[BackupPC-users] Hardware for BackupPC

2015-05-19 Thread Demon
hi, i did this job a few days ago. i tried to use the disk management built-in tool to backup, but the operation is so complicated and i was confused. later, my friend told me that i can backup with the help of professional tools. and i took her idea. many backup tool can download the free edit

Re: [BackupPC-users] manual start backup on dhcp laptop

2015-05-19 Thread Les Mikesell
On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 2:23 PM, zdravko wrote: > Finally! > It started once I've put IP into ClientNameAlias and I hardcoded the > smbclient command. > At least. Usually it is the other way around - that is, manually connecting to the web interface and starting a backup from the dhcp-connected

[BackupPC-users] manual start backup on dhcp laptop

2015-05-19 Thread zdravko
Finally! It started once I've put IP into ClientNameAlias and I hardcoded the smbclient command. At least. Thanks for your help. Zdravko +-- |This was sent by zdravko.balo...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@

[BackupPC-users] manual start backup on dhcp laptop

2015-05-19 Thread zdravko
But, then, if I set IP as a hostname, smbclient fails. Command /usr/bin/smbclient 192.168.55.1\\C -U zdravko -E -d 1 says session request to 192.168.55.1 failed (Called name not present) But even if it worked, another PC at this IP (as it is dhcp) would overwrite backup. huh! It seems to be

Re: [BackupPC-users] manual start backup on dhcp laptop

2015-05-19 Thread Kris Lou
The easy way is to name the host (in BackupPC) with the IP Address. Otherwise, use the ClientNameAlias. http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#_conf_clientnamealias_ Kris Lou k...@themusiclink.net On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 9:16 AM, zdravko wrote: > I am not sure I understand this but

[BackupPC-users] manual start backup on dhcp laptop

2015-05-19 Thread zdravko
I am not sure I understand this but it doesn't work in my configuration. Server is on network 192.168.0 while client has IP 192.168.55.1. I don't see a way to configure this IP into bakupPC. When run from browser with dhcp set, backupPC finds wrong IP, that is the gateway IP: 192.168.0.225 whic