Cheers, There actually are a number of builds of rsync native to Windows.
One is cwRsync I used long ago, not sure they still exist. Another option is MSYS2 ecosystem (there `pacman -S rsync openssh` to install them, `pacman -Syyu` to update the SW generally). You would need to use their terminal shortcut, Run as Admin if needed (actually this applies to all ways of backup). I thought I had one in GitBash but apparently not; maybe it came with (Strawberry?) Perl (and its gcc chain), and is usable via PATH from GitBash terminals, cmd, FAR... This or cwRsync is likely easiest to integrate with Task Scheduler. Hope this helps, Jim Klimov On Fri, Jan 10, 2025, 08:01 Hugh McIntyre <li...@mcintyreweb.com> wrote: > Hi, > > This is maybe off-topic, but I’m wondering what other people do here for > backup of Windows systems in an Illumos-centered backup world. > > I have a mixture of OmniOS (backup server) as well as Linux, MacOS, and > Windows 10+ systems needing backup. For everything except Windows, backup > works well with rsync (along with "—backup-dir=DIR" for incremental > deltas). But Windows does not work so easily, not least because of > filesystem differences and lack of native rsync. > > I can use rsync on Windows as well by running within WSL, but > ownership/permissions are messed up and only files visible to the user > running WSL can be backed up. Meanwhile the default Windows backup service > to a SMB-exported filesystem from ZFS seems to be unreliable, and also may > not work well for files outside a user’s home directory. What setup are > other people using? I have a strong preference to something that generates > a visible hierarchy of files on the backup server, not a proprietary binary > backup column since this makes it non-recoverable if the backup software is > no longer available. And I’d prefer to use the existing OmniOS box, but > could consider other custom options if recommended. > > If there are good recommended solutions, let me know. Not using Windows > is not an option, because of Photoshop Lightroom. > > Thanks, > > Hugh. > ------------------------------------------ illumos: illumos-discuss Permalink: https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T8318a7706e7218ac-M49fa58fb9c6eebf9348a6e0b Delivery options: https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
