Hi, ----- Original Message ----- > Gerald Brandt wrote at about 11:25:06 -0500 on Tuesday, June 8, 2010: > > Hi, > > > > As of today, I have all my Windows Servers being backed up via rsync > > (not rsyncd) and ssh. I can now manage my Linux and Windows backups > > the same way. > > > > My solution doesn't require dosdev.exe, it uses vshadows ability to > > map a shadow copy to any directory. > > Are you using XP? If so, I am curious how you use vshadow to map to a. > directory. My understanding is that that is only possible in later OS > versions which is why dosdev was necessary to make things work in XP> >
I only use rsync for my servers. Desktops use samba shares, and I only backup a specific directory or two. > > > > BackupPC ssh's into the windows box and runs my bash script > > 'pre-backuppc.sh', then ssh's in to do the rsync backup, and when > > done, ssh's in runs post-backuppc.sh. > > > > I borrowed some stuff from other peoples scripts (specifically the > > 'at' command stuff to get permissions to run vshadow.exe), and the > > rest is really simple. > > Well as the author of the 'at' command trick, I will say that getting > that working is the trickiest part. Dosdev just adds a few lines and > doesn't really make the code that much more complex. > There you are! I couldn't find you on subsequent Google searches. I'd agree, if I had to figure out to run 'at' to get permissions, I wouldn't have been able to. > Also, for me, much of the code really does error checking and > housekeeping to make sure that rsyncd processes don't collide and that > rsyncd and vshadow mounts are appropriately taken down and cleaned up > at the end of the backup and more importantly at the end of *failed* > backups. Otherwise, backuppc either will abort subsequent backups or > worse will end up backing up an old shadow mount or a missing (i.e., > empty) shadow mount. Since I use rsync instead of rsyncd, I don't think I have that problem. Unless BackupPC's post command isn't run if there is a failure? > > So yes, you can make it simpler, but it may be at the cost of > reliability and robustness. > > > If anyone is interested, I can post the scripts here, and how I > > setup cygwin 1.7 > > > > Gerald > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > > _______________________________________________ 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/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > _______________________________________________ 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/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ 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/
