[BackupPC-users] Regarding $Conf{RsyncArgs}

2020-11-02 Thread Bob Wooden
rgsExtra} = []; Especially for restore purposes? -- (Sent from home location.) Bob Wooden ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://

[BackupPC-users] Thank you far an easier installation

2020-06-02 Thread Bob Wooden
and various other build processes, one of the Linux distros has "caught up" to a current version of BackupPC (4.3.2) in one of their repos. (Not throwing "stones" at any of the other distros. Just sharing information.) -- ^^

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC opinion

2020-01-17 Thread Bob Wooden
! Your the best!!) ^^ Thank you for your business. Bob Wooden Donelson Trophy (d) 615.885.2846 (tf) 844dtrophy (844.387.6749) HOURS: M-F, 9a-5p On 1/17/2020 9:48 AM, Gandalf Corvotempesta wrote: Just a useless email but.. BackupPC is *BY FAR* the best backup software ever made. I'm u

Re: [BackupPC-users] home directory empty

2019-09-30 Thread Bob Wooden
ms by excluding that default rsync flag. The question about which overrides what in the include/exclude lists doesn't come into play unless you're actually scanning the /home partit ion. See the docs for specifics regarding that once you get your partition to scan. Hope this helps! O

Re: [BackupPC-users] home directory empty

2019-09-30 Thread Bob Wooden
on you either need to remove that setting, or add the /home partition as a backup Target in addition to /. Whichever is your best option is up to you. On Sep 29, 2019 06:27, Bob Wooden wrote: Thanks, Michael. Sorry, not clear if I am to run "rsync --one-file-system" as root from c

Re: [BackupPC-users] home directory empty

2019-09-29 Thread Bob Wooden
Thanks, Michael. Sorry, not clear if I am to run "rsync --one-file-system" as root from command line? The "--one-file-system" is listed in 'RsyncArgs'? On 9/28/19 10:50 AM, Michael Stowe wrote: rsync --one-file-system ___ BackupPC-users mailing

[BackupPC-users] home directory empty

2019-09-28 Thread Bob Wooden
I recently built (on newer hardware) a BackupPC v.4.3.1 on CentOS 7 using hobbes1069/BackupPC repo. Letting BackupPC do backups and time has passed (couple of weeks) and this morning I discover, while "browsing backups" that the /home directory is empty on one (2) if the clients and are NOT be

[BackupPC-users] cannot get backuppc to wol a client

2011-01-10 Thread Bob Wooden
sh [client-macaddress] [wait-time] $hostIP I also changed (per the suggestion of posting related to this one) the 'PingPath' to /bin/echo. I wish the archives were easier to search, but alas they are not. Is there any posting a little more current available? And/or what have I done wr

Re: [BackupPC-users] client hangs

2011-01-03 Thread Bob Wooden
for > more information. > > - R. > -- Bob Wooden Nashville, TN "Not a windoze user!" -- Learn how Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) One Node allows customers to consolidate database storage, standard

Re: [BackupPC-users] client hangs

2011-01-02 Thread Bob Wooden
Thank you, Gene. On 01/02/2011 02:30 PM, Gene Cooper wrote: >> snip<< ssh-keyscan -t rsa [changed to [changed to myremotehostname]>> ~backuppc/.ssh/known_hosts I ran this and tried my troubleshooting line. It still hung, just at a new spot in the code. >

[BackupPC-users] client hangs

2011-01-02 Thread Bob Wooden
ngs with a blinking cursor on the next line down. I run /top/ on server and backuppc processes are NOT running nor is ssh. I can force the cursor to release with a couple of strokes of "Ctrl+'letter' c". Any ideas what I should do? -- Bob Wooden Nashville, TN &quo

[BackupPC-users] tar backup Smoothwall box

2010-10-28 Thread Bob Wooden
d before. With Linux, there are so many ways to 'get it done'. Now, having spent a couple days scratching my head and burning my brain out solving this, what does anyone think? For being pretty much a novice, how did I do? -- Bob Wooden Nashville, TN "Enjoying life at my best!

Re: [BackupPC-users] generate first backup

2010-07-06 Thread Bob Wooden
h password, thereby causing the server acceptance and places the correct host info into the server known_host file. Then ssh becomes fully passwordless access and BackupPC can function properly. Thanks again, all. On 07/06/2010 12:45 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On 7/5/2010 7:53 AM, Bob

Re: [BackupPC-users] generate first backup

2010-07-05 Thread Bob Wooden
On 07/04/2010 04:03 PM, Matthias Meyer wrote: > Bob Wooden wrote: > > >> On the server, I would run the troubleshoot command: >> >> 'sudo -u backuppc /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_dump -v -f >> [backupclient]' >> >> >>

[BackupPC-users] generate first backup

2010-07-03 Thread Bob Wooden
is there an easier way? Does everyone have to run their first backup by the command troubleshoot line, like I did? -- Bob Wooden Nashville, TN "Enjoying life at my best!" -- This SF.net email is sponsored b

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bare metal restore

2010-05-11 Thread Bob Wooden
Boniforti, You are correct, Clonezilla will not resize a partition. When replacing a hard drive, I usually get a larger capacity drive, restore and then resize it with Gparted on a Knoppix live cd. Bob Wooden Boniforti Flavio wrote: > Hy Bob... > > [cut] > > >> My s

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bare metal restore

2010-05-10 Thread Bob Wooden
company IT people what me to tell them how I can backup her laptop without loading any software onto it, company policy and all. When I mentioned 'live cd' the IT people said, "ok, no problem.") -- Bo

Re: [BackupPC-users] long rsync backup time

2010-01-31 Thread Bob Wooden
Ok, let us try one question at a time for now. I had written in my first post: > I have manually run: > > "sudo -u backuppc /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_dump -v -f backupclient" > > > and I get confused as I am seeing /proc and /dev stuff in the verbose > output. Is backuppc backing up those

Re: [BackupPC-users] long rsync backup time

2010-01-31 Thread Bob Wooden
Thanks Dad, dan wrote: > > Any thoughts on why it is taking so long? > > > what are the specs on the backup server and the client? CPU & RAM > specifically. server: P3-1.0GHz, 384Mb RAM server is also the nfs server for two clients in my house. So, minimal load while running as nfs se

[BackupPC-users] long rsync backup time

2010-01-31 Thread Bob Wooden
I am new to backuppc. I got my first rsync backuppc client to run but, it takes a long time (5GB data, 15 hours and I stopped it.) I have excluded: '/proc', '/dev', '/tmp', '/mnt', '/media', '/sys', '/lost+found', '/usr/src', '/var/lib', '/var/tmp', '/var/cache', '/var/spool', '/var/run', '/va