Anand Gupta wrote: >> > Thanks for the link. I see BackupPC_tarCreate and BackupPC_zipCreate for > tar and zip. Is there an rsync version ? So instead of creating a tar or > zip, it can rsync the data over to another location ? > > The reason i asked is because the amount of data i am going to backup is > 1T+ and thus creating a tar of the same would be unnecessary time > consuming job, whereas infact i would only want to rsync the data across > to another location.
Rsync is only going to help if most of the files already exist at the target. There is probably some sort of server message to start a restore, but I haven't tried it. If you are set up to use rsync to back up and your rsyncd permits write access a restore will also work over rsync. > My main motive is incase i don't have access to a browser, i can still > restore files using console. My backup server runs behind a firewall, i > only have console access to the server. I assume you mean you have ssh access to the server. If so, you just need to learn the tricks of ssh tunneling. If you specify -L8000:127.0.0.1:80 on your ssh command line or the equivalent with putty's ssh/tunnels, you can point your browser on the same machine at http://localhost:8000/cgi-bin/BackupPC_Admin and get a connection. Or, for something even nicer for remote work, look at the NX client/server from http://www.nomachine.com - or your distribution might include the freenx version of the server. These give you a full GUI remote desktop with good performance over an ssh connection. -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.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/
