Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude not working as expected

2010-02-09 Thread Kameleon
Anything that you want to be explicitly excluded you will need to put the full path in the excludes. Otherwise if it matches anywhere else in the filesystem it will be excluded. On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Mark Wass wrote: > Hi Bowie > > Thanks for clearing that up. So does that mean I shoul

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC 3 question

2010-02-09 Thread Chris Robertson
James Ward wrote: > I'm trying to figure out how to do something in the GUI. > > I have the following exclude: /data0* > > Now I would like to add an exception to that rule and back > up: /data02/vodvendors/promo_items/ > > Is it possible to set this up in the GUI? I can't figure it out. $Conf{B

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude not working as expected

2010-02-09 Thread Mark Wass
Hi Bowie Thanks for clearing that up. So does that mean I should also amend these other excludes by putting a forward slash in front? 'etc/fstab', ==> '/etc/fstab', 'var/cache/apt/archives/*', ==> '/var/cache/apt/archives/*', Thanks Mark -Original Message- From: Bowie Bailey [mailto:

Re: [BackupPC-users] Large Linux backup Help

2010-02-09 Thread John Rouillard
On Tue, Feb 09, 2010 at 11:16:02AM -0800, Colin Blower wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I was hoping for a solution to my latest problem and also advice on my > general backup. My latest problem is the backup seems to be running, > but stalled. Which version of BackupPC are you running? > I see the

Re: [BackupPC-users] Large Linux backup Help

2010-02-09 Thread Adam Goryachev
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Colin Blower wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I was hoping for a solution to my latest problem and also advice on > my general backup. My latest problem is the backup seems to be > running, but stalled. > > I see the ssh process on the server and the rsync

[BackupPC-users] Large Linux backup Help

2010-02-09 Thread Colin Blower
Hello everyone, I was hoping for a solution to my latest problem and also advice on my general backup. My latest problem is the backup seems to be running, but stalled. I see the ssh process on the server and the rsync process on the client, but in the web interface the Xfer PID has only one PID.

Re: [BackupPC-users] Auto Archiving of hosts

2010-02-09 Thread Danielle Tilley
-Original Message- From: Michael Osburn [mailto:michael.osb...@echostar.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 8:24 AM To: General list for user discussion, questions and support Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Auto Archiving of hosts On Tuesday 09 February 2010 08:01:59 am Timothy J Masse

Re: [BackupPC-users] Auto Archiving of hosts

2010-02-09 Thread Les Mikesell
On 2/9/2010 10:24 AM, Michael Osburn wrote: > > I need to get things confirmed with management first but I think that doing > the latest > would work for what I need. I did not see the "-1" option when looking at the > archive > host option. Do you mind sharing your script? The archive host setu

Re: [BackupPC-users] Auto Archiving of hosts

2010-02-09 Thread Timothy J Massey
Michael Osburn wrote on 02/09/2010 11:24:01 AM: > I need to get things confirmed with management first but I think > that doing the latest > would work for what I need. I can't imagine why that wouldn't work (you're saving the same info, just a few weeks early! :) ), but sometimes manageme

Re: [BackupPC-users] Auto Archiving of hosts

2010-02-09 Thread Michael Osburn
On Tuesday 09 February 2010 08:01:59 am Timothy J Massey wrote: > Michael Osburn wrote on 02/08/2010 06:42:34 > PM: > > > I am looking for a way to automatically archive my oldest full > > backups to a different mount point. The goal is to have fairly > > recent backups stored off onto a SAN d

Re: [BackupPC-users] cygwin, ssh, and rsync

2010-02-09 Thread Trey Nolen
Cody Dunne wrote: On 2/6/2010 2:18 PM, Trey Nolen wrote: I don't know if this has been mentioned on the list or not, but the new Cygwin seems to have fixed the long standing bug that prevents rsync from running in server mode over ssh. Now, we are able to use the method "rsync" instead of

Re: [BackupPC-users] cygwin, ssh, and rsync

2010-02-09 Thread Cody Dunne
On 2/6/2010 2:18 PM, Trey Nolen wrote: > I don't know if this has been mentioned on the list or not, but the new > Cygwin seems to have fixed the long standing bug that prevents rsync > from running in server mode over ssh. Now, we are able to use the > method "rsync" instead of "rsyncd". This

[BackupPC-users] BackupPC 3 question

2010-02-09 Thread James Ward
I'm trying to figure out how to do something in the GUI. I have the following exclude: /data0* Now I would like to add an exception to that rule and back up: /data02/vodvendors/promo_items/ Is it possible to set this up in the GUI? I can't figure it out. Ward... James Ward Tekco Management Gr

Re: [BackupPC-users] problems with DumpPreUserCmd.

2010-02-09 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
Mauro wrote at about 11:07:34 +0100 on Tuesday, February 9, 2010: > For DumpPreUserCmd I've set $sshPath -p 2322 -q -x -l user $host, > /home/user/file.sh. > It return DumpPreUserCmd returned error status 65280... exiting. That just means the exit code of your command was 255 > Why?n > I've tr

Re: [BackupPC-users] Auto Archiving of hosts

2010-02-09 Thread Timothy J Massey
Michael Osburn wrote on 02/08/2010 06:42:34 PM: > I am looking for a way to automatically archive my oldest full > backups to a different mount point. The goal is to have fairly > recent backups stored off onto a SAN device, then remove the oldest > backup. I have looked at the archive host o

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude not working as expected

2010-02-09 Thread Bowie Bailey
Mark Wass wrote: > > Hi Guys > > I have a config file that looks likes this: > > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { > > '/' => [ > > 'dev', > > 'proc', > > 'sys', > > 'tmp', > > 'var/lib/mysql', > > 'etc/fstab', > > 'var/log/mysql/mysql-bin.*', > > 'var/log/apache2/*', > > 'shares', > > 'var/lib/cvs', >

[BackupPC-users] problems with DumpPreUserCmd.

2010-02-09 Thread Mauro
For DumpPreUserCmd I've set $sshPath -p 2322 -q -x -l user $host, /home/user/file.sh. It return DumpPreUserCmd returned error status 65280... exiting. Why? I've tried the command and it works but set in DumpPreUserCmd it don't. --