As I continue to develop my backup scheme, including a GUI wrapper (probably with Platypus first, then with Python 3 as I get time), I did think of another question:
How well does lbackup support NTFS filesystems either a source or destination? It would be nice if I can backup to a NTFS formatted external hard drive via NTFS-3G on my Mac, so that the backup can be easily restored on Windows machines, too. Do you think this is possible? Does anyone have experience with this? Thanks! On 16 July 2012 19:06, henri <shus...@connect.homeunix.com> wrote: >> I plan to have the backup machine always on (unless there is a way to >> schedule it to turn on at set times!), so I don't think Anacron would >> be necessary. In addition, even though I am fine with scripting and >> using the terminal, I am trying to develop a solution where the entire >> backup configuration with scheduling can be set up with a GUI. This is >> so that other members of my group can also set up lbackup without my >> help. And neither Anacron nor fcron has a GUI as far as I know. > > With regards using Cron for scheudling, Cronnix > <http://code.google.com/p/cronnix/> seems like the best GUI I have found to > date. I am guessing there are others. However, I have not tired them. If you > find a better one please let me know. > >> Right now I am writing a bash script that can generate basic >> configuration files, bundled into a Mac OS X GUI application with the >> versatile Platypus 4.4 wrapper (http://sveinbjorn.org/platypus/). If >> you know of a good way (other than using Platypus) to do this I am >> open to suggestions! This plus Cronnix will give the whole setup a GUI >> configuration option. Perhaps one day this will turn into a full blown >> GUI for lbackup? > > You could look at using (XCode) if you are making a GUI wrapper for LBackup. > I have used Platypus in the past. It could work (that will probably depending > upon how many options you are planning to add to the GUI). If you get > something working then please consider submitting it back to the LBackup > project. Should you require assistance then let me know. > >> Yes, the Mac OS X Energy Saver System Preferences pane can be used to >> schedule a computer wake up time, but you can only specify one time. >> The problem is I have different backup jobs scheduled to run at >> different times of the day, one after another. > > There are ways to this. However, there is no GUI. I would suggest that you > leave the system on if possible for local backups. If you are performing a > network backup (pull backup). Then it is possible to wake a system on the > same LAN from sleep using the mac address of the interface you will use for > waking the system. This allows a backup server to wake clients prior to the > backup commencing. An example of the lines to add to the LBackup > configuration file are listed below : > > hardware_address="00:03:93:B0:A0:BA" > # determines weather or not to wake/sleep the client machine on the LAN > (YES/NO) > WAKE="YES" > > You would need to change the hardware address to match the client you are > waking up. > >> Unless there is a way to specify multiple directories to be backed up, and >> backed up to >> different locations, other wise I will need the computer to be >> awakened multiple times during the day. So I guess another question >> would be can I specify multiple sources and destinations in a lbackup >> configuration file? > > If you would like to backup to different directories I would suggest having > different backup configurations. There are ways around this. However they are > not officially supported. > > It is possible to select multiple source directories (not officially > supported due to the verification features planned for a future release) and > then have the same destination. However, if this will work in your situation > you could use this approach. The following link to the developer > documentation provides an overview. > > - http://www.lbackup.org/developer/advanced_excludes_file_examples > > There are also at least a couple of threads on the mailing list referring to > this approach of backing up multiple directories on the same system. > >> I test-opened some files restored from my current scheduled test >> backups, they all seem to behave correctly. So I guess using lbackup >> with the stock rsunc 2.6 (in Mac OS X 10.5.8) without any patches or >> other utilities might be OK for now. > > Great. Provided you are able to restore files that is great. It is > recommended, that you always make a copy of restored files before opening > them. > > If you have any questions or problems then just reply. > > Hopefully, this information is helpful. _______________________________________________ lbackup-discussion mailing list http://www.lbackup.org Change options or unsubscribe : http://lbackup.org/mailing_lists
