Adam Goryachev wrote: > -----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 did try that, however it looked there are way too many options ;) Anyways i am still going through them > > > > 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. > Saw the package, and after reading the readme, it sure wouldn't be a problem to install it. I have a question on this, enabling the rsyncd on windows machine, does it arise any security issues of any kind ? > > > > But how does the client initiate the backups ? > > > > The client can initiate backups using the web interface, if you allow > access to that. > Got it. Thanks. > > > > 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. > This is perfect. If backuppc can scan and check for the pc's to be online and then schedule them for backup automatically, it actually resolves my problem. > > 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! > Will do. Thanks. +---------------------------------------------------------------------- |This was sent by anand...@gmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.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/
