[BackupPC-users] Time Machine-like backup schedule for BackupPC

2010-02-27 Thread anethema
Hi first post and just want to say this forum has been great in helping me get BPC running. The last thing I'm trying to get going is.. I use Apple's Time Machine at home. I would like BPC to schedule itself to do the same thing if possible. Time machine keeps hourly backups for the last 24 h

[BackupPC-users] Offsite storage media- feasible for backup?

2010-02-27 Thread stacyR
It depends on how much data you want to backup. If only your personal system data need to be stored, then external hard disk, CDs and DVDs work efficient for you. But you have to take regular backup and keep these storage medias at safe place. For long term storage, online backup services (ht

Re: [BackupPC-users] Remote mirror sanity checks

2010-02-27 Thread dan
Are you running into the actual hardlink limit or an inode limit? ext3 has a hard coded hardlink limit but hardlinks are also limited by available inodes. you can check your available inodes with tune2fs -l /dev/disk|grep -e "Free inodes" -e "Inode count" if you have very few or none left then t

Re: [BackupPC-users] Admin user denied access to the CGI

2010-02-27 Thread jbk
I am now able to access the CGI as before. I discovered the issue was the default hosts file format was confusing apache. I commented out the line beginning with: ::1 and now all is working as expected. Jim K-R -- Downl

Re: [BackupPC-users] Remote mirror sanity checks

2010-02-27 Thread Johannes H. Jensen
Thank you for your input, On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 3:38 AM, dan wrote: > if [ -e /var/lib/backuppc/testfile ]; >    then rsync ; >    else echo "uh oh!"; > fi > > should make sure that the filesystem is mounted. Yes, that's definitely a good idea. However it does not check to make sure that t