[BackupPC-users] backing up to NAS over NFS

2011-04-03 Thread Peter Lavender
Hi Everyone, Googling around implies this should be possible, however I'm not sure where to go next. My setup is as follows: Linux Server ( old desktop PC ) with a NFS mounted filesystem pointing to the NAS which has all the storage space. The server itself doesn't have much free disk space, so

[BackupPC-users] excluding files

2011-04-03 Thread Scott
I tried excluding files and does not seem to be working : In the web interface I added an entry for: *.MPG Yet in the backup pc folder I am seeing .MPG files! Do I need to type anything more than just "*.MPG" ? (windows client)

[BackupPC-users] Viewing detail of a backup in progress?

2011-04-03 Thread Scott
Is it possible/how to view details on a backup in progress - for example, it would be great to see what file it is backing up, how many/how big the backup is so far. Totals would be nice, like 100 files totaling 200MB backed up out of 500 files totaling 2GB. I have a slow backup and I have no ide

Re: [BackupPC-users] Keeping 1 month of files and number of full backups

2011-04-03 Thread Matthias Meyer
Scott wrote: > I want to be able to restore a file for users up to one month in the past. > > What is the difference / what is the best - > > To do a full backup every 2 weeks, keeping 2 full backups, > and incrementals every day , or > > Do a full backup every 1 month and incrementals every da