The "try every hour" method works just fine for me, even for users that only come in once a month.
But if you really want to have the client initiate the backup, the easiest way I can think of is to write a script that uses curl or wget to press the "start incremental backup" button as the user: curl -u user:password http://bacckupserver/backuppc/index.cgi?host=hostname.example.com&hostIP=hostname.example.com&doit=1&action=Start_Incr_Backup Regards, Tyler On Wednesday 11 November 2009 22:02:44 Meel Me wrote: > Hello, > > I want to know if it's possible to initiate a backup from the client > machine, in a way that the clients connects to the backuppc server over > the internet to start the backup? > > *My (desired) situation* > I've got a laptop. I'm abroad for many months once and a while. While I'm > abroad I want to be able to backup my laptop regularly and to restore the > data on my laptop if it crashes (or gets stolen). > > I want to place my backuppc server in a total other region than my home is. > So that a disaster like heavy earthquake, explosion, etc. will never > effect and my backuppc server and my laptop at once. The location where I > can place my backuppc server is not in my local area network. The backuppc > server will only be available through the internet. > > > *Question* > I've read the documentation of backuppc. There are several methods for > backing up laptops (smb, rsync, rsyncd, tar). All methods are initiated > from the backuppc server, so the backuppc server will set up a connection > to the client. If the client (my laptop) is not in the local area network, > then the backuppc server can't find the client and won't make a backup of > it. > > In the situation I described above, my laptop will never be in the local > area network of the backuppc server. Therefor my laptop will never be > backuped. > > Is it possible to initiate a backup from the client machine, in a way > that the clients connects to the backuppc server over the internet to start > the backup? Instead of that the backuppc server makes a connection to the > client? > > If so, how? > > Thanks, > > Wim > -- "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -- Lazarus Long, "Time Enough for Love", by Robert A. Heinlein ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/
