Re: [BackupPC-users] Waiting for a full

2010-01-24 Thread Les Mikesell
tog benson wrote: > I can't get one full backup to complete on a laptop. It seems that I can't > get incrementals to run until I get a full done. The full is too much data > for one night. Any input? > With rsync you should get a 'partial' backup and can keep trying until it completes. With

[BackupPC-users] Waiting for a full

2010-01-24 Thread tog benson
I can't get one full backup to complete on a laptop. It seems that I can't get incrementals to run until I get a full done. The full is too much data for one night. Any input? -- Throughout its 18-year history

Re: [BackupPC-users] "Unable to read 4 bytes" - most useless error message ever?

2010-01-24 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
Timothy Murphy wrote at about 03:20:31 + on Monday, January 25, 2010: > Is there anywhere a worse error message > than "Unable to read 4 bytes"? > > If it sometimes changed, say "Unable to read 13 bytes", > that might at least convey some information. On a serious note, it may be a good

[BackupPC-users] "Unable to read 4 bytes" - most useless error message ever?

2010-01-24 Thread Timothy Murphy
Is there anywhere a worse error message than "Unable to read 4 bytes"? If it sometimes changed, say "Unable to read 13 bytes", that might at least convey some information. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Tr

Re: [BackupPC-users] help with Error: Can't Find IP address for HP-PC-XP

2010-01-24 Thread Les Mikesell
John Hudak wrote: > Thanks for your input Les. I have XP professional. Two accounts on the > machine: hp_administrator, and remote_desktop_user (RDT requires a pw, > which is why I created it). hp_adminstrator does not have a pw ( I > didn't want one for a number of reasons). > > I am using S

Re: [BackupPC-users] unable to restore via zip archives

2010-01-24 Thread Craig Barratt
Johan, I looked at the small broken zip file but couldn't determine why it wasn't written correctly. Just to confirm - BackupPC_zipCreate does work correctly when you run it manally with compression turned on? Next, I would suggest looking in lib/BackupPC/CGI/Restore.pm: # # For

Re: [BackupPC-users] help with Error: Can't Find IP address for HP-PC-XP

2010-01-24 Thread John Hudak
Thanks for your input Les. I have XP professional. Two accounts on the machine: hp_administrator, and remote_desktop_user (RDT requires a pw, which is why I created it). hp_adminstrator does not have a pw ( I didn't want one for a number of reasons). I am using SMB as the backup mechanism. I am

Re: [BackupPC-users] help with Error: Can't Find IP address for HP-PC-XP

2010-01-24 Thread Les Mikesell
John Hudak wrote: > I can ping HP-PC-XP from any machine on my LAN (debian (debian 5.0_, > ubuntuserver (ubutuserver 8.04), the mac (x10.5), and another xp box (xp > sp3)). the firewall on the xp box is down (the app is not running, and > windoz firewall disabled). > the log file is attached. >

Re: [BackupPC-users] help with Error: Can't Find IP address for HP-PC-XP

2010-01-24 Thread John Hudak
I can ping HP-PC-XP from any machine on my LAN (debian (debian 5.0_, ubuntuserver (ubutuserver 8.04), the mac (x10.5), and another xp box (xp sp3)). the firewall on the xp box is down (the app is not running, and windoz firewall disabled). the log file is attached. you will notice that the machin

Re: [BackupPC-users] Max file sizes

2010-01-24 Thread Pedro M. S. Oliveira
Currently I have some vmware machine files with over 120GB and the backups go smooth. I've used tar and rsync but I've had trouble when I had compression > 6. The specs for the backup server are Dell rack server 2x dual core, 6x 750GB SATAII with raid 5, 6TB ram, raid controller has 512 MB. Thi

Re: [BackupPC-users] help with Error: Can't Find IP address for HP-PC-XP

2010-01-24 Thread Les Mikesell
three_jeeps wrote: > [quote="three_jeeps"] > Les Mikesell wrote: >> >>> If they have static addresses but aren't in DNS, a quick fix is to >>> configure the >>> ClientAlias setting to the IP address and turn off the dhcp option. Or, if >>> you >>> connect from the web browser on HP-PC-XP and s

[BackupPC-users] help with Error: Can't Find IP address for HP-PC-XP

2010-01-24 Thread three_jeeps
[quote="three_jeeps"] Les Mikesell wrote: > > > > > > If they have static addresses but aren't in DNS, a quick fix is to > > configure the > > ClientAlias setting to the IP address and turn off the dhcp option. Or, if > > you > > connect from the web browser on HP-PC-XP and start the backu

[BackupPC-users] help with Error: Can't Find IP address for HP-PC-XP

2010-01-24 Thread three_jeeps
[quote="Les Mikesell"] > > If they have static addresses but aren't in DNS, a quick fix is to configure > the > ClientAlias setting to the IP address and turn off the dhcp option. Or, if > you > connect from the web browser on HP-PC-XP and start the backup through the web > interface it sh