Re: [BackupPC-users] simplest way to back-up to a remote share?

2012-01-24 Thread hansbkk
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 8:38 PM, Ivanus, Radu wrote: > > > I need to backup a network share called \\domain\folder to another network > share called \\ip\folder (different from the 1st one). > > ** > In other words, if a simple single-instance copy to that specific target is the primary goal,

Re: [BackupPC-users] Achiving localhost using tar

2012-01-24 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 01/24 03:09 , Kenneth L. Owen wrote: > But, I do have another question. Do I need to remove the old tar > history for localhost? I don't trust any of the data anyway and it will > free the storage. You will likely free less space than you think. This is due to the fact that BackupPC 'pools' (

Re: [BackupPC-users] Achiving localhost using tar

2012-01-24 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 2:09 PM, Kenneth L. Owen wrote: > Hi Les & Carl, > > I was pre-mature in thinking that the problem was solved.  I am still > getting the same result:  No files transferred. > > I will rework the archiver system to switch from tar to rsync transfer. > I believe that this wil

Re: [BackupPC-users] simplest way to back-up to a remote share?

2012-01-24 Thread Arnold Krille
On Tuesday 24 January 2012 14:38:28 Ivanus, Radu wrote: > I configured backuppc on a Ubuntu server machine. > All fine, but I'm having a hard time with the following scenario: > I need to backup a network share called \\domain\folder to another > network share called \\ip\folder (different from >

Re: [BackupPC-users] Achiving localhost using tar

2012-01-24 Thread Kenneth L. Owen
Hi Les & Carl, I was pre-mature in thinking that the problem was solved. I am still getting the same result: No files transferred. I will rework the archiver system to switch from tar to rsync transfer. I believe that this will work as the rsync method is working on all other hosts. But, I do

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupFileExclude and rsync

2012-01-24 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 7:23 AM, Michael Below wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to exclude some directories from a backup, using the web > interface. What's the proper way to do this? I tried entering the full > path on the left, as a key, and entering it on the left and on the > right, as key and val

Re: [BackupPC-users] simplest way to back-up to a remote share?

2012-01-24 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Ivanus, Radu wrote: > > I configured backuppc on a Ubuntu server machine. > All fine, but I’m having a hard time with the following scenario: > > I need to backup a network share called \\domain\folder to another network > share called \\ip\folder (different from t

[BackupPC-users] simplest way to back-up to a remote share?

2012-01-24 Thread Ivanus, Radu
Hi all, I configured backuppc on a Ubuntu server machine. All fine, but I'm having a hard time with the following scenario: I need to backup a network share called \\domain\folder to another network share called \\ip\folder (different from the 1st one). What is the best way to do

[BackupPC-users] BackupFileExclude and rsync

2012-01-24 Thread Michael Below
Hi, I am trying to exclude some directories from a backup, using the web interface. What's the proper way to do this? I tried entering the full path on the left, as a key, and entering it on the left and on the right, as key and value, both to no success. Inspired by an old mailing list post I the

Re: [BackupPC-users] Stopping BackupPC_nightly

2012-01-24 Thread Emmanuel Lacour
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 12:36:45PM -0500, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > On 01/23 10:30 , Emmanuel Lacour wrote: > > what's the best way to stop running BackupPC_nightly? Is it safe to kill > > those processes? > > I think I've killed them without any observed ill effects. (YMMV). > I presume yo