Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes

2009-09-29 Thread Les Mikesell
Simone S. Santiago wrote: > Hi, > > I have the ssh keys working for rsync and so I know that is working > correctly, however, I get the Last error is "Unable to read 4 bytes". > > My config host: > > $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} = {}; > $Conf{XferMethod} = 'rsync'; > $Conf{NmbLookupCmd} =

Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes

2009-09-29 Thread Will
Hmm this sound familiar to what I was encountering. Have you tried to SSH to the remote host with the backuppc ("su - backuppc") user? Will From: Simone S. Santiago [mailto:sim...@magistrainfo.com.br] Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 1:22 PM To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subje

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC SendMail status

2009-09-29 Thread Will
Thanks for the reply! How about the CGI interface? Say I want to configure backuppc globally to send email summaries? Would I add a command under DumpPostUserCmd? Will From: Marcelino Mata [mailto:mm...@multimatic.com] Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 12:24 PM To: General list for user

[BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes

2009-09-29 Thread Simone S. Santiago
Hi, I have the ssh keys working for rsync and so I know that is working correctly, however, I get the Last error is "Unable to read 4 bytes". My config host: $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} = {}; $Conf{XferMethod} = 'rsync'; $Conf{NmbLookupCmd} = '$nmbLookupPath -A $host'; $Conf{NmbLookupFindHostCmd}

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC SendMail status

2009-09-29 Thread Marcelino Mata
My backuppc server was Ubuntu. It uses postfix as default MTA. I added our exchange server hostname to /etc/postfix/main.cf like this: relayhost = exchangeservername Our Exchange server is set to relay messages from our backuppc server. Use this command to test: /usr/share/backuppc/bi

[BackupPC-users] BackupPC SendMail status

2009-09-29 Thread William sani
Hi all, I'm trying to understand how BackupPC sends out the emails. I see there is a way to issue a pre/post CMD for user and shares. What would be the correct string for those lines? Any cook books out there that describe email notification? Thanks!

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup Exchange Server

2009-09-29 Thread Michael Stowe
Yes. The method described here works: http://www.goodjobsucking.com/?p=62 Note that you'll need to perform the additional step of making sure you have the right VSS providers installed and engaged, and you'll need to use a vshadow.exe appropriate to your platform. > Hello, > > Is anyone out th

Re: [BackupPC-users] unclean pool

2009-09-29 Thread Tony Schreiner
On Sep 28, 2009, at 10:00 PM, Holger Parplies wrote: > Hi, > > Tony Schreiner wrote on 2009-09-28 20:01:24 -0400 [[BackupPC-users] > unclean pool]: >> I have been running low on space on my __topdir__ volume, so several >> times in recent weeks, I have moved numbered backup directories to >>

Re: [BackupPC-users] Switching backup methods

2009-09-29 Thread Les Mikesell
Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: > > Maybe this is offtopic, but wouldn't it be helpful to have something > like a Tar+ Xfer incremental method that would make up for tar's > deficiencies. > > For example if you ran a "find" on the share and combined that with > the tar data then presumably you would

Re: [BackupPC-users] Switching backup methods

2009-09-29 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
Holger Parplies wrote at about 13:45:34 +0200 on Tuesday, September 29, 2009: > Hi, > > Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote on 2009-09-29 02:49:11 -0400 [Re: [BackupPC-users] > Switching backup methods]: > > Holger Parplies wrote at about 15:54:25 +0200 on Saturday, September 26, > > 2009: > > > [

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup Exchange Server

2009-09-29 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
Palmer, David W. wrote at about 09:13:23 -0400 on Tuesday, September 29, 2009: > Hello, > > Is anyone out there having any luck backing up Exchange via VSS? I have > browsing through documentation of Shadow copy so I can script the shadow > copy but am not having much luck. > > I would

Re: [BackupPC-users] problem purging files & with pool size

2009-09-29 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 09/29 01:09 , Holger Parplies wrote: > > /dev/sda1 147G 135G 4.5G 97% /home/backuppc > > You might try temporarily increasing $Conf{DfMaxUsagePct} to 97 or 98 (and > then run a backup or wait for one to run automatically). Depending on how > large your backups typically are, you

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup Exchange Server

2009-09-29 Thread Palmer, David W.
Well I just stumbled across diskshadow and that looks like it will do everything I need. I will let you know... David From: Palmer, David W. [mailto:dwpal...@cazenovia.edu] Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 9:13 AM To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [BackupPC-users] Backup Excha

Re: [BackupPC-users] "Exponential expiring incremental backups" with IncrKeepCnt?

2009-09-29 Thread Les Mikesell
Christian Neumann wrote: > > In the past we've used programs like snapback to do only once a full backup > and subsequently just store the differences. This approach has several > limitations and that's why we are looking into alternatives. (Disclaimer: I > don't want to start (yet another) discus

[BackupPC-users] Backup Exchange Server

2009-09-29 Thread Palmer, David W.
Hello, Is anyone out there having any luck backing up Exchange via VSS? I have browsing through documentation of Shadow copy so I can script the shadow copy but am not having much luck. I would be interested to hear any body's experience. David

Re: [BackupPC-users] Switching backup methods

2009-09-29 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote on 2009-09-29 02:49:11 -0400 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Switching backup methods]: > Holger Parplies wrote at about 15:54:25 +0200 on Saturday, September 26, 2009: > > [...] > > 3. I believe I recall reading that *restoring* a backup *made with rsync* > >with the t

Re: [BackupPC-users] "Exponential expiring incremental backups" with IncrKeepCnt?

2009-09-29 Thread Christian Neumann
Hi, > > The documentation mentions exponential expiring incremental backups > > (http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#backup_basics): > > "BackupPC can also be configured to keep a certain number of > > incremental backups, and to keep a smaller number of very > > old incremental b

Re: [BackupPC-users] Switching backup methods

2009-09-29 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
Holger Parplies wrote at about 15:54:25 +0200 on Saturday, September 26, 2009: > Hi, > > Tino Schwarze wrote on 2009-09-26 13:32:58 +0200 [Re: [BackupPC-users] > Switching backup methods]: > > On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 05:04:24PM -0400, jingai wrote: > > > Is it OK to switch between backup me