[BackupPC-users] [backuppc] Can't find big compressed file

I removed backuppc because it consumed all the storage and effectively crippled my computer. I removed the application and got rid of some files from another source which left me with some spare storage. However, I cannot find the big compressed file that backuppc has created. I think it is on

[BackupPC-users] [backuppc] Can't find compressed file

Over the last 2 days I have worked at getting my computer back on line. The backuppc application ate all the availalble storage making the computer unable to do any tasks. It's working NOW and I need to find the compressed file and get rid of it. I think it is somewhere on /usr/share. I have alrea

Re: [BackupPC-users] Two NICs In One Client

Thank you to Kris and Tyler for your suggestions. Both of you suggested using a DNS server rather than the hosts file. In fact, I had already set up BIND DNS on the server (mostly properly I believe), so I merely removed all the references to the laptops from the hosts file without making any c

Re: [BackupPC-users] [OT] RE: Best way to backup on remote dynamic IPs

On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 04:58:50PM +0200, Boniforti Flavio wrote: > Hello Rob and thanks for your reply. > > > I use a setup similar to yours and I've never had any > > problems. I use www.dyndns.com and ddclient software (all my > > boxes are Linux). > > I've 99% Windows 2003 Servers. > I'm u

Re: [BackupPC-users] Yum to Tar

I build a native package for a couple of reasons: - So that the package data base stays up to date, and you don't accidentally install a conflicting package down the road that might break ; - so that the package manager tells me before I try to build if I am missing anything. Buildin

Re: [BackupPC-users] Yum to Tar

Hi Alexander, Yes I'm sure that's possible, but I don't really need to go to the hassle of building my own RPM for one computer and lack the knowledge \ don't have the confidence to build one and offer it to others. Would be more happy doing just the Tar install, but need to be sure I know what im

Re: [BackupPC-users] MaxBackupPCNightlyJobs being ignored, but only on one host??

It happened again last night during the actual run: 2010-10-15 01:00:00 Running 8 BackupPC_nightly jobs from 0..15 (out of 0..15) 2010-10-15 01:00:01 Running BackupPC_nightly -m 0 31 (pid=30718) 2010-10-15 07:56:33 BackupPC_nightly now running BackupPC_sendEmail 2010-10-15 08:00:58 Finished admin

Re: [BackupPC-users] General Praise.

On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 08:57:52AM +0100, James Wells wrote: > I find that BackupPC is good for general data retention, but bad > for bare metal restores where you have to reinstall the OS first > and then get data back on there. Fortunately, I have no need for that. :) -Robin -- http://singi

Re: [BackupPC-users] Two NICs In One Client

It is also simple enough to run DNSmasq on your BackupPC box. Setup is REALLY easy. http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/dnsmasq/docs/dnsmasq-man.html ^ has the man pages, but the /etc/dnsmasq.conf file is well documented. Kris On Fri, Oct 15

Re: [BackupPC-users] New release of BackupPC_deleteBackup - who can put it into the wiki?

Matthias Meyer wrote at about 22:04:42 +0200 on Sunday, October 10, 2010: > Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > > On Sun, Dec 06, 2009 at 01:13:57AM +0100, Matthias Meyer wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I have a new release of the BackupPC_deleteBackup script. > >> Unfortunately I can't put it into the

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC_DeleteFile requirement jLib.pm not working

Carl T. Miller wrote at about 11:36:02 -0400 on Sunday, October 10, 2010: > I found what looks like an excellent tool for managing > backuppc pools. Thanks :) > The instructions say to install the jLib.pm module, > but don't tell how to install it. > > When I run BackupPC_DeleteFile witho

Re: [BackupPC-users] Yum to Tar

Well, it should be fairly easy to roll an rpm for the new version, especially if you can modify the spec file from 3.1.0... Is this not an option? --b On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 9:44 AM, Timothy Omer wrote: > CentOS release 5.4 (Final) > BackupPC 3.1.0 via Yum > > Hey all, > > I installed BackupP

Re: [BackupPC-users] [OT] RE: Best way to backup on remote dynamic IPs

Hi Flavio, > With one machine running ddclient, I don't have *periodic* updates > (which leads to get email notifications about "your account is about to > expire): how do you treat this issue? is ddclient well configured? Check the conf file: /etc/ddclient.conf If you run ddclient manually, it

[BackupPC-users] [OT] RE: Best way to backup on remote dynamic IPs

Hello Rob and thanks for your reply. > I use a setup similar to yours and I've never had any > problems. I use www.dyndns.com and ddclient software (all my > boxes are Linux). I've 99% Windows 2003 Servers. I'm used to configure DDNS on DSL routers instead of computers. With one machine runni

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC_compressPool removed?

What was the reason the old script was removed? Could I download an old version of backuppc and use the old script on the newer pool? The problem is I currently have BackupPC configured to keep backups for over a year and doubling our backup space for that long would not be feasible. The reason w

Re: [BackupPC-users] Two NICs In One Client

On Fri, 2010-10-15 at 17:54 +0400, Paul R. Clark wrote: > BackupPC works with each of these clients when only one connection (wired or > Wi-Fi) is active. > Note that both Wi-Fi (11) and wired (12) connections work well. > > BackupPC cannot find the client when both connections (wired a

[BackupPC-users] Two NICs In One Client

I have searched through much material but have not found a straightforward answer to my two NIC question. We have a small office network comprising ten laptops (all running WinXP) and a server (running Ubuntu 9.10). BackupPC is installed on the server and operates well except the following. Conne

Re: [BackupPC-users] Best way to backup on remote dynamic IPs

On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 02:57:13PM +0200, Boniforti Flavio wrote: > Hello there. > > I'm struggling to find a definitive solution to my troubles: I'm backing > up servers which are on remote DSL connections. Just a few of them have > fixed IPs, thus I had to use DDNS services for the other ones. B

Re: [BackupPC-users] Best way to backup on remote dynamic IPs

On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 7:57 AM, Boniforti Flavio wrote: > Hello there. > > I'm struggling to find a definitive solution to my troubles: I'm backing > up servers which are on remote DSL connections. Just a few of them have > fixed IPs, thus I had to use DDNS services for the other ones. Because >

[BackupPC-users] Yum to Tar

CentOS release 5.4 (Final) BackupPC 3.1.0 via Yum Hey all, I installed BackupPC via Yum on my CentOS box, I would like to move to the most recent version and therefore to the tar install. Looking over the docs I see warnings about mixing Yum and Tar. What is the best method for me to upgrade, co

Re: [BackupPC-users] Best way to backup on remote dynamic IPs

On 10/15/2010 8:57 AM, Boniforti Flavio wrote: > Hello there. > > I'm struggling to find a definitive solution to my troubles: I'm backing > up servers which are on remote DSL connections. Just a few of them have > fixed IPs, thus I had to use DDNS services for the other ones. Because > of the pr

Re: [BackupPC-users] Best way to backup on remote dynamic IPs

Hy Peter, > The "way" you are using is correct. The problem you have is a > DDNS problem and not related to BackupPC. You need to > contact your DNS registrar and ask them how you can set the > TTL (Time To Live) for the dynamic addresses. A good tutorial > is at http://support.easydns.com/tu

[BackupPC-users] Best way to backup on remote dynamic IPs

Hello there. I'm struggling to find a definitive solution to my troubles: I'm backing up servers which are on remote DSL connections. Just a few of them have fixed IPs, thus I had to use DDNS services for the other ones. Because of the propagation delay when an IP changes (and the related DDNS ent

Re: [BackupPC-users] [SOLVED] Moved BackupPC to new system, now rsync over ssh hangs

Hi, I just got an rsync backup completed. When untarring the file created by BackupPC_TarCopy, the 'attrib' files were not owned by backuppc. I corrected the ownership, and it ran. Gerald From: "Gerald Brandt" To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" Sent: Friday

[BackupPC-users] Moved BackupPC to new system, now rsync over ssh hangs

Hi, I recently moved a BackupPC install to a new system. I used scp to copy over the cpool and config files, and BackupPC_TarCopy to copy over the 'pc' directory. I've made sure all permissions are correct for the backuppc user. I copied over the original systems ssh rsa keys, and tested. A

Re: [BackupPC-users] General Praise.

On Thu, 2010-10-14 at 23:20 -0700, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > On Thu, Oct 07, 2010 at 11:55:41AM -0400, Dan Pritts wrote: > > One concern I've always had with backuppc is what would happen if > > i had a disaster and had to restore everything from backuppc. > > > > It would take absolutely foreve

Re: [BackupPC-users] General Praise.

I find that BackupPC is good for general data retention, but bad for bare metal restores where you have to reinstall the OS first and then get data back on there. (ok, on linux you can essentially backup + restore the whole OS if you want to). It really depends though - if you have very fast li