[BackupPC-users] XP rsync SLOW and fails

2009-09-03 Thread brianbe2
Thanks Michael, I will go back to 6.97 on the full period and watch what happens. Another reason why this board is so wonderful is that I get to learn from others experisnce. Been to several of Curtis Preston's seminars and I will likely apply all that he recommends over time :) Thanks agai

[BackupPC-users] XP rsync SLOW and fails

2009-09-03 Thread brianbe2
Hello Tino, Thank you for bringing that to my attention. I have full period set to 29.67 with all other parameters as default except for full keep count as 2. Inrementals are all default. Blackouts set to zero for the laptops so I can specify the hours tailored to each user. Reason for the Fu

[BackupPC-users] XP rsync SLOW and fails

2009-09-03 Thread brianbe2
Welp, I'm not REALLY sure what I did, but I had all of half an hour to tinker with the bosses laptop. I tried newer matching versions of rsync and cygwin1 as taken from other packages mentioned previously and tried them on the stock c:\rsyncd folder distribution. They didn't work too well as th

[BackupPC-users] XP rsync SLOW and fails

2009-08-31 Thread brianbe2
Thank you Michael, I will look deeper into VSS and hope it helps in this case, from what you've said I will trust that it will resolve the hung processing due to open PST's. Brian +-- |This was sent by bbett...@alfseed.com via

[BackupPC-users] XP rsync SLOW and fails

2009-08-31 Thread brianbe2
Hello Michael, No, I haven't implemented Volume Shadow Copy on this user. Getting time on her laptop is very difficult, even for configuration purposes. She has Outlook open during every backup with at least two very large, around 1.5 GB, .pst's. Let me ask you all if this scenario works; The

[BackupPC-users] Backups fail on some XP laptops after running for hours

2009-08-18 Thread brianbe2
Installed BackupPC a few months ago. After creating all users using one as a template for the rest I would think they'd all behave the same. Tested the rsync on all the laptops initially and had pretty good results. About a week later my bosses laptop, scheduled for an incremental, began backi