[BackupPC-users] Question on using NAS for Pool

2016-08-05 Thread john boris
I searched the archives for using a Synology but haven't found the answer. I have a Synology RS815 that I want to use as my storage unit while running Backuppc on aanother LINUX Server. Since all of the data, logs and config files are in /var/lib/backuppc on the server running backuppc how does on

Re: [BackupPC-users] Configuration parameters for ubuntu client

2011-03-15 Thread John BORIS
tamas, backuppcuser is that the user on the backuppc server or the user on the client? John J. Boris, Sr. >>> Papp Tamas 3/15/2011 2:41 PM >>> On 03/15/2011 07:09 PM, John BORIS wrote: > I am trying to modify the settings for backing up a Ubuntu client using > tar.

[BackupPC-users] Configuration parameters for ubuntu client

2011-03-15 Thread John BORIS
I am trying to modify the settings for backing up a Ubuntu client using tar. Does anyone on the list have a pointer to a document that shows the correct way to include the sudo command in the proper spot. I am assuming one would have to use ssh keys for this to work. TIA John J. Boris, Sr. JEN-

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bare metal restore

2010-05-10 Thread John BORIS
I would like to just clarify why I do it this way. When I first took this job we did just that. get out the OS disks, rebuild the File Systems, then do a restore from the tapes. It took us an entire day. I also had to rebuild all of my user accounts and printers and shares as the process they had b

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bare metal restore

2010-05-10 Thread John BORIS
Flavio, That is fine, whatever floats your boat. ;-) I have small systems and am by myself so this works for me. John J. Boris, Sr. JEN-A-SyS Administrator Archdiocese of Philadelphia 222 North 17th Street Philadelphia, Pa. 19103 Tel: 215-965-1714 Fax: 215-587-3525 "Remember! That light at the en

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bare metal restore

2010-05-10 Thread John BORIS
. John Boris Archdiocese of Philadelphia >>> "Boniforti Flavio" 05/10/10 8:02 AM >>> Hello list... I was wondering if I may be doing some sort of "bare metal restore" of a Linux server, if I'd be backing it up *completely* on my backuppc server. What

Re: [BackupPC-users] Best way to backup Windows clients?

2010-05-06 Thread John BORIS
Kris, In my setup I would have loved to just use the mounts but security issues here put a stop to that so I had to go to rsync. That has worked on my Windows XP and Server 2003 machines but I am having issues with my Server 2008 machines but that may be another firewall and security issue. I am by

Re: [BackupPC-users] Excluding Directories

2010-05-06 Thread John BORIS
It does for me. On Thu, 2010-05-06 at 11:52 -0400, John BORIS wrote: > I copied these from my config file which is edited through the web > interface. So the web interface has a bug > > John J. Boris, Sr. > JEN-A-SyS Administrator > Archdiocese of Philadelphia > "Rememb

Re: [BackupPC-users] Excluding Directories

2010-05-06 Thread John BORIS
I copied these from my config file which is edited through the web interface. So the web interface has a bug John J. Boris, Sr. JEN-A-SyS Administrator Archdiocese of Philadelphia "Remember! That light at the end of the tunnel Just might be the headlight of an oncoming train!" >>> Ed McDonagh 5/

[BackupPC-users] Excluding Directories

2010-05-06 Thread John BORIS
In checking my logs on my new installation I see that /proc is being backed up while I have it in the Exclude portion of the config. I had it in that section as /proc and as ./proc and both of these continue to be backed up each night causing me a ton of error messages. $Conf{BackupFilesExclude}

Re: [BackupPC-users] Anyone get rsyncd to work on Windows Server 2008

2010-03-31 Thread John BORIS
I verified that rsyncd is running on the server but I am getting Inet Connection refused which probably means there is a firewall issue. I can ping the server from the BackupPC server but that only means the server is live and ICMP packets are getting to the server. I have to go through two firewal

Re: [BackupPC-users] Anyone get rsyncd to work on Windows Server 2008

2010-03-30 Thread John BORIS
Thanks I verified it is running but there must be some other reason that the connection is being refused. I turned off the firewall just to see if that was causing it but I still get Inet connection refused. Has to be something else on the system that is blocking the port. John J. Boris, Sr. JEN-A

[BackupPC-users] Anyone get rsyncd to work on Windows Server 2008

2010-03-30 Thread John BORIS
I have BackupPC working just fine on my Xp Workstations and Windows Server 2003 boxes using rsyncd. cygwin-rsyncd-2.6.8_0: Rsyncd for Cygwin When I try to setup rsyncd on my Windows Server 2008 box it looks like rsyncd although it installed as a service and looks like it started it doesn't seem t

Re: [BackupPC-users] Alternative way to check if Host is alive -- can't use Ping

2010-03-30 Thread John BORIS
unnel Just might be the headlight of an oncoming train!" >>> Les Mikesell 3/30/2010 12:50 PM >>> On 3/30/2010 11:31 AM, John BORIS wrote: > All of the suggestions will work but has anyone setup BackupPC to use something other than Ping to see if the host is alive? I ha

Re: [BackupPC-users] Alternative way to check if Host is alive -- can't use Ping

2010-03-30 Thread John BORIS
t;Remember! That light at the end of the tunnel Just might be the headlight of an oncoming train!" >>> Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom 3/30/2010 11:59 AM >>> On 03/30 11:37 , John BORIS wrote: > In my setup ICMP packets are dropped by the firewall in front of the > machine I ne

Re: [BackupPC-users] Alternative way to check if Host is alive -- can't use Ping

2010-03-30 Thread John BORIS
All of the suggestions will work but has anyone setup BackupPC to use something other than Ping to see if the host is alive? I have telnet available and someone else suggested httping but the ping command is used to send a few requests to just test the machine. I don't see anything in the Backup

[BackupPC-users] Alternative way to check if Host is alive -- can't use Ping

2010-03-30 Thread John BORIS
In my setup ICMP packets are dropped by the firewall in front of the machine I need to backup. I have been searching for alternatives but haven't found anything yet. Any pointers to a fix? Any other way to let BackupPC know he machine is alive? John J. Boris, Sr. JEN-A-SyS Administrator Archdioces

Re: [BackupPC-users] Installing on Red Hat Enterprise

2010-03-26 Thread John BORIS
Thanks to all of your help. I have it installed and working. John J. Boris, Sr. JEN-A-SyS Administrator Archdiocese of Philadelphia "Remember! That light at the end of the tunnel Just might be the headlight of an oncoming train!" >>> Les Mikesell 3/26/2010 1:51 PM >>> Yum doesn't track things

Re: [BackupPC-users] Installing on Red Hat Enterprise

2010-03-26 Thread John BORIS
Okay I think I got things a bit screwed up and I am trying to clear things out and start over. I installed the epel repository but now I get this when I try to do a yum install BackupPC Transaction Check Error: file /etc/BackupPC/config.pl from install of BackupPC-3.1.0-5.el5.noarch conflicts wi

Re: [BackupPC-users] Installing on Red Hat Enterprise

2010-03-26 Thread John BORIS
John J. Boris, Sr. JEN-A-SyS Administrator Archdiocese of Philadelphia "Remember! That light at the end of the tunnel Just might be the headlight of an oncoming train!" >>> Josh Malone 3/26/2010 11:15 AM >>> >Is the backuppc process running? Yes backuppc 6534 1 0 09:59 ?00:00:00

[BackupPC-users] Installing on Red Hat Enterprise

2010-03-26 Thread John BORIS
I am trying to get BackupPC installed on Red Hat Enterprise. I downloaded the latest file from sourceforge BackupPC-3.2.0beta1.tar.gz Following the directions in the documents I ran perl configure.pl I used all of the default settings. When I was finished I then copied the linux-backuppc file f

[BackupPC-users] Install issues BackupPC on RHEL5

2010-03-18 Thread John BORIS
I am trying to get BackupPC installed correctly on RHEL 5. The install proceeds just fine without errors but the Apache side was not installed properly. The httpd.conf does not include the proper information so it is not pointing to the correct directory structure and the authentication is not corr

Re: [BackupPC-users] No Admin Options appearing on main page

2010-03-17 Thread John BORIS
t;> Les Mikesell 3/17/2010 3:02 PM >>> On 3/17/2010 12:37 PM, John BORIS wrote: > I have a new install on RHEL 5 and I am using the CGI interface. When I > go to mydomain.com/BackupPC I get a directory listing. If I go to > mydomain.com/cgi-bin/BackupPC_admin I get the Serve

[BackupPC-users] No Admin Options appearing on main page

2010-03-17 Thread John BORIS
I have a new install on RHEL 5 and I am using the CGI interface. When I go to mydomain.com/BackupPC I get a directory listing. If I go to mydomain.com/cgi-bin/BackupPC_admin I get the Server Status page but no options in the side bar. All I see are Status, Host Summary, Documentation, Wiki and Sour