Hi,
On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 07:04, Nigel
Kendrick wrote:
> 4) I am running the backup server on CentOS 5.3 and installed backuppc from
> the Centos RPM. Ideally I'd like to run the app as the normal 'apache' user
> - I read up on a few generic notes about doing this and got to a point where
> back
> Morning,
>
> I have just started to play with backuppc and am making good strides -
local
> (SMB) backups are working fine and I am just about to have a look at
rsync-based backups from a couple of local Linux servers before moving
on to
> SMB/rsync via SSH and some VPNs.
>
> I am diligently RTFM
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Nigel Kendrick wrote:
> --> May not be an issue, but I have one server running SugarCRM in a 9-5
> operation and
> am planning to have the server do some overnight backups of LAN-based
> machines and I am
> just pre-empting this upsetting SugarC
Holger - thanks for the quick feedback - a few comments and answers below:
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From: Holger Parplies [mailto:wb...@parplies.de]
Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 2:49 PM
To: Nigel Kendrick
Cc: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] New user
Hi,
Nigel Kendrick wrote on 2009-08-18 12:04:16 +0100 [[BackupPC-users] New user-
loads of questions]:
> I have just started to play with backuppc and am making good strides - local
> (SMB) backups are working fine
I hope you mean SMB backups of local Windoze machines, not of the Ba
Morning,
I have just started to play with backuppc and am making good strides - local
(SMB) backups are working fine and I am just about to have a look at
rsync-based backups from a couple of local Linux servers before moving on to
SMB/rsync via SSH and some VPNs.
I am diligently RTFM-ing, supp
> I think someone posted a
> scheme to run ssh with port-forwarding to each remote box a long time
> ago but I've forgotten how it knew when to disconnect.
I found the old post and added my trick to the mix, I will post it on
the list with some details later when it's well tested. Works like a
> I think someone posted a
> scheme to run ssh with port-forwarding to each remote box a long time
> ago but I've forgotten how it knew when to disconnect.
I know a way for disconnecting gracefully but I don't know how to make
backuppc background the invited ssh tunnel command. It does not
rec
Johan Ehnberg wrote:
>> The best approach here would be to use a VPN from the server to the
>> client LAN. If you use openvpn you could enable compression there
>> instead of ssh. I've also sometimes used a Linux box in the remote
>> office where all the other machines would rsync current cop
Johan Ehnberg wrote:
> John Pettitt wrote:
>
>> Johan Ehnberg wrote:
>>
>>> VPN:s are not a good idea in my case since they would cross over
>>> different organizations.
>>>
>> Huh? Just because it's a VPN it doesn't have to be wide open. A VPN
>> with firewall rules that only a
John Pettitt wrote:
> Johan Ehnberg wrote:
>> VPN:s are not a good idea in my case since they would cross over
>> different organizations.
>
> Huh? Just because it's a VPN it doesn't have to be wide open. A VPN
> with firewall rules that only allow connections from the BackupPC server
> to t
Johan Ehnberg wrote:
> VPN:s are not a good idea in my case since they would cross over
> different organizations.
Huh? Just because it's a VPN it doesn't have to be wide open. A VPN
with firewall rules that only allow connections from the BackupPC server
to the rsyncd ports on the clients s
>> 3) Clients behind NAT
>> Is there some solution for connecting to clients behind NAT e.g..
>> changing the port when the default one is in use for the firewall.
>> This can be hacked in the rsync command of course, but an extension to
>> the client alias would be a nice way to reduce discrepa
Johan Ehnberg wrote:
>
> My name is Johan Ehnberg, I am an ICT consult and backup my various
> computers over the Internet. I need fault tolerance at the network
> level, low bandwidth needs even for huge jobs (I/O and CPU is not an
> issue) and flexibility in configuration.
>
> I have started
Hello list!
My name is Johan Ehnberg, I am an ICT consult and backup my various
computers over the Internet. I need fault tolerance at the network
level, low bandwidth needs even for huge jobs (I/O and CPU is not an
issue) and flexibility in configuration.
I have started playing around with ba
I'm wanting to use Backuppc to backup a 15GB windows directory from my
office to my home. I'm running Ubuntu 6.10 at home.
This directory contains thousands of files that won't change from day to
day, and, perhaps a couple dozen that change daily.
My questions:
Can I "prepolulate" my home backup fo
I've been working with BackupPC for a week or two now and so far I'm happy with
it. I've brought up the Apache cgi script fine and have made a few
BackupPC_dump runs to check that things are working properly. So, I figured
I'd join the mailing list to read up on what others are doing. I have
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=> > Alternately, just break your backup set into two (or more) pieces.
=>
=> Ah, I haven't tried that yet... There are a couple of reasons why:
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=> -- even thoug
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On Tue, Jan 24, 2006 at 02:01:51PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> As you can see, very long backup times. I'm looking into ways to reduce
> them. I think I'm network bound for the fulls, and memory bound for the
> incrementals (the server uses all the 2 GB of RAM, plus another ~1.5 GB of
> swap)
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Andri wrote:
Hello everyone,
I'm new to BackupPC and I have a few questions that I hope some of you
might be able to answer.
1.
How do I backup f.e. mySQL databases. Does anyone have a good addon
for BackupPC to access MySQL dumps. My other option is ofcourse to
make the dumps in crontab and m
> How do I backup f.e. mySQL databases. Does anyone have a good addon
> for BackupPC to access MySQL dumps. My other option is ofcourse to
> make the dumps in crontab and make BackupPC grab it.
I use webmin to create dumps of the databases nightly and then
backuppc will grab that data.
> Why do I
Hello everyone,
I'm new to BackupPC and I have a few questions that I hope some of you
might be able to answer.
1.
How do I backup f.e. mySQL databases. Does anyone have a good addon
for BackupPC to access MySQL dumps. My other option is ofcourse to
make the dumps in crontab and make BackupPC gr
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