Re: [BackupPC-users] moving temporarily PC and pool to an external drive

2011-06-01 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 06/01 07:47 , Philippe Rousselot wrote: > My hard drives are full and need to add one to have a new and bigger > /var partition. > > In the mean time I would like to continue backing up things using an > external drive I think what you are trying for here is best served by the general plan

Re: [BackupPC-users] How to Cancel a Restore

2011-06-01 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Tyler J. Wagner wrote on 2011-06-01 17:44:47 +0100 [Re: [BackupPC-users] How to Cancel a Restore]: > On Wed, 2011-06-01 at 18:09 +0200, Holger Parplies wrote: > [...] > > What do you do if you concurrently have a backup *and* a > > restore running? Stop both? Only the wrong one? ;-) > > It

Re: [BackupPC-users] moving temporarily PC and pool to an external drive

2011-06-01 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Philippe Rousselot wrote on 2011-06-01 19:47:44 +0200 [[BackupPC-users] moving temporarily PC and pool to an external drive]: > [...] > My hard drives are full and need to add one to have a new and bigger > /var partition. > > In the mean time I would like to continue backing up things usi

Re: [BackupPC-users] removing folder from an aborted backup

2011-06-01 Thread Philippe Rousselot
Le 01/06/2011 21:13, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom a écrit : > On 06/01 06:32 , Philippe Rousselot wrote: >> Can I safely remove the folder from a console with rm or do I need to >> use another method. > I've not had a problem doing so. > Thank you Philippe

Re: [BackupPC-users] removing folder from an aborted backup

2011-06-01 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 06/01 06:32 , Philippe Rousselot wrote: > Can I safely remove the folder from a console with rm or do I need to > use another method. I've not had a problem doing so. -- Carl Soderstrom Systems Administrator Real-Time Enterprises www.real-time.com --

Re: [BackupPC-users] BlackoutPeriods seemingly ignored

2011-06-01 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, martin f krafft wrote on 2011-05-30 14:28:23 +0200 [Re: [BackupPC-users] BlackoutPeriods seemingly ignored]: > also sprach martin f krafft [2011.05.19.0925 +0200]: > > [...] > > It seems almost like BackupPC is just ignoring BlackoutPeriods, [...] > > To answer my own question: sorry that

[BackupPC-users] moving temporarily PC and pool to an external drive

2011-06-01 Thread Philippe Rousselot
Hi, I am using BackupPC 3.1 on a ubuntu server 10.04. My hard drives are full and need to add one to have a new and bigger /var partition. In the mean time I would like to continue backing up things using an external drive things are actually archived using standard path /var/lib/backuppc/p

Re: [BackupPC-users] How to Cancel a Restore

2011-06-01 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On Wed, 2011-06-01 at 18:09 +0200, Holger Parplies wrote: > actually, when a restore is running, there should be a second button > "Stop Restore" (and if no restore is running, the button shouldn't be > there). Agreed. > What do you do if you concurrently have a backup *and* a > restore running?

[BackupPC-users] removing folder from an aborted backup

2011-06-01 Thread Philippe Rousselot
Hi, I have a backup that stopped because of an error 13 (no room on disk). The corresponding folder is in /var/lib/backuppc/pc/localhost but not visible from the admin webpage. Can I safely remove the folder from a console with rm or do I need to use another method. Thanks in advance Philip

Re: [BackupPC-users] How to Cancel a Restore

2011-06-01 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Tyler J. Wagner wrote on 2011-06-01 16:29:47 +0100 [Re: [BackupPC-users] How to Cancel a Restore]: > On Wed, 2011-06-01 at 11:20 -0400, Long V wrote: > > I would make it even more explicit by renaming it to "Stop/Dequeue > > Backup/Restore". > > I personally prefer "Whatever you are doing,

Re: [BackupPC-users] How to Cancel a Restore

2011-06-01 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On Wed, 2011-06-01 at 11:20 -0400, Long V wrote: > I would make it even more explicit by renaming it to "Stop/Dequeue > Backup/Restore". I personally prefer "Whatever you are doing, just stop". :) Tyler -- "Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the hi

Re: [BackupPC-users] ping failures: dhcp clients and different subnets

2011-06-01 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, sorry for the delay, I just found your mail in the depths of my mailbox. Tobias Mayer wrote on 2011-05-19 10:50:49 +0200 [Re: [BackupPC-users] ping failures: dhcp clients and different subnets]: > [...] > Can anyone with knowledge of the code please have a look at this? You don't really nee

Re: [BackupPC-users] How to Cancel a Restore

2011-06-01 Thread Michael Stowe
> Hi, > > My Xfer method is rsync over ssh. BackupPC server is installed on RHEL > 5.4. > > I started to restore a 20G file then I realized I don't need to do it > anymore but can't find a way to cancel the restore. The client is also > RHEL 5.4. > > So how to cancel a restore? > > Thanks, > Long

Re: [BackupPC-users] How to Cancel a Restore

2011-06-01 Thread Long V
Oh ! So that "Stop/Dequeue Backup" button can also cancel the restore ! Clearly the button label is misleading. I would make it even more explicit by renaming it to "Stop/Dequeue Backup/Restore". Thanks all for clarifying. Long On 2011-06-01, at 11:15 AM, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: > On Wed,

Re: [BackupPC-users] How to Cancel a Restore

2011-06-01 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On Wed, 2011-06-01 at 11:02 -0400, Long V wrote: > I have BackupPC version 3.2.0, I don't see any "cancel" button in the > Host Summary page. Do you mean the "Stop/Dequeue Backup" button? "Stop/Dequeue Backup" could use a better label. What it means is "Stop/Dequeue Action, or Delay Scheduled Act

Re: [BackupPC-users] How to Cancel a Restore

2011-06-01 Thread Long V
Hi Michael, I have BackupPC version 3.2.0, I don't see any "cancel" button in the Host Summary page. Do you mean the "Stop/Dequeue Backup" button? In the Host Summary page, the restore action doesn't appear until it has finished (which is too late). The only way I can see there's a restore runn

[BackupPC-users] How to Cancel a Restore

2011-06-01 Thread Long V
Hi, My Xfer method is rsync over ssh. BackupPC server is installed on RHEL 5.4. I started to restore a 20G file then I realized I don't need to do it anymore but can't find a way to cancel the restore. The client is also RHEL 5.4. So how to cancel a restore? Thanks, Long --

[BackupPC-users] python backuppc

2011-06-01 Thread José Vicente
There is any python module to control backuppc? -- Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there

Re: [BackupPC-users] Importing data into backuppc with a chroot

2011-06-01 Thread José Vicente
There is any python module to control backuppc? -- Simplify data backup and recovery for your virtual environment with vRanger. Installation's a snap, and flexible recovery options mean your data is safe, secure and there