There was a bug in older versions of cygwin/rsync which did not work as
a "server" over ssh. It would hang up, so you had to run rsync as a
daemon and set up shares. However, that has since been fixed, so you
should be able to run rsync/ssh just fine.
I suspect your problem with BackupFileExclude is that you are not
including the full path. If you are using a Windows client, your full
path will be something like "/cygdrive/c/Program Files/<something to not
backup>". If you are neglecting the /cygdrive/c/ part, that may be
your issue.
Trey Nolen
Michael MH. Heel wrote:
>
> Thx fort he info sorin and gerald. I will look into into.
>
>
>
> In the meantime i tried standard rsync over ssh. The backup works fine
> with a „small“ problem: BackupFilesExclude
> <http://178.63.102.70:8080/BackupPC_Admin?action=view&type=docs#_conf_backupfilesexclude_>
> doenst work at all. I dont know if thats the mentioned rsync bug or
> not but basic operation is working now. I use centos 5.4 with
> backuppc *3.2.0. client is a win2003 server running cygwin. *
>
> *So either i take care of the BackupFilesExclude problem or the rsyncd
> problem. Which method you think is the better one for this scenario if
> both would work ?*
>
> * *
>
> *michael* **
>
> *Von:* Gerald Brandt [mailto:g...@majentis.com]
> *Gesendet:* Dienstag, 14. September 2010 13:34
> *An:* General list for user discussion,questions and support
> *Betreff:* Re: [BackupPC-users] rsync with windows/cygwin
>
>
>
>
>
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>
> *From: *"Michael MH. Heel" <m...@heel-data.de>
> *To: *backuppc-us...@lists.sourceforge.net
> *Sent: *Tuesday, September 14, 2010 4:07:06 AM
> *Subject: *[BackupPC-users] rsync with windows/cygwin
>
>
> Hello. I am testing BackupPC since a few days for backing up Windows PCs.
>
>
>
> Most information i got tell me to use rsyncd when it comes to
> windows machines due to a bug.
>
>
>
> As i run into problems with rsyncd+ssh i wonder if the rsync problem
> still persists or if it can be used now.
>
>
>
> About the rsyncd problem: rsyncd trys to connect directly and is not
> using the ssh tunnel. I found documents about this problem but if
> rsync would work i would save the time solving the problem.
>
>
>
> Thx for your help
>
>
>
>
>
> Michael H.
>
>
>
> Here is how I did it. If you don't want to use Microsoft's VSS, that
> part can be skipped.
>
> http://geraldbrandt.com/2010/06/08/backuppc-with-sshrsyncvss-on-windows-server/
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