[BackupPC-users] --exclude

2011-03-30 Thread backuppc-users
using --exclude in $Conf{RsyncArgs} is recommended in config.pl (backuppc 3.1.0-9ubuntu2), however it only seems to work for full backups, but gets ignored for incrementals. is there a fix? even more convenient than --exclude is --exclude-from, this allows me to maintain an "exclude file" i us

[BackupPC-users] [newb] ssh rsync with restricted permissions

2011-03-30 Thread yilam
Well I tried your setup (need I say I am new to backuppc?) with on the client: * /etc/sudoers: Cmnd_Alias BACKUP = /usr/bin/rsync --server --daemon * buclient my-host = NOPASSWD: BACKUP * ~buclient/.ssh/authorized_keys2 no-pty,no-agent-forwarding,no-X11-forwarding,no-port-forwarding

Re: [BackupPC-users] Restrict machine to do full backups Friday night and incremental on weekdays?

2011-03-30 Thread Bowie Bailey
On 3/30/2011 4:11 PM, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: > Timothy J Massey wrote at about 11:55:15 -0400 on Wednesday, March 30, 2011: > > Bowie Bailey wrote on 03/30/2011 10:52:21 AM: > > > > > On 3/30/2011 10:16 AM, Scott wrote: > > > > Full backups from one machine look like they are going to tak

Re: [BackupPC-users] Auth failed on module cDrive

2011-03-30 Thread Tom Brown
It appears I've solved the problem. I am surprised it took this long for someone to respond to my inquiry (thank you Fresel Michal). But, the problem may be unique to this particular software stack: W7, Symantec Endpoint, BackupPC 2.1.2 and Cygwin rsync 2.6.8_0. Here’s what I’ve found so far.

Re: [BackupPC-users] Restrict machine to do full backups Friday night and incremental on weekdays?

2011-03-30 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
Timothy J Massey wrote at about 11:55:15 -0400 on Wednesday, March 30, 2011: > Bowie Bailey wrote on 03/30/2011 10:52:21 AM: > > > On 3/30/2011 10:16 AM, Scott wrote: > > > Full backups from one machine look like they are going to take > 12 > > > hours, so a night time full backup is not goi

Re: [BackupPC-users] Restrict machine to do full backups Friday night and incremental on weekdays?

2011-03-30 Thread Timothy J Massey
Bowie Bailey wrote on 03/30/2011 10:52:21 AM: > On 3/30/2011 10:16 AM, Scott wrote: > > Full backups from one machine look like they are going to take > 12 > > hours, so a night time full backup is not going to work - for this one > > machine I need it to happen starting Friday night so it has al

Re: [BackupPC-users] Restrict machine to do full backups Friday night and incremental on weekdays?

2011-03-30 Thread Bowie Bailey
On 3/30/2011 10:16 AM, Scott wrote: > Full backups from one machine look like they are going to take > 12 > hours, so a night time full backup is not going to work - for this one > machine I need it to happen starting Friday night so it has all > weekend to finish (poor connectivity).All the ot

[BackupPC-users] Restrict machine to do full backups Friday night and incremental on weekdays?

2011-03-30 Thread Scott
Full backups from one machine look like they are going to take > 12 hours, so a night time full backup is not going to work - for this one machine I need it to happen starting Friday night so it has all weekend to finish (poor connectivity).All the other machines can stay on the normal default

Re: [BackupPC-users] Daylight Saving change - 1 day backups were off

2011-03-30 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On Wed, 2011-03-30 at 13:46 +0200, Boniforti Flavio wrote: > > 2011-03-27 00:00:00 Next wakeup is 2011-03-27 02:00:00 > > Where may I check this for the past days? See "Old Logs" on the left-side menu. > Well, I put it in relation tu summer time, because nothing else during > that weekend. > Wha

Re: [BackupPC-users] Daylight Saving change - 1 day backups were off

2011-03-30 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hello Tyler and thanks for taking time for this issue... > > So, my backups worked ok on 26.03.2011, starting at 21:00. > > Sunday evening the backups still worked ok, but started at 22:00. > > I guess this is ok, considering standard IncPeriod value of 0.97. > > I see the same. All my backups ex

Re: [BackupPC-users] Daylight Saving change - 1 day backups were off

2011-03-30 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On Wed, 2011-03-30 at 11:40 +0200, Boniforti Flavio wrote: > Hello everybody. > > Something strange happened and my backups didn't work one night. > > Here's the situation: > > I got my backups scheduled at 21:00 every night. > > Here (Switzerland) the Daylight Saving Time change happened on Su

[BackupPC-users] Daylight Saving change - 1 day backups were off

2011-03-30 Thread Boniforti Flavio
Hello everybody. Something strange happened and my backups didn't work one night. Here's the situation: I got my backups scheduled at 21:00 every night. Here (Switzerland) the Daylight Saving Time change happened on Sunday morning, 27.03.2011. So, my backups worked ok on 26.03.2011, starting a