-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 anandx wrote: > Hi, > > Is there any newbie guide to setup backuppc ? I wish to setup the > same on centos5.2 server.
Did you read the documentation, and/or the wiki? There is plenty of very helpful information and howto's available... > I guess on all the windows nodes, i would need to install > cygwin+rsync. There is a cygwin+rsync package available on the backuppc sourceforge site, which can make it very easy to install rsyncd. If you don't need rsync for anything else, and are happy to use rsyncd instead of rsync+ssh, then I've found this to be a good solution. > But how does the client initiate the backups ? The client can initiate backups using the web interface, if you allow access to that. > Can i configure it to backup once a day or during logout/ shutdown ? Well, if a backup takes 45 minutes (or 3 hours) do you really want to wait that long when trying to logout/shutdown? > OR is it that the server initiates the backup ? Normally, backuppc server will initiate the backup as soon as it sees the machine on-line, which usually means shortly after login/startup. > In my case, all machines are on dhcp, so ips are not fixed. No problem, just define the dhcp range, and backuppc will scan the IP range looking for active hosts. When it finds a active host, it will check it's name, if it needs a backup, then a backup will be started, otherwise it moves on to the next IP. The best help I can provide is to read the documentation. If you find a problem during installation, then provide as much information on what you have done, what errors you got, etc, and someone will most likely be able to guide you to a solution. The docs are surprisingly good for simple things like how to install! Regards, Adam - -- Adam Goryachev Website Managers www.websitemanagers.com.au -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAklLGioACgkQGyoxogrTyiU/zACfY1xAkdI6tJ4ovnjmK73RZJSO X8IAnjrQUrm8n7HDbaD5DFipAMB1OVpP =cjap -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ _______________________________________________ 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/
