[BackupPC-users] UPDATED: Simple server side embedded config file to allow full shadow backups - WMIC deprecation and removal

2025-07-10 Thread Dale King
Further to Jeff Kosowsky's wonderful server side support for client VSS snapshots [1] and with the deprectation and removal of WMIC from new Windows 11 builds [2], I've gone ahead and updated the commands to use Powershell instead of WMIC. I haven't found a way to use Jeff's scripts with rsyncd,

Re: [BackupPC-users] missing pool.rrd on BackupPC 3.2 on SL 6.1

2011-11-30 Thread Dale King
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 08:23:04AM +, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: > The pool.rrd and graph are a patch normally provided with the Debian > package. It may not exist in the package in the EPEL repo. If you don't mind modifying your iinstallation files directly, you can install rrd and grab the debia

Re: [BackupPC-users] How to restore an 8GB archive file?

2011-04-14 Thread Dale King
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 08:33:10AM +0200, Sorin Srbu wrote: > >-Original Message- > > OTOH, ext3 is said to have a max file size limit from about 16GB up to some > 2TB, > depending on block size. So why I would have a problem with an 8GB file is > anybody's guess. I don't think you had a

Re: [BackupPC-users] Don't use rsync -H!! (was Re: copying the pool to a new filesystem?!)

2010-12-07 Thread Dale King
On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 12:38:00AM -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 07:58:05AM +, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: > > On Mon, 2010-12-06 at 10:51 -0800, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > > > IME it's *much* faster that way; you do BackupPC_TarPCCopy, and > > > then rsync the cpoll *witho

Re: [BackupPC-users] tar on localhost (and shell escaping)

2010-11-16 Thread Dale King
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 09:00:10AM -0500, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: > If you are on the same machine, you can do directly without ssh > by using sudo (and you can protect a little more by setting up sodoers > properly). Then there is no compression for the local machine... > > $Conf{RsyncClientCm

Re: [BackupPC-users] I broke my cgi interface! :(

2010-03-25 Thread Dale King
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 10:12:15PM +0200, Jaco Meintjes wrote: > Couldn't execute /opt/backuppc/files/conf/config.pl: [Thu Mar 25 > 16:33:48 2010] BackupPC_Admin: Illegal division by zero at > /opt/backuppc/files/conf/config.pl line 64. > > How do I fix this? Start by looking at line 64 in /opt

Re: [BackupPC-users] Sending Email Summary

2009-11-13 Thread Dale King
On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 06:32:51PM +, William sani wrote: > Anyone? Like this?: http://www.mail-archive.com/backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg05788.html -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crysta

Re: [BackupPC-users] Is there a way to get better reporting on failed backups?

2008-12-07 Thread Dale King
On Sun, Dec 07, 2008 at 02:08:33PM -0500, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: > One of Windows backps has now failed consecutively about 20 times in > the last 2 days with the message: > Got fatal error during xfer (Child exited prematurely) > I am not getting any email messages about these failures a

Re: [BackupPC-users] Child Exited Prematurely

2008-11-18 Thread Dale King
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 07:02:09PM +, James Sefton wrote: > The log on the windows server is: > > 2008/11/18 17:46:05 [3252] connect from UNKNOWN (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) > > 2008/11/18 17:46:05 [3252] rsync on . from [EMAIL PROTECTED] (xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) > > 2008/11/18 17:46:05 [3252] building file

Re: [BackupPC-users] rm command does not work in ArchivePreUserCmd

2008-10-23 Thread Dale King
On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 03:51:55AM +1300, Peter McKenna wrote: > Tried that, but no difference. > Executing ArchivePreUserCmd: /usr/local/bin/archivepreusercmd.sh > > rm: cannot remove `/archives/*': No such file or directory > Archive failed: ArchivePreUserCmd returned error status 256 Sounds li

Re: [BackupPC-users] Update 3.0.0 -> 3.1.0 debian

2008-03-12 Thread Dale King
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 11:16:17AM +0100, Martin Leben wrote: > When upgrading a Debian package the package is NOT allowed to silently make > changes to config files. You should get a question about whether you want to > keep your file, replace with the new, diff them or escape to a shell. > > W

Re: [BackupPC-users] Update 3.0.0 -> 3.1.0 debian

2008-03-11 Thread Dale King
On Fri, Jan 04, 2008 at 09:34:42AM +0100, Nils Breunese (Lemonbit) wrote: > Jon S. wrote: > > > I kept my old config.pl when it asked if I wanted it replaced. I take > > it the configuration parameters are the same, just the access to them > > from the CGI interface has changed somewhat. > > I a

Re: [BackupPC-users] Server hardware upgrade => backuppc failures, but why?

2007-12-09 Thread Dale King
On Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 05:30:56PM -0800, Jason & Renata Sommerville wrote: > Hello, > > I recently upgraded my server's motherboard twice in rapid succession. After > the first upgrade, things were hunky-dory. After the second, backuppc refuses > to, well, backup any PCs. snip > /bin/tar: -: Ca

Re: [BackupPC-users] Debian Lenny as backuppc server?

2007-07-12 Thread Dale King
On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 12:05:39PM -0400, Rob Owens wrote: > I'd welcome any other suggestions. My preference is to use a > pre-packaged version of 3.0, so I'd consider any distro that has one. I > have a slight preference for debian-based distros, though. I use etch/stable for the base system a

Re: [BackupPC-users] email notification

2007-06-06 Thread Dale King
On Wed, Jun 06, 2007 at 10:51:08AM -0400, Randy Grugan wrote: > I attempted to search the email list archives but they appear to be > not working properly. I have Backuppc working smoothly now for some > time but I have not been able to get the email notification function > to work. I am hoping to

Re: [BackupPC-users] How can I email the "Host Summary" weekly?

2006-08-29 Thread Dale King
Rick Doerr CK-Consulting.net> writes: > I manage more that a dozen BackupPC boxes running on SME server, at > various clients. > I currently get emails when things need attention, but I'd like to see > the "Host Summary" page once a week via email. > Can anyone help me figure out how to email