Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up a BackupPC host - *using rsync+tarPCCopy*

2009-09-25 Thread Les Mikesell
Fernando Laudares Camargos wrote: > >> Fernando Laudares Camargos wrote: >>> * Why BackupPC_tarPCCopy sometimes produces big tar files ? * >> Are you doing something to control the timing of your copies compared to >> the changes backuppc would be making? The files in cpool need to be >> exa

Re: [BackupPC-users] OT: (e.g.) sed command to modify configuration file

2009-09-25 Thread Davide Brini
On Friday 25 September 2009, Timothy J Massey wrote: > Hello! > > I have a shell script that I use to install BackupPC. It takes a standard > CentOS installation and performs the configuration that I would normally > do to install BackupPC. There are probably way better ways of doing this, > but

[BackupPC-users] Switching backup methods

2009-09-25 Thread jingai
Is it OK to switch between backup methods at any time, or do I need to do something beforehand? I'm trying rsync instead of tar again on one of my Snow Leopard clients to see if it works better. Quite some time ago, I found it to be considerably slower, but that may have changed. -Jonathan

Re: [BackupPC-users] OT: (e.g.) sed command to modify configuration file

2009-09-25 Thread Jim Wilcoxson
Try this: [...@amd backup]$ cat x #Example of a greatly reduced sshd_config #Protocol 2,1 Protocol 2 #Additional lines here #PermitRootLogin yes #Additional lines here [...@amd backup]$ sed 's/[# ]*Protocol/Protocol/;s/Protocol/#Protocol/;$aProtocol jw' x #Example of a greatly reduced sshd_config

Re: [BackupPC-users] OT: (e.g.) sed command to modify configuration file

2009-09-25 Thread Jim Wilcoxson
Well, that didn't work - Gmail broke the line. There should be a space after the #, so that any number of spaces and hashes will be removed. Jim On 9/25/09, Jim Wilcoxson wrote: > Try this: > > [...@amd backup]$ cat x > #Example of a greatly reduced sshd_config > #Protocol 2,1 > Protocol 2 > #A

Re: [BackupPC-users] Troubles with 2 Snow Leopard clients using tar over ssh

2009-09-25 Thread jingai
On Sep 25, 2009, at 1:31 PM, Craig Barratt wrote: > Barb writes: > >> I too am having problems with backups on Snow Leopard. I am also >> using tar over ssh, and my error logs look pretty much the same as >> Jonathan's. At the end it nicely says "No files dumped for share /" >> and shows the bac

[BackupPC-users] OT: (e.g.) sed command to modify configuration file

2009-09-25 Thread Timothy J Massey
Hello! I have a shell script that I use to install BackupPC. It takes a standard CentOS installation and performs the configuration that I would normally do to install BackupPC. There are probably way better ways of doing this, but this is the way I've chosen. As part of this script, I use s

Re: [BackupPC-users] Troubles with 2 Snow Leopard clients using tar over ssh

2009-09-25 Thread Michael Stowe
I have Snow Leopard machines, and I don't mind trying out debugging code -- though I use the rsync method and haven't had a moment's trouble. > Barb writes: > >> I too am having problems with backups on Snow Leopard. I am also >> using tar over ssh, and my error logs look pretty much the same as

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up a BackupPC host - *using rsync+tarPCCopy*

2009-09-25 Thread Fernando Laudares Camargos
Hello Jeffrey, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky a écrit : > I have written a program BackupPC_fixLinks.pl that will go through > both your pool and pc chain to find (and fix) duplicate pool files and > missing links. Part of the fix is to run an equivalent to > BackupPC_Link on missing/broken links. > > Note

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up a BackupPC host - *using rsync+tarPCCopy*

2009-09-25 Thread Fernando Laudares Camargos
Hi Les, Les Mikesell a écrit : > Fernando Laudares Camargos wrote: >> >> * Why BackupPC_tarPCCopy sometimes produces big tar files ? * > > Are you doing something to control the timing of your copies compared to > the changes backuppc would be making? The files in cpool need to be > exactl

Re: [BackupPC-users] Troubles with 2 Snow Leopard clients using tar over ssh

2009-09-25 Thread Steven Karel
could this have to do with the fact that OSX swtiched the default tar from gnutar to bsdtar with Snow Leopard? http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2144311&tstart=0 I think gnutar is still there, you might just have to change the arguments for calling. sorry, I don't have snow l

Re: [BackupPC-users] Troubles with 2 Snow Leopard clients using tar over ssh

2009-09-25 Thread Craig Barratt
Barb writes: > I too am having problems with backups on Snow Leopard. I am also > using tar over ssh, and my error logs look pretty much the same as > Jonathan's. At the end it nicely says "No files dumped for share /" > and shows the backup as failed. It does, however, backup the new > files I

Re: [BackupPC-users] Troubles with 2 Snow Leopard clients using tar over ssh

2009-09-25 Thread Barb Weston
I too am having problems with backups on Snow Leopard. I am also using tar over ssh, and my error logs look pretty much the same as Jonathan's. At the end it nicely says "No files dumped for share /" and shows the backup as failed. It does, however, backup the new files I've added and I

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up a BackupPC host - *using rsync+tarPCCopy*

2009-09-25 Thread Steve
It might be nice if some of the repair tools you guys create were shipped as part of the whole package, maybe even accessible through "Admin Options" ... just a suggestion. steve On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: > I have written a program BackupPC_fixLinks.pl that wi

Re: [BackupPC-users] Periodoc Backup of the pool

2009-09-25 Thread Daniele Davolio
Yes, I was reading about that. I think that with the right configuration it can fit my needs. Thanx! :) Davide Brini wrote: > On Friday 25 September 2009 15:03:59 Daniele Davolio wrote: > > >> Hi everyone, >> is there a way to do a periodic backup of the pool, like if I want to >> store a snap

Re: [BackupPC-users] multiple pools

2009-09-25 Thread Michael Stowe
> is it possible to have multiple pools Not without two instances of BackupPC, which is non-trivial. > My backupspc has raid1 pair of 1Tb drives - this is now 750gb used > > I guess its time to think about adding a 2nd 1Tb pair You may also want to think about extending the filesystem your pool

Re: [BackupPC-users] multiple pools

2009-09-25 Thread dan
> is it possible to have multiple pools > > My backupspc has raid1 pair of 1Tb drives - this is now 750gb used > > I guess its time to think about adding a 2nd 1Tb pair > > > did you use LVM? You could rotate the data. Setup the new raid and put that device in LVM. Create a LV and then move all

Re: [BackupPC-users] security headaches

2009-09-25 Thread dan
I use iptables and allow access only from my workstation to the web interface, disable root and backuppc user's inbound ssh. I also limit inbound traffic with iptables so the backuppc must open the session to the client. -

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up a BackupPC host - *using rsync+tarPCCopy*

2009-09-25 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
I have written a program BackupPC_fixLinks.pl that will go through both your pool and pc chain to find (and fix) duplicate pool files and missing links. Part of the fix is to run an equivalent to BackupPC_Link on missing/broken links. Note you can't just run BackupPC_Link (or its analog) unless yo

[BackupPC-users] multiple pools

2009-09-25 Thread Bharat Mistry
is it possible to have multiple pools My backupspc has raid1 pair of 1Tb drives - this is now 750gb used I guess its time to think about adding a 2nd 1Tb pair -- Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in

Re: [BackupPC-users] Periodoc Backup of the pool

2009-09-25 Thread Davide Brini
On Friday 25 September 2009 15:03:59 Daniele Davolio wrote: > Hi everyone, > is there a way to do a periodic backup of the pool, like if I want to > store a snapshot of all the backups and keep them on a safe. > I'm quite new to Backuppc and I'm reading around about that. Could BackupPC's archive

[BackupPC-users] Periodoc Backup of the pool

2009-09-25 Thread Daniele Davolio
Hi everyone, is there a way to do a periodic backup of the pool, like if I want to store a snapshot of all the backups and keep them on a safe. I'm quite new to Backuppc and I'm reading around about that. Thanx! -- Come

Re: [BackupPC-users] catch up hump

2009-09-25 Thread Les Mikesell
James Ward wrote: > My busiest BackupPC server fell very behind before I did some tuning (thanks > for your help!) after I upgraded it from 2.x to 3.x due to disk contention > between the nightly admin jobs and backups (which I had running 24x7). I > think I have it performing similarly to 2.x

[BackupPC-users] Periodoc Backup of the pool

2009-09-25 Thread Daniele Davolio
Hi everyone, is there a way to do a periodic backup of the pool, like if I want to store a snapshot of all the backups and keep them on a safe. I'm quite new to Backuppc and I'm reading around about that. Thanx! -- Come

Re: [BackupPC-users] Fw : Re: client's backup's files on extern disk

2009-09-25 Thread Michael Stowe
I'm going to start with pointing out that this is a really bad idea. A key concept of BackupPC is the idea of pooling, where files shared across systems are stored only once in the backup pool. In other words, if I'm backing up two identical systems, there will be one set of files in the backup

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up a BackupPC host - *using rsync+tarPCCopy*

2009-09-25 Thread Les Mikesell
Fernando Laudares Camargos wrote: > > > * Why BackupPC_tarPCCopy sometimes produces big tar files ? * Are you doing something to control the timing of your copies compared to the changes backuppc would be making? The files in cpool need to be exactly in sync with the directory snapshots ma

[BackupPC-users] catch up hump

2009-09-25 Thread James Ward
My busiest BackupPC server fell very behind before I did some tuning (thanks for your help!) after I upgraded it from 2.x to 3.x due to disk contention between the nightly admin jobs and backups (which I had running 24x7). I think I have it performing similarly to 2.x now, but it just can't see

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up a BackupPC host - *using rsync+tarPCCopy*

2009-09-25 Thread Fernando Laudares Camargos
Hello, I beg your pardon for bringing this topic to the table again. I have read this entire thread (even the scientific debate around thrusting probabilities calculus) and have tried the main suggestions detailed by you to solve this problem (except the use of raid mirror detailed by Les Mikes

Re: [BackupPC-users] Troubles with 2 Snow Leopard clients using tar over ssh

2009-09-25 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, jingai reposted on 2009-09-25 08:01:45 -0400 [[BackupPC-users] Troubles with 2 Snow Leopard clients using tar over ssh]: > [...] > Anyone can help? if we couldn't yesterday, how likely are we to today? Regards, Holger

Re: [BackupPC-users] Troubles with 2 Snow Leopard clients using tar over ssh

2009-09-25 Thread jingai
On Sep 25, 2009, at 8:25 AM, Holger Parplies wrote: > > jingai reposted on 2009-09-25 08:01:45 -0400 [[BackupPC-users] > Troubles with 2 Snow Leopard clients using tar over ssh]: >> [...] >> Anyone can help? > > if we couldn't yesterday, how likely are we to today? I am not getting my own posts

[BackupPC-users] Troubles with 2 Snow Leopard clients using tar over ssh

2009-09-25 Thread jingai
Backups to two of my Snow Leopard clients using tar over ssh are failing, while one other Snow Leopard client is successful using the same configuration. The error log is as follows: Running: /usr/bin/ssh -q -x -n -l root kuramori env LC_ALL=C /usr/bin/ tar -c -v -f - -C / --totals --one-fil

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude Hidden files (Linux + SSH + tar)

2009-09-25 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, kadamba wrote on 2009-09-24 04:34:32 -0400 [[BackupPC-users] Exclude Hidden files (Linux + SSH + tar)]: > [...] > I've installed BackupPC on Debian Lenny to backup Ubuntu Desktops (/home for > all), I need to exclude all hidden files which is taking up lots of space. > My focus is on user da

Re: [BackupPC-users] security headaches

2009-09-25 Thread Tino Schwarze
On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 05:51:41AM -0400, Andrew Schulman wrote: > Here's my problem: I love having online backups, they're very > convenient. But they're a huge security problem. All of the LAN's > most sensitive files become readable by user backuppc, who can be > attacked through the web app

[BackupPC-users] security headaches

2009-09-25 Thread Andrew Schulman
Hi everyone. I'm a new BackupPC user, this is my first post here. Here's my problem: I love having online backups, they're very convenient. But they're a huge security problem. All of the LAN's most sensitive files become readable by user backuppc, who can be attacked through the web applicati

[BackupPC-users] Fw : Re: client's backup's files on extern disk

2009-09-25 Thread KOUAO aketchi
--- En date de : Jeu 24.9.09, Craig Barratt a écrit : De: Craig Barratt Objet: Re: client's backup's files on extern disk À: "KOUAO aketchi" Date: Jeudi 24 Septembre 2009, 20h03 KOUAO writes: > I have a server on which BackupPC is installed and this works well on a > debian server. But ,