Re: [BackupPC-users] tarExtract: Unexpected end of tar archive

2021-07-02 Thread Phil Kennedy
broken) backed up versus the actual number of files moved. There is a workaround to get samba going again, but I can't seem to recreate the search terms I used to find the fix. (Apologies if I'm confusing a separate issue with the one OP brought up.) ~Phil On Fri, Jul 2, 2021, 6:37 PM

Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to connect on port -1

2020-06-29 Thread Phil Kennedy
a synology NAS (I've gone through a couple, issue happened on an old WD nas as well) would cause a load average spike that would make Backuppc appear unstable, so my default for many years has been nolock. ~Phil On Sun, Jun 28, 2020, 6:45 PM Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users &

[BackupPC-users] Unable to connect on port -1

2020-06-27 Thread Phil Kennedy
ib/log, but the instance doesn't stay running for very long (minutes to an hour or two), and the LOG isn't giving me much data. On top of that, deleting those files doesn't always let the service restart. Thoughts? This box lives a pretty stagnent life, nothing te

Re: [BackupPC-users] ssh and Mac 10.12 Sierra

2016-11-29 Thread Phil Kennedy
authentication. ~Phil On Nov 29, 2016 11:42 AM, "Michael Conner" wrote: > I maintain a BackupPC system for our small museum, backing up about 10 > computers, mostly Windows. BPC is version 3.3.1, running on Centos 7. I > just upgraded to Centos 7 earlier this year and got everyth

Re: [BackupPC-users] Question on using NAS for Pool

2016-08-05 Thread Phil Kennedy
onsiveness issues with backuppc, you may want to change the fstab entry for the NFS mount point to use the "nolock" option ~Phil On Aug 5, 2016 2:05 PM, "john boris" wrote: > I searched the archives for using a Synology but haven't found the answer. > I have a Synolo

Re: [BackupPC-users] I download zip and tar corrupt archive when i want to restore several files (on centos 5 with backuppc 3.30)

2016-06-06 Thread Phil Markham
t be the issue. Kris Lou k...@themusiclink.net On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Phil markham wrote: >What OS is the system where you are saving the zip files? I save the file on windows (7 or 8.1 or 10), >How do you determine the files are corrupt? The file are corrupt because the arch

Re: [BackupPC-users] I download zip and tar corrupt archive when i want to restore several files (on centos 5 with backuppc 3.30)

2016-06-06 Thread Phil Markham
ruption issue was fixed in Archive::Zip 1.49+ (or < 1.18) , referenced here (https://sourceforge.net/p/backuppc/mailman/message/34648185/). But since you downgraded, that shouldn't be the issue. Kris Lou k...@themusiclink.net On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Phil markham wrote: &

Re: [BackupPC-users] I download zip and tar corrupt archive when i want to restore several files (on centos 5 with backuppc 3.30)

2016-06-03 Thread Phil markham
Unfortunately, same issue and tar compression have same trouble. Le 03/06/2016 à 18:39, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom a écrit : > If you download a .zip archive with compression=0, does it work? > There's a known bug in the zip compression which makes it incompatible with > some zip implementations, or

Re: [BackupPC-users] I download zip and tar corrupt archive when i want to restore several files (on centos 5 with backuppc 3.30)

2016-06-03 Thread Phil markham
r,7zip) confirm the corruption. >What happens if you try to create a zip of just a couple of small files? Is that zip also corrupt? i test with some little jpeg files, and it seems works, in this case. Le 03/06/2016 à 18:37, Bowie Bailey a écrit : > On 6/3/2016 12:27 PM, Phil m

Re: [BackupPC-users] I download zip and tar corrupt archive when i want to restore several files (on centos 5 with backuppc 3.30)

2016-06-03 Thread Phil markham
Ok i' try to explain The problem come when I'm using the web interface, and try to restore several file using download zip archive, or download tar archive. In these mode, archive are corrupt : their sizes doesn't exceed 20 MB. i try to downgrade perl-archive-zip version 1.30 to 1.16 I tr

Re: [BackupPC-users] Windows 2012 server issues

2016-05-24 Thread Phil Kennedy
e the guy that says "just Google it" but that info should get you going in the right direction) ~Phil On May 24, 2016 18:23, "Gerald Brandt" wrote: > Hi, > > I have a WIndows 2003 Server I back up daily. Using the same parameters > on WIndows 2012 fails. I currently use s

Re: [BackupPC-users] Mounting synology NAS breaks Backuppc

2014-09-25 Thread Phil Kennedy
I suspect it has something to do with the way these smaller devices use SMB. They'll mount via NFS, but that's literally all they'll do is mount. Glad that fix worked. As soon as I see "NAS" in the title, my mind jumps to the nolock option. ~Phil On 9/25/2014

Re: [BackupPC-users] Mounting synology NAS breaks Backuppc

2014-09-24 Thread Phil Kennedy
Tom, You may want to try mounting with the 'nolock' option. I had a similar issue with a D-Link NAS. It's a quick and easy fix to try. ~Phil On 9/24/2014 2:01 PM, Tom Fallon wrote: > Well I've since removed the /etc/fstab as server hung after a reboot but > it did loo

Re: [BackupPC-users] Parameter for incremental backups on localhost using tarCreate.sh script

2013-10-18 Thread Phil Reynolds
wasn't aware of the possibility you mention. > If you drop the script and just use sudo, you would need $incrDate and > $fileList without a "+". Will try this... Planning to see what rsync is like as a method once I've per

Re: [BackupPC-users] Error: Backup number for host does not exist

2013-10-18 Thread Phil Reynolds
link as a trial run for > BackupPC. Please stop hijacking threads. -- Phil Reynolds mail: phil-backu...@tinsleyviaduct.com Web: http://phil.tinsleyviaduct.com/ -- October Webinars: Code for Performance Free

Re: [BackupPC-users] Parameter for incremental backups on localhost using tarCreate.sh script

2013-10-17 Thread Phil Reynolds
On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 14:38:35 -0500 Les Mikesell wrote: > On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Phil Reynolds > wrote: > > I am having problems backing up the localhost using a tarCreate.sh > > script - I can do full backups, but the date and time seems > > impossible

[BackupPC-users] Parameter for incremental backups on localhost using tarCreate.sh script

2013-10-17 Thread Phil Reynolds
se tar tries to stat something derived from the time, as if it was a filename. How can I get round this problem? -- Phil Reynolds mail: phil-backu...@tinsleyviaduct.com Web: http://phil.tinsleyviaduct.com/ -- Octobe

Re: [BackupPC-users] Writing archives to external drive

2013-10-17 Thread Phil Reynolds
On Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:51:06 -0500 Les Mikesell wrote: > On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Phil Reynolds > wrote: > > > if things fit on a 2.5" drive it would be fairly convenient. > > > > I'm using 3.5" drives - I have three, one of which is always

Re: [BackupPC-users] Writing archives to external drive

2013-10-16 Thread Phil Reynolds
On Wed, 16 Oct 2013 15:46:18 -0500 Les Mikesell wrote: > On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Phil Reynolds > wrote: > > An alternative, but I'm really not sure how it would work, would be > > to use external discs for the pool. > > If you mount or symlink them in the

Re: [BackupPC-users] Writing archives to external drive

2013-10-16 Thread Phil Reynolds
cheduled one runs!), and no ability to create > incremental or differential archives. So you may not have the > flexibility that you want. Hmmm... this is rather more awkward than I was hoping for. An alternative, but I'm really not sure how it would work, would be to use external discs

[BackupPC-users] Writing archives to external drive

2013-10-15 Thread Phil Reynolds
this way easier, or more practical? -- Phil Reynolds mail: phil-backu...@tinsleyviaduct.com Web: http://phil.tinsleyviaduct.com/ -- October Webinars: Code for Performance Free Intel webinars can help you acceler

Re: [BackupPC-users] extremely long backup time

2013-05-30 Thread Phil K.
will improve read time and, by proxy, transfer times. ~Phil Nicola Scattolin wrote: >Il 30/05/2013 12:56, Adam Goryachev ha scritto: >> On 30/05/13 18:13, Nicola Scattolin wrote: >>> Il 30/05/2013 10:04, Adam Goryachev ha scritto: >>>> On 30/05/13 16:57, Nicola Scatto

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC web interface handing when retrieving host info, after a backup

2013-05-11 Thread Phil K.
ree book today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/neotech_d2d_may > > > >___ >BackupPC-users mailing list >BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net >

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup Data Transfer Speed

2013-04-07 Thread Phil K.
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Stop TrachClean / Return directories backup list

2013-03-20 Thread Phil Kennedy
he information you need (including the correct backup > number). > > Hope that helps. It does, thank you. ~Phil -- Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your

Re: [BackupPC-users] Stop TrachClean / Return directories backup list

2013-03-20 Thread Phil Kennedy
On 3/20/2013 7:57 PM, Adam Goryachev wrote: > On 21/03/13 10:41, Phil Kennedy wrote: >> Self-replying to add a little detail here; >> >> The system that failed is a Red Hat Enterprise system (5.9 at the >> moment.) The system has the backuppc (3.2.0) pool living on a P

Re: [BackupPC-users] Stop TrachClean / Return directories backup list

2013-03-20 Thread Phil Kennedy
, correct? (assuming all permissions are correct?) Thanks for the pointers. This event has furthered my belief that software RAID is crap. ~Phil On 3/20/2013 12:37 PM, Phil Kennedy wrote: > Hi, > I recently had a somewhat odd system failure (poorly configured software > RAID) tha

[BackupPC-users] Stop TrachClean / Return directories backup list

2013-03-20 Thread Phil Kennedy
, the data *is* there, it's just not web accessible. 2. How can I tell TrashClean to take a couple days vacation while I sort out the consistency of other 130 machines? Thanks, ~Phil -- Everyone hates slow websites.

Re: [BackupPC-users] Fwd: [support.chinoc.net #51633] BackupPC administrative attention needed

2011-09-12 Thread Phil Kennedy
What does df say about your backuppc server's partition usage? IIRC the usage % is only calculated once a day. Is it possible that your backuppc installation came across somebody's ripped DVD library / warez collection / VM server and filled the pool? ~Phil On 9/12/2011 11:2

Re: [BackupPC-users] NFS woes

2011-08-08 Thread Phil K.
Look in to using the nolock option when mounting the device. Rrdtool can't get a file lock, which is likely causing your performance issues. I have the same device, and had similar performance issues. ~Phil -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9. mombars wrote: Hi there. I'm not an

Re: [BackupPC-users] Problem Loading Hosts Page

2011-07-06 Thread Phil Kennedy
in a very Heisenberg sense (so long as you didn't observe it, it was working) I solved the issue by adding the nolock option to the mount in fstab. Might not be the same hardware situation for you, but give RRDTool a look. ~Phil On 7/6/2011 5:28 PM, Andy Stetzinger wrote: Hey all. N

Re: [BackupPC-users] Best NAS device to run BackupPC ?

2011-05-17 Thread Phil K.
place to host your pool. My site isn't much larger than yours, I think you'd be best served by dangling a NAS off of an NFS share and letting the server crunch numbers while the NAS holds the bits. ~Phil -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9. "lmirg...@microworld.org" wro

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

2009-08-26 Thread phil
Hello, for a small office with 2 PCs I would like to setup a samba and backup-server (using backuppc). I'm running BackupPC on three other servers (Pentium 4, 2.4 GHz). Since I have an unused Pentium III running at 900 MHz and 512 MB RAM I would like to know, if this small machine can be used as

Re: [BackupPC-users] Revamping the Wiki

2009-08-12 Thread phil
Hey Cody, Cody Dunne wrote: > For those of you interested, you can see the current structure of the > wiki at: http://www.cs.umd.edu/~cdunne/files/BPCWikiStructure.png gives me a 404: Page Not Found. > I haven't heard from anyone interested meeting yet, but I'll still plan > on having it for a

Re: [BackupPC-users] Revamping the Wiki

2009-08-12 Thread phil
Hello, dan wrote: > The wiki was made in a very ad-hoc manner. When the discussion hit the > mailing list there wasnt much leadership.. backuppc tends to be mailing list > driven rather than forums or wikis. I've just look at the (new) backuppc wiki located at: http://sourceforge.net/ap

[BackupPC-users] Where is the BackupPC-Wiki?

2009-08-06 Thread phil
Hello folks, I wanted to add some stuff to the wiki (common configuration) but it seems that the wiki is no there? Before it was at: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net/ and in the Docs it points to the same address: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#resources When ente

[BackupPC-users] rsync / rsyncd / samba: more information (dis/advantages) of different transfer mechanisms

2009-07-29 Thread phil
Hello, even when I'm running backuppc successfully on two servers and doing backups of linux and windows clients, I still haven't fully understand the dis(advantages) of rsync / rsyncd / samba regarding security. I would like to see a short table chowing the advantages and disadvantages of using

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up over the Internet

2009-02-19 Thread phil
Hi Dan, thanks for dropping in SSH-tunnels (and myentunnel, didn't knew it before). Of course your setup will be easier to setup than using a vpn. While reading, I got the feeling that using a ssh tunnel could solve another problem I've got with one client: We habe a notebook that is sometimes i

Re: [BackupPC-users] how to backup the backuppc server (off site)

2009-02-10 Thread phil
Hey Scury7, I've asked the same question some time ago and got lots of usefull ideas what to do, since some of them required some skills I didn't had or a budget my boss wouldn't give me... you might want to look into: 1) AoE (ATA over Ethernet) - you could add a drive to your BackupPC Server tha

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up over the Internet

2009-02-10 Thread phil
Hi Jeremy, I wouldn't connect my BackupPC-Server to the internet without adding another Layer of security, by putting in a firewall between it. I'm running two BackupPC-Servers at our offices and they are both protected by a firewall (IPCop). You can use older hardware (I'm using two FSC Scovery

[BackupPC-users] localhost backup not working

2005-10-27 Thread Phil Carinhas
usr/bin/sudo /bin/umount /boot'; #- Is there a way to force a Purge without deleting all the good files? Thanks, -Phil Carinhas -- .. | Dr. Ph

[BackupPC-users] localhost backup excluded files not working.

2005-10-26 Thread Phil Carinhas
ot'; $Conf{DumpPostUserCmd} = '/usr/bin/sudo /bin/umount /boot'; #- Is there a way to force a Purge without deleting all the good files? Thanks, -Phil Carinhas -- .---

[BackupPC-users] Rsync explanation.

2005-10-05 Thread Phil Carinhas
ck to localhost? Where can I find documentation for these "undocumented" options? Thanks, -Phil Carinhas -- .. | Dr. Philip A. Carinhas | pac(at)fortuitous.com | | Fortuitous Technologies Inc. | http://fortuitous.co

[BackupPC-users] Rsync explanation.

2005-10-05 Thread Phil Carinhas
ck to localhost? Where can I find documentation for these "undocumented" options? Thanks, -Phil Carinhas -- .. | Dr. Philip A. Carinhas | pac(at)fortuitous.com | | Fortuitous Technologies Inc. | http://fortuitous.co

[BackupPC-users] POSIX ACL Support

2005-08-22 Thread Phil Carinhas
Are there any plans to support Unix POSIX ACLs? Thanks, -Phil Carinhas -- .. | Dr. Philip A. Carinhas | pac(at)fortuitous.com | | Fortuitous Technologies Inc. | http://fortuitous.com | | Linux Networking & Security |