backuppc: Limit on the depth of folders backed up?

2009-05-25 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Dean Lambourn wrote on 2009-05-15 13:11:43 -0700 [[BackupPC-users] Backuppc: Limit on the depth of folders backed up?]: > Is there a limit on the folder depth for backups? there is no explicit limit (as in "max. 15 levels"), but the operating system storing the pool will have a limit on the

Re: [BackupPC-users] backup the backuppc pool with bacula

2009-05-25 Thread Les Mikesell
Boniforti Flavio wrote: >> How often do you want to backup the server? What about using >> rsync to backup the pool? I want to mirror my primary backup >> server to another system daily so I can switch to my backup >> server quickly. I was going to use rsync for this. > > Well, backing it up

Re: [BackupPC-users] backup the backuppc pool with bacula

2009-05-25 Thread Les Mikesell
Boniforti Flavio wrote: >> I have one system where I do backups of backuppc to tape for >> disaster recover. Here's the system I use: >> - Stop backuppc to quiesce the filesystem. LVM snapshots are >> not sufficient >> for this, because the disk load gets too high, data flow >> rate gets too l

Re: [BackupPC-users] backup the backuppc pool with bacula

2009-05-25 Thread Boniforti Flavio
> How often do you want to backup the server? What about using > rsync to backup the pool? I want to mirror my primary backup > server to another system daily so I can switch to my backup > server quickly. I was going to use rsync for this. Well, backing it up once a day would be ok for me

Re: [BackupPC-users] backup the backuppc pool with bacula

2009-05-25 Thread Boniforti Flavio
> I have one system where I do backups of backuppc to tape for > disaster recover. Here's the system I use: > - Stop backuppc to quiesce the filesystem. LVM snapshots are > not sufficient > for this, because the disk load gets too high, data flow > rate gets too low, > and the tape starts t

[BackupPC-users] Backup restored missing + FileSys::SmbClient + File Size

2009-05-25 Thread mhagnumdw
Hi! One more question. If I were doing a backup from localhost (in the same PC that runs the backuppc), which method I should use? So I have no problems with new files or deleted files. Ps: I'm doing the tests with the rsync. I had a problem with configuration, but I'm solving. Thanks! --

Re: [BackupPC-users] [SUGGESTION] "Duration/mins" not in decimal format

2009-05-25 Thread Boniforti Flavio
> > Well, I'm having concurrent backups, but they use different > TCP ports, > > thus I can "--sport 8873" and "--sport 8874" and so on for > my clients. > > If you get this working, let us know how far off it is from > the values shown for duration and transfer rate (and a 10-25% > allowanc

Re: [BackupPC-users] SourceForge Community Choice Awards Nominations

2009-05-25 Thread Tino Schwarze
Hi there, On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 10:59:29AM -0700, Craig Barratt wrote: > BackupPC users, > > If you are interested in nominating your favorite open source > projects on SF.net please see below. > > If that happens to be BackupPC, you can use this link: > > > http://sourceforge.net/commun