Hi Brendan,
GetTar is just a little script to prevent restores in case there might
be a break in.
It is just:
#!/bin/sh -f
exec /bin/tar -c "$@"
Torsten
On 2005-09-29 07:05:10 +0200 Brendan Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Hi Torsten.
Good idea to get local host going first :)
Quick question though.
What is "GetTar"? Why is it in /etc/backuppc/ directory?
Is a binary or script that comes with backuppc? If so, I don't have
it!!!
Thanks,
Brendan.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Message: 4 Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 11:26:00 +0200 Subject: Re:
[BackupPC-users] Errors backing up Linux server From: Torsten
Sadowski
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Organization: TU Berlin Hi Brendan, I'm using tar over ssh for the
backup
of Linux machines and just tar for localhost (the backuppc server).
My
localhost.pl looks like this: $Conf{XferMethod} = 'tar';
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = ['/var/lib/backuppc'];
$Conf{TarIncrArgs} =
'--newer=$incrDate $fileList'; $Conf{TarShareName} =
['/bin','/boot','/dev','/etc','/home','/initrd','/lib','/o
pt','/root','/sbin','/usr','/var']; $Conf{TarClientCmd} =
'/usr/bin/sudo
/etc/backuppc/GetTar -v -f - -C ' . '$shareName --totals'; As you
see I'm
backing up /dev so special files are no problem. You should try to
make a
localhost backup first. I had some "File list receive failed"
problems with
windows and there it was the firewall. Do the other Linux servers
have one?
If they have, open TCP port 873 for rsync to work. HTH, Torsten On
2005-09-28 02:54:14 +0200 Brendan Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Hi,
I'm a backuppc newbie and am trying to use backuppc on a Debian
Linux
host (AMD Athlon 1.4GHz, 256MB) to backup some Linux servers. At
the
moment I'm just trying to backup the home directory on one Debian
Linux
PPC server. The home directory is about 40GB. Eventually I'd
like to
backup the entire PC (ie. all partitions).
I've tried tar/nfs & rsync/ssh but the backup fails.
When using rsync it gets a broken pipe and/or timeout after a
couple of
days of trying to receive the file list. The home directory
contains
special files (eg. /home/user/project.1.2.3/dev/null) as we
develop a
linux filesystem. I was wondering if rsync was barfing on these
types of
files because trying to read /dev/null would cause it to read for
ever.
I assume that backuppc (tar or rsync, etc) is smart enough to not
_read_
the contents of special files. Is that correct?
My assumption is based on backuppc being able to backup an entire
machine
including the root filesystem, /dev directory, etc.
Is there something special I have to setup in my config ??
I presume that backing up 40+GB with backuppc is also doable?
Are there any limitations of file size or performance, etc?
Would rsyncd be a better approach?
I can only assume ssh would slow things down and since I'm on a
lan
behind a firewall I don't really need the security across the lan.
Then
again I guess peoples data could be sniffed off the network, but
unlikely
if using switches.
Thanks for any help.
Brendan.
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