Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Pool synchronization?

2013-03-01 Thread Adam Goryachev
On 01/03/13 08:10, Mark Campbell wrote: > > So I'm trying to get a BackupPC pool synced on a daily basis from a > 1TB MD RAID1 array to an external Fireproof drive (with plans to also > sync to a remote server at our collo). I found the script > BackupPC_CopyPcPool.pl by Jeffrey, but the syntax an

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Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC_link got error -4 when calling MakeFileLink

2013-03-01 Thread Les Mikesell
On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 8:41 AM, jdurand wrote: > >> Our BackupPC was installed via source. I tried to mkdir >> /data/BackupPC/pc/test and got permission denied. The full backup that is >> taking 4 days to complete is only 69Gigs/230k files, using tar, and the >> systems do not seem to be "worki

[BackupPC-users] BackupPC_link got error -4 when calling MakeFileLink

2013-03-01 Thread jdurand
Our BackupPC was installed via source. I tried to mkdir /data/BackupPC/pc/test and got permission denied. The full backup that is taking 4 days to complete is only 69Gigs/230k files, using tar, and the systems do not seem to be "working" very hard. +-

[BackupPC-users] BackupPC_link got error -4 when calling MakeFileLink

2013-03-01 Thread jdurand
> > On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 10:41 AM, jdurand > backupcentral.com> wrote: > I have read the Wiki suggestions for this problem. My backups are on a > different disk /mnt/sdb1/backuppc than Backuppc installation so I symlinked > /data/backuppc to /mnt/sdb1/backuppc and am still receiving the e

[BackupPC-users] BackupPC_link got error -4 when calling MakeFileLink

2013-03-01 Thread jdurand
> > On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 10:41 AM, jdurand > backupcentral.com> wrote: > I have read the Wiki suggestions for this problem. My backups are on a > different disk /mnt/sdb1/backuppc than Backuppc installation so I symlinked > /data/backuppc to /mnt/sdb1/backuppc and am still receiving the e

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Pool synchronization?

2013-03-01 Thread John Rouillard
On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 02:26:35PM -0700, Mark Campbell wrote: > I find myself rather surprised that this is a major issue in what is > otherwise a really good enterprise-level backup tool. Syncronizing > backups just seems to be a basic element to the idea of backups in a > corporate environment.

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Pool synchronization?

2013-03-01 Thread Mark Campbell
I find myself rather surprised that this is a major issue in what is otherwise a really good enterprise-level backup tool. Syncronizing backups just seems to be a basic element to the idea of backups in a corporate environment. Should the building that my backup server resides in burns down, g

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Pool synchronization?

2013-03-01 Thread Mark Campbell
Lars, Thanks for the interesting idea! I confess I haven't played with ZFS much (though I've been wanting to for some time), maybe this is the excuse I need ;). Question, taking your model here, and applying it to my situation, how well would this work: BackupPC server, with a RAID1 zpool, w

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backuppc and windows

2013-03-01 Thread Adam Goryachev
On 01/03/13 10:27, Zach Underwood wrote: > > I have been using backuppc now for 3 weeks. I love the way it backups > Linux severs. I also like how easy it installs. But the windows backup > just sucks. Backuppc needs a real windows backup client. The windows > client should be the one that starts t

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Pool synchronization?

2013-03-01 Thread Lars Tobias Skjong-Børsting
Hi, On 3/1/13 12:34 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Mark Campbell > wrote: > >> So I'm trying to get a BackupPC pool synced on a daily basis from a 1TB MD >> RAID1 array to an external Fireproof drive (with plans to also sync to a >> remote server at our collo). > > I

Re: [BackupPC-users] need help with windows backup

2013-03-01 Thread upen
On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Michael Stowe wrote: > > >> On 01/03/13 09:42, upen wrote: >>> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Adam Goryachev >>> wrote: Quick reply, it needs the path to at on the windows machine, not the Linux machine. >>> wow, all this time I thought this was linux

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Pool synchronization?

2013-03-01 Thread John Rouillard
On Fri, Mar 01, 2013 at 04:24:10AM -0600, gregrwm wrote: > i'm using a simple procedure i cooked up to maintain a "third copy" at a > third physical location using as little bandwidth as possible. it simply > looks at each pc/*/backups, selects the most recent full and most recent > incremental (p

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Pool synchronization?

2013-03-01 Thread gregrwm
i'm using a simple procedure i cooked up to maintain a "third copy" at a third physical location using as little bandwidth as possible. it simply looks at each pc/*/backups, selects the most recent full and most recent incremental (plus any partial or /new), and copies them across the wire, togeth

Re: [BackupPC-users] need help with windows backup

2013-03-01 Thread Michael Stowe
> On 01/03/13 09:42, upen wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 3:39 PM, Adam Goryachev >> wrote: >>> Quick reply, it needs the path to at on the windows machine, not the >>> Linux machine. >> wow, all this time I thought this was linux side. Thanks!! >> >> When I do which at on windows, I see , /cy