[BackupPC-users] Backup start time

2010-08-18 Thread waverider
Les Mikesell wrote: > waverider wrote: > ... when the > IncrPeriod has expired since the last run - unless blocked by too many other > concurrent runs. If you want to do a run earlier, use the web interface to > start one and the subsequent times will be based on that one.

[BackupPC-users] Backup start time

2010-08-18 Thread waverider
P. Mazart wrote: > Hello, > > Set WakeupSchedule in the Server-Section of Configuration. > > bye > P.M. Ahh - there it is :-) Thanks +-- |This was sent by co...@wtaustralia.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@back

[BackupPC-users] Backup start time

2010-08-18 Thread waverider
Is there a setting which controls when backuppc begins backing up a machine? There are blackout settings to define when I don't want backups to be initiated, but how can I set when I want the server to start the backup process?[/b] +-

[BackupPC-users] Backup fails over rsync

2010-08-16 Thread waverider
Problem finally resolved. The error was caused by BackupPC being unable to locate the rsync binary on the client device. The Last Bad Xfer log gave me the clue : Fatal error (bad version): ash: /usr/bin/rsync: not found The device is a Synology NAS server and instead of having the binary at /u

[BackupPC-users] Backup fails over rsync

2010-08-16 Thread waverider
My thanks to all who have been such a great help I am now able to connect to the remote server as the backuppc user and transfer files using the format rsync -avz -e ssh remoteu...@remotehost:/remote/dir /workstation/dir/ so rsync is now working as it should. However, when I try to do a ful

[BackupPC-users] Backup fails over rsync

2010-08-15 Thread waverider
Thanks Tyler, [quote="Tyler J. Wagner"]On Sunday 15 Aug 2010 06:58:11 waverider wrote: > > As I said above ssh and rsync work and provide passless connection so the > problem must be in Backuppc config somewhere > > > What is the format of the external drive? If

[BackupPC-users] Backup fails over rsync

2010-08-14 Thread waverider
Thanks luis, > > I have tested Rsync with the remote device using the format: > rsync -avz -e ssh remoteuser < at > remotehost:/remote/dir /workstation/dir/ > and the files are copied correctly without asking for password, so rsync is > working OK. > > > > That error usually means you have

[BackupPC-users] Backup fails over rsync

2010-08-14 Thread waverider
Hello, I am trying to backup a remote device using rsync. I have Backuppc installed and everything appears to be operating OK. I have changed where files are stored to a connected external USB hard drive - logs are being saved to there so the setup must be correct. I have tested Rsync with t

[BackupPC-users] Changing Backup Location

2010-07-01 Thread waverider
Thanks Les, [quote="Les Mikesell"]On 6/29/2010 7:21 AM, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: > On Tuesday 29 June 2010 12:18:19 waverider wrote: > > > I created a symlink - hopefully correctly. The original install placed > > backups in /var/lib/backuppc and I wanted to redi

[BackupPC-users] Changing Backup Location

2010-06-29 Thread waverider
Hmm - can't edit a post on this list? > > Those symptoms almost universally mean that ssh isn't set up right. > > To test it, su - over to the backuppc user and see if you can log in to > the remote system as root without being prompted for a password. I can connect perfectly over ssh as roo

[BackupPC-users] Changing Backup Location

2010-06-29 Thread waverider
Thanks Tyler > > > However, when I try to backup a host from the network it fails and the log > shows: > > Contents of file /var/lib/backuppc/pc/192.168.72.11/LOG.062010, modified > 2010-06-29 21:01:27 > > 2010-06-29 21:01:20 full backup started for directory / > 2010-06-29 21:01:22 Got fatal

[BackupPC-users] Changing Backup Location

2010-06-29 Thread waverider
Thanks for the help. Tyler J. Wagner wrote: > On Tuesday 29 June 2010 04:29:14 Michael Stowe wrote: > > > Leave the settings for that alone ... and use a symbolic link. > > > > Or do both. I've changed both topdir and put in a symlink. It works. > I created a symlink - hopefully correctly.

[BackupPC-users] Changing Backup Location

2010-06-28 Thread waverider
Hello, I'm new to backuppc and having a problem with changing where backups are to be stored. I am running Kububtu 10.04 with the official Ubuntu BackupPC install. I changed the topdir entry in /etc/backuppc/config.pl from the original setting of /var/lib/backuppc to my preferred location on a