Re: [BackupPC-users] Issues with DDNS and DHCP

2012-03-28 Thread Tim Fletcher
On 28/03/12 18:34, Michael Coffman wrote: If you can ping .local then you might have a chance to make it work as the machine (normally) is the one that is replying to the mDNS request. Not usually. When they get bollixed up, DNS does not always have an IP for the original nam

Re: [BackupPC-users] Archive function

2012-03-28 Thread Les Mikesell
2012/3/27 Philip Kimgård : > Hi again! Sorry I couldn't awnser you any sooner. This solved the problem, > allthough another one showed up, maybe this is more of a problem with the > BackupPC_archive(start?) function, the files don't get compressed. I did > some searches online and tested to edit th

Re: [BackupPC-users] backing up a linux system to separate drive

2012-03-28 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 1:18 AM, Jurie Botha wrote: > > I did the following: > > After changing the TOPDIR variable, you need to copy the files from the > original backup location to the drive that you want to backup to using the > following  command: cp -a -R ... > > > Also make sure your per

Re: [BackupPC-users] Issues with DDNS and DHCP

2012-03-28 Thread Michael Coffman
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Tim Fletcher wrote: > On Wed, 2012-03-28 at 09:44 -0600, Michael Coffman wrote: > > Hello, > > > > We have been using backuppc with great success until recently. > > > > Our company has been mucking around with DHCP and DDNS configuration > > to support users migr

Re: [BackupPC-users] Issues with DDNS and DHCP

2012-03-28 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Michael Coffman wrote: > Our company has been mucking around with DHCP and DDNS configuration to > support users migrating from a remote login to wireless to hardwired  ( I > have not control or authority into this environment). > > The end result is that backuppc

Re: [BackupPC-users] Issues with DDNS and DHCP

2012-03-28 Thread Tim Fletcher
On 28 Mar 2012, at 18:01, "Tyler J. Wagner" wrote: > On 2012-03-28 17:58, Tim Fletcher wrote: >>> mDNS works great for us. However, we also use normal DHCP+DNS integration >>> for hosts outside the backup server's LAN (where mDNS doesn't reach). >> >> Would an avahi reflector help you reach thos

Re: [BackupPC-users] Issues with DDNS and DHCP

2012-03-28 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On 2012-03-28 17:58, Tim Fletcher wrote: >> mDNS works great for us. However, we also use normal DHCP+DNS integration >> for hosts outside the backup server's LAN (where mDNS doesn't reach). > > Would an avahi reflector help you reach those remote hosts? I hadn't even considered that. That might

Re: [BackupPC-users] Issues with DDNS and DHCP

2012-03-28 Thread Tim Fletcher
On 28 Mar 2012, at 17:49, "Tyler J. Wagner" wrote: > On 2012-03-28 17:26, Tim Fletcher wrote: >> Can you use mDNS aka Bonjour aka Avahi depending on the flavor of the >> implementation? >> >> If you can ping .local then you might have a chance to make >> it work as the machine (normally) is the

Re: [BackupPC-users] Issues with DDNS and DHCP

2012-03-28 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On 2012-03-28 17:26, Tim Fletcher wrote: > Can you use mDNS aka Bonjour aka Avahi depending on the flavor of the > implementation? > > If you can ping .local then you might have a chance to make > it work as the machine (normally) is the one that is replying to the > mDNS request. mDNS works grea

Re: [BackupPC-users] Issues with DDNS and DHCP

2012-03-28 Thread Tim Fletcher
On Wed, 2012-03-28 at 09:44 -0600, Michael Coffman wrote: > Hello, > > We have been using backuppc with great success until recently. > > Our company has been mucking around with DHCP and DDNS configuration > to support users migrating from a remote login to wireless to > hardwired ( I have n

[BackupPC-users] Issues with DDNS and DHCP

2012-03-28 Thread Michael Coffman
Hello, We have been using backuppc with great success until recently. Our company has been mucking around with DHCP and DDNS configuration to support users migrating from a remote login to wireless to hardwired ( I have not control or authority into this environment). The end result is that bac

Re: [BackupPC-users] Como guardar Backup diaririos completos por un año.

2012-03-28 Thread Eduardo Díaz Rodríguez
Hi Edwin This is a English list.. please read: http://www.sindominio.net/ayuda/preguntas-inteligentes.html Saludos! On 2012-03-28 03:48, Edwin Felipe Arciniegas Cuellar wrote: > Hola > > Como puedo configurar los parametros del Schedule para guardar copias > completas todos los dias d