Michael Stowe wrote at about 05:43:03 +0000 on Thursday, July 2, 2020: > On 2020-06-30 19:35, backu...@kosowsky.org wrote: > > Michael Stowe wrote at about 23:09:55 +0000 on Tuesday, June 30, 2020: > > > On 2020-06-29 21:51, backu...@kosowsky.org wrote: > > Not sure why you would want to use a custom version of rsync when my > > pretty simple scripts do all that with a lot more transparency to how > > they are setup. > > I think because it's just one binary (vsshadow not needed, nor anything > else)
I don't need to add any binaries beyond rsync/ssh. I use the native Win7/Win10 VSS to generate/unwind shadows including: vssadmin, wmic, fsutil, mklink, rmdir). They were present on even the "Home" addition of Windows. > > I believe it's far simpler and cleaner than either: > > - My old approach for WinXP (using a client-side triggered script, > > rsyncd setup, dosdev, 'at' recursion to elevate privileges, etc.) > > - Your version requiring win.exe > > - Other versions requiring a custom/non-standard rsync > > N.B.: my version works using ssh now, it doesn't require winexe Good. > > > My version only requires a basic cygwin install with rsync/ssh and > > basic linux utils plus built-in windows functions. > > > > BTW, I still need to add back in the ability to dump all the acl's > > (using subinacl) since rsync only syncs POSIX acls and I believe ntfs > > has additional acl's. > > > > In any case, my ultimate holy-grail is to be able to use BackupPC to > > allow for > > a full bare-metal restore by combining: > > - Full VSS file backup > > - Restore of all ACLs from a subinacl dump > > - Anything else I may need to recreate the full NTFS filesystem for > > windows (maybe disk signatures???) > > I fully support this notion; NTFS has a lot of weirdness that doesn't > translate well to rsync, like junction points. Last time I tried these, > rsync would convert them to symlinks, and restore them as symlinks. > YMMV Yes, you are right about junctions. My plan would be to use 'fsutil' to get a list of reparsepoints that could theoretically be reconstructed with 'mklink'. Though perhaps fully recreating all the NTFS bells & whistles (or oddities) is a fool's errand. _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
