[BackupPC-users] New user- loads of questions

2009-08-18 Thread Nigel Kendrick
ting up backuppc to not use mod_perl - I have read the docs but am still not getting there. Many thanks Nigel Kendrick -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify yo

Re: [BackupPC-users] New user- loads of questions

2009-08-18 Thread Nigel Kendrick
Holger - thanks for the quick feedback - a few comments and answers below: -Original Message- From: Holger Parplies [mailto:wb...@parplies.de] Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 2:49 PM To: Nigel Kendrick Cc: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] New user

[BackupPC-users] spot-checking backups and rsync on cygwin

2009-08-19 Thread Nigel Kendrick
Morning, Happy to report that first MSSQL 700MB database dump across ADSL took 433 mins to complete and resulted in a 130MB compressed file, but the night's first full backup took 22mins to sync the changes! A few things, then I'll leave you all in peace for a while (maybe!): 1) Spot-checking

Re: [BackupPC-users] spot-checking backups and rsync on cygwin

2009-08-19 Thread Nigel Kendrick
Cheers Adam, All our sites use hardware VPNs between Draytek routers so that load's taken care of. Looks like scheduling's the key here so as you say it's a case of try it and see. With reference to the possible cygwin/rsync file size limit, I am looking at a command-line file splitter that woul

[BackupPC-users] Centos Install not working,

2009-08-21 Thread Nigel Kendrick
hName "Backup Admin" AuthType Basic AuthUserFile /var/lib/backuppc/passwd/htpasswd Require valid-user Any ideas Thanks Nigel Kendrick -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal

[BackupPC-users] FW: Centos Install not working - PROGRESS!

2009-08-22 Thread Nigel Kendrick
stop script for the next release so it picked up the right user from config.pl? Nigel ** Hi, Nigel Kendrick wrote on 2009-08-22 01:08:23 +0100 [[BackupPC-users] Centos Install not working,]: > [...] > I have slogged through various errors to get Backuppc

[BackupPC-users] Anyone with experience of MS-SQL database dumps?

2009-08-25 Thread Nigel Kendrick
tips, thoughts etc.? Thanks Nigel Kendrick -- Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best,

[BackupPC-users] A Question on full backups

2009-08-26 Thread Nigel Kendrick
Hi, I have had a read, but I am none the wiser... I understand that incremental backups are hard-linked delta copies based on the last full backup, but when a new full backup is performed, is this done as a complete new transfer, or are full backups also built from deltas of the last full backu

Re: [BackupPC-users] A Question on full backups

2009-08-26 Thread Nigel Kendrick
-Original Message- From: Les Mikesell [mailto:lesmikes...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 3:58 PM To: General list for user discussion,questions and support Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] A Question on full backups Nigel Kendrick wrote: > Hi, > > I have had a read,

Re: [BackupPC-users] Running BackupPC on a Pentium III/900 MHz

2009-08-27 Thread Nigel Kendrick
-Original Message- From: Koen Linders [mailto:koen.lind...@koca.be] Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 6:39 AM To: 'General list for user discussion,questions and support' Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Running BackupPC on a Pentium III/900 MHz Hello, for a small office with 2 PCs I would

[BackupPC-users] Rsyncd --sparse flag

2009-08-28 Thread Nigel Kendrick
Hi, Does backuppc support the --sparse flag for rsyncd remote backups - searching for answers led me to 'probably not' in an old post. If it is supported, any benefit of using it with my famous database backup dumps? Thanks Nigel -

Re: [BackupPC-users] Anecdote about backup of changing zip files

2009-09-07 Thread Nigel Kendrick
Thanks for the stats on ZIPped MS-SQL db files - that has saved me doing some tests! I will eventually have to backup MS_SQL servers on 31 sites to a number of remote locations and so I am currently experimenting with a number of strategies. At the moment, I am backing up as follows: 1) A nigh

Re: [BackupPC-users] Anecdote about backup of changing zip files

2009-09-10 Thread Nigel Kendrick
Hi Folks, Lively conversation!! A while back, someone asked how the SQL backups are being done - here's my take: Two batch files, two stored procedures and a few command line tools. * The stored procedures were written by an unknown person. One makes a dump of the given database and verifies it

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC on OpenSolaris

2009-09-23 Thread Nigel Kendrick
-Original Message- From: Holger Parplies [mailto:wb...@parplies.de] Sent: Wednesday, September 23, 2009 9:22 AM To: linker3...@googlemail.com Cc: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC on OpenSolaris Hi, Pedro M. S. Oliveira wrote on 2009-09-23 07:

[BackupPC-users] Commas in filenames - a problem?

2009-11-11 Thread Nigel Kendrick
, I may be able to rename all the docs if necessary. Thanks Nigel Nigel Kendrick IT Associate Pet Doctors Ltd Pet Doctors House Drayton Lane, Merston Chichester, West Sussex PO20 1EL Tel (direct): 01555 708 601 Fax: 01243 782 584 General IT support issues should be sent to

Re: [BackupPC-users] Commas in filenames - a problem? UPDATED

2009-11-11 Thread Nigel Kendrick
: Nigel Kendrick [mailto:support-li...@petdoctors.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 3:26 PM To: 'General list for user discussion,questions and support' Subject: [BackupPC-users] Commas in filenames - a problem? Hi, I am trying to backup some documents associated with an old app

Re: [BackupPC-users] Thinking aloud about backup rotation

2010-01-27 Thread Nigel Kendrick
-Original Message- From: Tino Schwarze [mailto:backuppc.li...@tisc.de] Sent: 27 January 2010 11:27 To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Thinking aloud about backup rotation Hi, On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 10:33:48AM -, PD Support wrote: There is an e

[BackupPC-users] Splitting large files - follow up

2010-02-12 Thread Nigel Kendrick
I got some good advice from you guys on the pros and cons of splitting large files (MS-SQL database dumps) for backups and in return here's my findings: 1) Backing up one large file or lots of .part files takes about the same amount of time, as expected, due to rsync only copying changes