Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied

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Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied

2022-03-08 Thread George King
on, questions and support" *Verzonden:*Donderdag 3 maart 2022 15:23:23 *Onderwerp:*Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied Just bumping this up… any suggestions for a resolution?  Thanks. *From:*Akibu Flash *Sent:*Monday, February 28, 2022 4:32

Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied

2022-03-07 Thread Sorin Srbu
On Mon, 2022-03-07 at 13:26 +, G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users wrote: > > > One common legitimate use case for sparse files is virtual disk images. > > Ah, good point! But nobody in his right mind would use BackupPC > to back them up directly as files, would they? I used to do that until

Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied

2022-03-07 Thread G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users
Hi there, On Mon, 7 Mar 2022, Dave Sherohman wrote: Re: Real Time View of What Is Being Copied On 3/5/22 14:36, G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users wrote: On Sat, 5 Mar 2022, Les Mikesell wrote: Unix/Linux has something calle 'sparse' files ... I can't remember the last time I saw a sparse

Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied

2022-03-07 Thread Dave Sherohman via BackupPC-users
On 3/5/22 14:36, G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users wrote: On Sat, 5 Mar 2022, Les Mikesell wrote: Unix/Linux has something calle 'sparse' files used by some types of databases where you can seek far into a file and write without using/allocating any space up to that point.  The file as stored may

Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied

2022-03-05 Thread G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users
Hi there, On Sat, 5 Mar 2022, Les Mikesell wrote: On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users wrote: > Another possibility (and the only time I've ever seen this happen) is > that there might be a large file which is causing a timeout. It was > on a Linux box here, something went off

Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied

2022-03-04 Thread Les Mikesell
On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 2:39 PM Kenneth Porter wrote: > > rsync over the network should use compression. If you're doing it inside > ssh, then use ssh's compression, which is more reliable. The run of > nulls will be compressed down to a count and one null. Their transfer > will be almost

Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied

2022-03-04 Thread Kenneth Porter
On 3/4/2022 7:21 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: Unix/Linux has something calle 'sparse' files used by some types of databases where you can seek far into a file and write without using/allocating any space up to that point. The file as stored may not be large but most tools to copy it will act as

Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied

2022-03-04 Thread Les Mikesell
On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 7:16 AM G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users wrote: > > Another possibility (and the only time I've ever seen this happen) is > that there might be a large file which is causing a timeout. It was > on a Linux box here, something went off the reservation and started > writing

Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied

2022-03-04 Thread G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users
Hi there, On Fri, 4 Mar 2022, Les Mikesell wrote: On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 3:34 PM Akibu Flash wrote: > > I backup a couple of Windows machines to a linux machine via rsync. > However, the backup for one of the Windows machines never finishes > and results in a partial backup. In the CGI user

Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied

2022-03-03 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Feb 28, 2022 at 3:34 PM Akibu Flash wrote: > > > I backup a couple of Windows machines to a linux machine via rsync. However, > the backup for one of the Windows machines never finishes and results in a > partial backup. In the CGI user interface Count column, the backup always >

Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied

2022-03-03 Thread George King
of various drives to be backed up.  How does one split that host into two separate hosts and (presumably) back up each of those hosts?  Thanks. Akibu *From:* George King *Sent:* Thursday, March 3, 2022 10:44 AM *To:* backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net *Subject:* Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View

Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied

2022-03-03 Thread Akibu Flash
of those hosts? Thanks. Akibu From: George King Sent: Thursday, March 3, 2022 10:44 AM To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied No great suggestions for resolution from me but I have some sympathy with you having had similar

Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied

2022-03-03 Thread Micha Kersloot
w does one split the backup into several > parts? Does that involve designating certain folders from a particular drive > for backup instead of the entire drive? > From: Micha Kersloot > Sent: Thursday, March 3, 2022 9:28 AM > To: General list for user discussion, questions and support >

Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied

2022-03-03 Thread Akibu Flash
discussion, questions and support Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied Hi, you could try to split the backup in several parts? Met vriendelijke groet, Micha Kersloot [https://www.kovoks.nl/images/klantzimbra/kovoks.png]<https://www.kovoks.nl/>

Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied

2022-03-03 Thread backuppc
Just out of curiosity, why use 'rsyncd' rather than 'rsync' which to me seems more secure as well as easier to set up and support? George King wrote at about 15:44:03 + on Thursday, March 3, 2022: > No great suggestions for resolution from me but I have some sympathy > with you having had

Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied

2022-03-03 Thread George King
No great suggestions for resolution from me but I have some sympathy with you having had similar issues occasionally in the past. I have a number of rsyncd hosts set up on my main Win10 desktop - basically one for each disk or part of to keep the backups down to a reasonable duration.   I'm

Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied

2022-03-03 Thread Micha Kersloot
" > Aan: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" > > Verzonden: Donderdag 3 maart 2022 15:23:23 > Onderwerp: Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied > Just bumping this up… any suggestions for a resolution? Thanks. > From: Akibu

Re: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied

2022-03-03 Thread Akibu Flash
Just bumping this up... any suggestions for a resolution? Thanks. From: Akibu Flash Sent: Monday, February 28, 2022 4:32 PM To: BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [BackupPC-users] Real Time View of What Is Being Copied Dear All, I backup a couple of Windows machines to a linux