Greetings - I am trying to figure out if my objective is possible. I want to be able to backup a remote Window box that connects to the local network via OpenVPN. I have scanned through the archives and have seen some discussion of similar things, but nothing that really gives me good overall direction on whether it will work, or how to get it to work, with my network configuration. I am using BackupPC to backup the local Windows boxes, and would like to add a remote one. I am not that concerned about the time it would take to complete a backup over the WAN, as I can configure it to work at night.
Local Network Sequoia = Samba (and WINS server) and OpenVPN server (192.168.112.50) Taxa = DNSmasq (dns and dhcp server) (192.168.112.51) Bacteria = BackupPC server (192.168.112.52) Network IP = 192.168.112.0/24 Remote Windows Box Computer Name = jks-e6500 Remote LAN IP = unknown Remote WAN IP = dynamic OpenVPN Common Name = jkssequoiaclient OpenVPN IP = static, 10.9.8.10 OpenVPN routed network I have BackupPC configured to connect to the local Window boxes via SMB, as I didn't care for the cygwin and rsync implementation on windows when I used it in the past. Besides, I already have Samba configured and running just fine, so why not just use it. I seem to have both DNS and netbios name resolution working properly for the local LAN, but don't know how the remote box fits into that when it connects to Samba via a VPN network. My thinking is that since the remote Windows box can connect and browse the Samba shares on Sequoia via the VPN, then obviously Samba knows how to communicate with this remote client. Somehow I need to understand how that is occurring (what name or what IP address is Samba referencing for the remote box?) and make that information known to the BackupPC server (possibly via the DNSmasq server?) so that it could initiate a backup. Any suggestions on a general approach to evaluating how to achieve my objective would be appreciated. Please CC me directly as I only get the mailing list via the daily digest. Thanks. Jeff Boyce Meridian Environmental www.meridianenv.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar _______________________________________________ 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/
