Hello! I'm new to backuppc - and I've got bunch of windows workstations to backup :) The problem is called "open files". I've digged mailing lists and found few solution (like patch for 2.6 rsync enabling vss backup, or dosdrive.exe program with buch of scripts to mount vss volume as a drive letter), but they are either unsupported (like patch for rsync), or fragile (like dosdrive+scripts). Another idea is to start backup at windows shutdown. All problematic programs (like outlook) should be disabled by now, and few services that still could make problems I can disable before starting backup. Starting backup from pc is also not a big problem - ssh + keys with limited command to run will do the trick.
Does that sounds like good idea to you? Maybe somebody tried someting like this and could share some experiences? Frankly I couldn't find anything about "backup on shutdown" approach on mailing list and in google. Cheers --- Grzegorz Marszałek graf0 at post.pl ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ 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/