After downloading this and trying it out, I noticed that these errors went away:
Remote[1]: rsync: readlink "..." (in C) failed: File name too long (91) So whatever version of rsync/cygwin that is, is well worth running for that reason alone. With that, I now have a complete copy of 100% of the files on a box, and have done a few successful bare metal restores. I've also had to pluck a few registry keys out of backups, and am assured that I always have the last sane registry. >> Jacob, could you make your specific rsync.exe + cygwin.dll available for >> testing? I have no experience compiling things in Windows and would >> most likely screw it up somehow. > > Here is a zip of the folder I use for each XP host: > http://www.itfresno.com/exe/backuppc.zip > > Minus the secrets file... > > This is based on the article here: > http://www.goodjobsucking.com/?p=62 > > A few things were modified on both the backuppc machine as well as the > scripts, but only for my environment. > > Please keep in mind that simple file sharing has to be turned off... a > snag > which cost me a lot in trouble shooting (not a problem if you're on a > domain, this client is 80+ units on peer to peer) > > If you're not using the VSS deal, just copy the rsync and cygwin files you > need. > > As a side note, this is running on a CentOS 5.3 virtual machine using > XenServer. I hope one day to be able to rsync the image of the machine > periodically and reinstate it somehow. For now it's just regular image > exports for backing up the pool/entire os. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list [email protected] List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
