Re: [BackupPC-users] Waiting for a full

2010-04-13 Thread tog benson
can't complete. --- On Mon, 1/25/10, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: > From: Tyler J. Wagner > Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Waiting for a full > To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Cc: "tog benson" > Date: Monday, January 25, 2010, 7:27 AM > The very first full t

Re: [BackupPC-users] Waiting for a full

2010-01-25 Thread tog benson
sts.sourceforge.net > Cc: "tog benson" > Date: Monday, January 25, 2010, 7:27 AM > The very first full that you run on a > new host is usually the worst.  Once most > of the files are checksummed it's fine.  I always run > that first full on a wired > connec

[BackupPC-users] Waiting for a full

2010-01-24 Thread tog benson
I can't get one full backup to complete on a laptop. It seems that I can't get incrementals to run until I get a full done. The full is too much data for one night. Any input? -- Throughout its 18-year history

[BackupPC-users] Status not updating

2009-07-22 Thread tog benson
I move to another drive the backuppc root dir that contains these folders: conf cpool log passwd pc perl_module pool trash and now my status on the front page isn't updating: * Pool file system was recently at 70% (7/13 02:07), today's max is 70% (7/13 02:03) and yesterday's max w

Re: [BackupPC-users] Advice on offsite strategy using external drives

2009-07-22 Thread tog benson
> So someone (an unskilled office worker) swaps the drive > once a week after > they get an e-mail of a successful backup. They then take > the drive with the > new data and remove it offsite. Part of the reason I don't want to do this is that three drives are required in order to have on offsite

[BackupPC-users] Advice on offsite strategy using external drives

2009-07-22 Thread tog benson
This may be a little long-winded, but I need some input. In the past I've used external drives to keep a rotation of offsite backups. One drive would be offsite while the other was receiving dumps of data. I used an archive host to dump tar_gzip files of all my data. This system worked great