Les Stott wrote:
Paul S. Gumerman wrote:
Jonathan,
Here's what works for me:
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = ['/hiberfil.sys', '/pagefile.sys',
'/WUTemp', '/RECYCLER',
'UsrClass.dat', 'UsrClass.dat.LOG', 'NTUSER.DAT',
'ntuser.dat.LOG', 'parent.lock',
'/WINDOWS/system32/config/SAM',
'/WINDOWS/system32/config/SAM.LOG',
'/WINDOWS/system32/config/SECURITY',
'/WINDOWS/system32/config/SECURITY.LOG',
'/WINDOWS/system32/config/default',
'/WINDOWS/system32/config/default.LOG',
'/WINDOWS/system32/config/software',
'/WINDOWS/system32/config/software.LOG',
'/WINDOWS/system32/config/system',
'/WINDOWS/system32/config/system.LOG',
'/WINDOWS/system32/CatRoot2/edb.log',
'/WINDOWS/system32/CatRoot2/tmp.edb',
'/WINDOWS/system32/CatRoot2/edbtmp.log',
'/WINDOWS/SoftwareDistribution/EventCache/*',
'*/Temporary Internet Files/*', '*/Temp/*', '*.tmp', '*.bak'];
>From what I have observed, no wildcard characters work, so I don't
believe anything with a "*" is doing anything useful. I reject the
idea of not backing up anything in Local Settings --- much of that
stuff is EXACTLY what one NEEDS to back up.
Hey, I'll clarify...
I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that....
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = ['/Documents and Settings/*/Local Settings' ]
..works fine.
it exlcudes all "Local Settings" content, In BackupPC if i browse the
tree i see an empty directory for Local Settings. I use rsyncd from the
backuppc site.
I spent *hours* trying just about every variation, with no success.
The only difference is that I was trying to get down to the file level,
with a wildcard in the directory part of the path. I will try it again
...
You suggested '/Documents
and Settings/*/UsrClass.dat', '/Documents and
Settings/*/UsrClass.dat.LOG', and
that is exactly what I tried. But I'm going to do it again, just to be
certain.
i haven't tried the NTUSER wildcard, i just threw that in as how i
would expect it to work. Jonathan had trouble with open files. i
assumed he was only talking about user files in use, not system files.
The system files generate Xfer error's too. With the current set of
excludes, while I would miss files with names that duplicate the
specific files in the system directories, at least an error is a REAL
error.
BackupPC has alwasy been known as a brilliant data backup solution. But
it does make note that it should not be used for trying to backup
entire c drives as if like a ghost image.
With that in mind i have always used backupPC as a data backup
application, no system file backups.
To be clearer i dont backup things in Local Settings because.....
All my clients will either be on exchange, imap or bynari. So mail
folders in 'Local Settings/Application data/Microsoft/Outlook' for
example i dont care because they are on the server.
In a case where pop3 is used or an address book is stored i would
normall move the address bokk or add an include to grab it.
Also under Local Settings i dont care about History, Temp or Temporary
Internet Files for backing up. its all dynamic data, and if i had to
restore a user from scratch i'd just setup IE and start from there, no
need to restore history.
The only other directory under Local Settings is "Application Data".
other than email files (which i explained earlier) all data is
basically "cache" data and will be rebuilt or overwritten everytime you
login. E.g. nero cache, acrobat cache etc etc. I dont see any need for
this stuff to be backed up.
As just a small example, for any user with Firefox, all their bookmarks
are here. For any user with Thunderbird that's where their mail is
found. And these can be backed up even if those apps are open at the
time. Back up EVERYTHING you can, then choose what you want to
restore. Les, you have an unusual setup where you don't need or want
this data, but for most users, it is precisely the most critical stuff
to get.
In a disaster Recovery situation i would reload windows, install all
necessary programs (which would build initial cache dirs in Local
Settings again for most application level stuff) then install rsyncd
and selectively restore what files i needed for the user.
If
anyone can help with the wildcards, I can make this exclusion list
work better.
Exclusions should be listed as relative to the share name.
You may have to use....
'/UsrClass.dat', '/UsrClass.dat.LOG', '/NTUSER.DAT',
'/ntuser.dat.LOG', '/parent.lock',
or
'/Documents
and Settings/*/UsrClass.dat', '/Documents and
Settings/*/UsrClass.dat.LOG', '/Documents and
Settings/*/NTUSER.DAT', '/Documents and
Settings/*/ntuser.dat.LOG', '/Documents and
Settings/*/parent.lock',
...depending on where your top level share starts.
I'd be happy to help and test.
at the end of the day that's my setup in about 98% of situations. It
works for me, but may not be suitable for others. Treat it as a guide,
if its helpful then thats great :-)
Regards,
Les
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