Re: [BackupPC-users] compressed pool now backups are failing

2010-03-17 Thread Craig Barratt
Andy< > Unterminated compressed integer in unpack at > /opt/backuppc/lib/BackupPC/Attrib.pm line 257. It sounds like an attrib file was not compressed properly or is corrupted some how. In 3.2.0beta there is a fix that makes this error non-fatal, so at least the backups should continue. You ca

Re: [BackupPC-users] Trouble setting up backup to a Windows host

2010-03-17 Thread Chris Bennett
Hi Sorin, > Windows says Permission denied. What could possibly be wrong?? The Windows > machine in question is a plain vanilla Win2k3 standalone server connected to > an even more plain vanilla AD-domain. Ok, so that's a good sign that you're communicating to the Windows server and your authenti

Re: [BackupPC-users] No Admin Options appearing on main page

2010-03-17 Thread John BORIS
Les, Thanks. I stumbled upon the issue and got it working. I did find that section and can now get in. Thanks John J. Boris, Sr. JEN-A-SyS Administrator Archdiocese of Philadelphia "Remember! That light at the end of the tunnel Just might be the headlight of an oncoming train!" >>> Les Mikesell

Re: [BackupPC-users] No Admin Options appearing on main page

2010-03-17 Thread Les Mikesell
On 3/17/2010 12:37 PM, John BORIS wrote: > I have a new install on RHEL 5 and I am using the CGI interface. When I > go to mydomain.com/BackupPC I get a directory listing. If I go to > mydomain.com/cgi-bin/BackupPC_admin I get the Server Status page but no > options in the side bar. All I see are S

[BackupPC-users] No Admin Options appearing on main page

2010-03-17 Thread John BORIS
I have a new install on RHEL 5 and I am using the CGI interface. When I go to mydomain.com/BackupPC I get a directory listing. If I go to mydomain.com/cgi-bin/BackupPC_admin I get the Server Status page but no options in the side bar. All I see are Status, Host Summary, Documentation, Wiki and Sour

Re: [BackupPC-users] How to use ssh-agent on a server without X?

2010-03-17 Thread Luis Paulo
It seems ssh-agent alone don't do the job because it is not possible to keep env vars SSH_AGENT_PID and SSH_AUTH_SOCK between sessions keychain do a good job setting ssh-agent for the user, using ,bash_profile and keeping the env vars on a file in ~/.keychain/ I was trying to set this on rc.local

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

2010-03-17 Thread Chris Baker
One thing you want to be aware of here. Not everything is easily Linux compatible. Some stuff will work with Linux yet is not officially "supported." Your best best is to ask around. At my place, we use some external drive enclosers which have eSATA available. It has much better throughput than U

[BackupPC-users] compressed pool now backups are failing

2010-03-17 Thread Andy Thompson
Was running low on space so I took the plunge and compressed my pool. I've now got 5 hosts that will no longer backup and I'm not sure where it's failing. The NewFileList file is created and remains zero bytes and nothing is backed up, it just retries day after day. Assuming it shuts down at

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

2010-03-17 Thread Gerald Brandt
- "allenR" wrote: > > Can anyone tell me which method is more affordable and reliable? > I ended up using USB. My BackupPC Server is running under Citrux XenServer, and it can only see external USB drives (no eSATA or Firewire, etc). It works for me. It does take a bit of time to write

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

2010-03-17 Thread Les Mikesell
allenR wrote: > Can anyone tell me which method is more affordable and reliable? > If you have good connectivity to another location you might just run the backups from there. Otherwise, there are trayless hot-swap enclosures for SATA drives so you can image-copy or raid-mirror your archiv

Re: [BackupPC-users] Trouble setting up backup to a Windows host

2010-03-17 Thread Les Mikesell
Sorin Srbu wrote: > > One good thing, I guess, is that the log says the BPC-server is using NTLM. > The Win default domain policy says to refuse those older and insecure > protocols and only send and reply using NTLMv2. Could this be problem? Is there a difference in this respect if you try to con

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

2010-03-17 Thread Keith Edmunds
> Can anyone tell me which method is more affordable and reliable? An offsite server is the most reliable IMO. External USB disks is probably "more affordable" if reliability isn't important. If your backups are important to you, get/rent a server or virtual server and set up that as a BackupPC

Re: [BackupPC-users] Trouble setting up backup to a Windows host

2010-03-17 Thread Sorin Srbu
>-Original Message- >From: Chris Bennett [mailto:ch...@ceegeebee.com] >Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 10:21 AM >To: sorin.s...@orgfarm.uu.se; General list for user discussion, questions and >support >Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Trouble setting up backup to a Windows host >[...] >So, I'm

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

2010-03-17 Thread allenR
Can anyone tell me which method is more affordable and reliable? +-- |This was sent by jmsbrow...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +--

Re: [BackupPC-users] Trouble setting up backup to a Windows host

2010-03-17 Thread Chris Bennett
> can not change directory into mount target /windows/starforge". The only way I get that error is if the mount point (/windows/starforge) does not exist. Here's how I can reproduce your error: [r...@hc mnt]# ls /windows/starforge ls: /windows/starforge: No such file or directory [r...@hc mnt]#

Re: [BackupPC-users] Trouble setting up backup to a Windows host

2010-03-17 Thread Sorin Srbu
>-Original Message- >From: Chris Bennett [mailto:ch...@ceegeebee.com] >Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 10:29 PM >To: sorin.s...@orgfarm.uu.se; General list for user discussion, questions and >support >Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Trouble setting up backup to a Windows host > >> Tried the c$-

Re: [BackupPC-users] Trouble setting up backup to a Windows host

2010-03-17 Thread Sorin Srbu
>-Original Message- >From: Max Hetrick [mailto:maxhetr...@verizon.net] >Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 4:46 PM >To: General list for user discussion, questions and support >Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Trouble setting up backup to a Windows host > >Les Mikesell wrote: > >> This should work