[BackupPC-users] new to backuppc

2008-12-19 Thread anandx
dan wrote: > I'll also add that you can start backups from the command line on the > backuppc server which allows backups to be scheduled via cron. You can mix > and match schedulers too. You can use the built in scheduler for daily > incrementals and use cron to schedule backups on specific d

[BackupPC-users] new to backuppc

2008-12-19 Thread anandx
Max Hetrick wrote: > anandx wrote: > > <http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/BackupPC> > Ok now i am stuck here. As per your guide, it says the following: "Click on the Edit Hosts tab and then the Add button." The problem is that i don't see any Edit Hosts tab,

[BackupPC-users] new to backuppc

2008-12-19 Thread anandx
Bowie Bailey wrote: > anandx wrote: > > > > > I guess on all the windows nodes, i would need to install > > cygwin+rsync. > > > > You can also use Samba to backup a Windows share. What I do on my > Windows boxes is create a read-only drive share that i

[BackupPC-users] new to backuppc

2008-12-19 Thread anandx
Hi Cody, Cody Dunne wrote: > Hi Anandx, > > anandx wrote: > > Yes, rsyncd doesn't encrypt the file transfer and the authentication is > less secure than ssh. You can allay these by setting up rsyncd to only > allow local connections and then using an ssh tunnel

[BackupPC-users] new to backuppc

2008-12-19 Thread anandx
Max Hetrick wrote: > anandx wrote: > I can't help much with the Windows host setup, but I just put a guide up > on the CentOS wiki explaining installation on CentOS using rsync to > backup other Linux clients through rsync. > > <http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Backu

[BackupPC-users] new to backuppc

2008-12-19 Thread anandx
Adam Goryachev wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > anandx wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Is there any newbie guide to setup backuppc ? I wish to setup the > > same on centos5.2 server. > > > > Did you read the docu

[BackupPC-users] new to backuppc

2008-12-18 Thread anandx
Hi, Is there any newbie guide to setup backuppc ? I wish to setup the same on centos5.2 server. I guess on all the windows nodes, i would need to install cygwin+rsync. But how does the client initiate the backups ? Can i configure it to backup once a day or during logout/ shutdown ? OR is it

[BackupPC-users] Native Window version of rsync

2008-12-18 Thread anandx
Hi, Is there any update on the release of this software ? Thanks. +-- |This was sent by anand...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +-