Re: [BackupPC-users] Storing Identical Files?
Dumb question. They aren’t encrypted on the drive are they? Thanks, Greg Harris On Feb 11, 2023, at 8:49 PM, backu...@kosowsky.org<mailto:backu...@kosowsky.org> wrote: It does and in fact almost has to since pool files are stored according to their md5sum. So unless you have either an md5sum collision (extremely unlikely unless creating them intentionally -- as in (number of files)*2^-128 unlikely), you shouldn't have any files in your pool with an underscore in them. If you have any such files, use BackupPC_zcat to compare their contents. If they are different, then congrats you have (unintentionally) created a blue moon md5sum collision. If the contents are the same, then indeed for some reason de-duplication isn't working. The only thing that I could think of that could possibly cause duplicates is if the compression is set differently on the different backups -- but I'm not sure that would even create a problem. Also, confirm that all your backups are in a v4 pool... Christian Völker wrote at about 09:12:22 +0100 on Saturday, February 11, 2023: Hi, I am using BackupPC now for years. It is really great. Meanwhile I use v4.4.0 on Debian. As far as I understood it os very efficient in storing identical data. Now I noticed something which let me doubt this. I guess there is an explanation. So what do I have? I have two clients which have a large share. These two (Debian) clients sync this share on a daily base through rsync (through a third clientC, but this should not make a difference). On clientA there is a cron job doing rsync to clientC and on clientB there is a cron job doing rsync from clientC. So in the end all three hosts have identical data. rsync command runs through ssh and use "-avH". BackupPC itself is only backing up host clientA so far (since months now). So the data is stored in /var/lib/backuppc. Now I added the clientB share to BackupPC and expected the filesystem usage on /var/lib/backuppc to stay more or less equal after the backupc of clientB as the data is already stored from clientA. At least after a while when doing some cleanups. Unfortunately, the usage of the pool increased approximately about the size of the share and has not been dropped since (more than a week now). So my questions are: * Is there dupe detecion on BackupPC? * If so, why does my pool size not decrease after a while? * If by default it has to decrease, is there an explanation why it does not on my host? Thanks a lot! /KNEBB ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup strategy for rarely-connected clients
Honestly, why back it up at all? Nothing changed. If it’s off the shelf for that short of time, it’s not got anything on it that’s not somewhere else. Now, the update argument is real. Thanks, Greg Harris On Jan 31, 2023, at 4:47 PM, Les Mikesell mailto:lesmikes...@gmail.com>> wrote: On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 3:36 PM Richard Shaw mailto:hobbes1...@gmail.com>> wrote: An additional problem is that the machine might only be connected for a short period, so the server might miss that window and fail to back it in the short period it's connected, as it's busy with other backups. I think the perfect world example would be if there was a client you could run so the computer could inform the server when it's up, perhaps via a REST interface. Why can't the user log into the web interface and start the backup at appropriate times? And if the admin gets the email that it hasn't been backed up, he can call the guy up and remind him... -- Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com<mailto:lesmikes...@gmail.com> ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup strategy for rarely-connected clients
It’s a canary. The day it’s not in your email is the day you start to sweat about Backuppc. Thanks, Greg Harris > On Jan 31, 2023, at 3:55 PM, Kenneth Porter wrote: > > My company has a laptop that spends most of its time on a shelf, not in use. > So I'm constantly seeing a daily BackupPC alert in my email that the machine > hasn't been backed up recently. > > How do others deal with this situation, with machines that are rarely > connected to the LAN for backup? > > An additional problem is that the machine might only be connected for a short > period, so the server might miss that window and fail to back it in the short > period it's connected, as it's busy with other backups. > > > ___ > BackupPC-users mailing list > BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net > List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki > Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ > ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] errors on network-mounted pool filesystem
I’d suspect that the rsync_bpc call is using a user that isn’t what you expect. However, I can’t find the exact setting I was expecting. In my setup, the group that owns the backup location is the web group, (I think www for Ubuntu), not backuppc, and backuppc is part of the web group. Thanks, Greg Harris On Sep 2, 2022, at 9:01 AM, Sandro Bordacchini mailto:sandro.bordacch...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hello all. Just wanted to share with you what happened to me and check if you have any idea on what is going on. I have been a satisfied user of backuppc for a long time. So far I am using a 3.3.0 version on a debian 7 on a local vm (a local vmware esxi i have full control on): no problem with this approach. I needed to switch to a cloud solution, though. No need to migrate the pool. I thought about installing backuppc v4 and just starting from that, adding my old hosts (to avoid v3/v4 pool version issues) My pool is 0.7 TB so to keep the budget low I planned to buy a low-middle sized vm plus some "cloud storage space". I read that hardlinks support is no longer strictly mandatory (but it can affect performance) on v4 so I was about to give it a try. I hope I understood this crucial point correctly. So i installed backuppc 4.4.0-3 (standard repo version on debian 11) I mounted the cloud space with sshfs as user backuppc, this are the options in the fstab line: idmap=user,allow_other,default_permissions,IdentityFile=/root/.ssh/,port=23,ServerAliveInterval=15,reconnect,_netdev,uid=108,gid=114 uid and gid are backuppc user and group I got a working installation and I tried a successful backup (full and incr) of localhost (tar method), with no errors. Then I tried to add some remote linux servers (rsync over ssh method) and I got several transfer errors... very similar across all the servers... for example a sample from xferLOG: [...] This is the rsync child about to exec /usr/libexec/backuppc-rsync/rsync_bpc Xfer PIDs are now 39411,39414 xferPids 39411,39414 G bpc_path_create: can't create f%2fetc%2f/attrib (errno 2) G bpc_path_create: can't create f%2fetc%2f/attrib (errno 2) => [lots of repeated lines] rsync_bpc: recv_generator: mkdir "/NetworkManager" failed: No such file or directory (2) *** Skipping any contents from this failed directory *** G bpc_path_create: can't create f%2fetc%2f/fX11 (errno 2) G bpc_path_create: can't create f%2fetc%2f/fX11 (errno 2) rsync_bpc: recv_generator: mkdir "/X11/xkb" failed: No such file or directory (2) *** Skipping any contents from this failed directory *** G bpc_path_create: can't create f%2fetc%2f/facpi (errno 2) G bpc_path_create: can't create f%2fetc%2f/facpi (errno 2) rsync_bpc: recv_generator: mkdir "/acpi/events" failed: No such file or directory (2) *** Skipping any contents from this failed directory *** G bpc_fileReadAll: can't open /var/lib/backuppc/cpool/36/16/37170a6409f1fa9cf67d20660b1d0f2d (from alternatives/ALTER_OPERATOR_CLASS.7.gz) rsync_bpc: symlink "/alternatives/ALTER_OPERATOR_CLASS.7.gz" -> "/usr/share/postgresql/13/man/man7/ALTER_OPERATOR_CLASS.7.gz" failed: File exists (17) rsync_bpc: symlink "/alternatives/ALTER_OPERATOR_FAMILY.7.gz" -> "/usr/share/postgresql/13/man/man7/ALTER_OPERATOR_FAMILY.7.gz" failed: File exists (17) G bpc_fileReadAll: can't open /var/lib/backuppc/cpool/e2/48/e34810c68ce29a133fbc30d73c6ad6a0 (from alternatives/ALTER_TABLESPACE.7.gz) [...] All the remote servers i added so far (all debian servers) got several errors and if i try to browse their backups, the web interface tells me they are empty. My main concern is: why the backup with tar method is working and the other with rsync is not? If it was something about the pool filesystem ... should not affect all the backups? Is something about the options i mount the sshfs filesystem? Should I set write syncs? Seeing the log someone could argue user backuppc has no rw access but i can tell you that backuppc created a lot of files and folders in that fs. Thank you in advance. S ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Getting lost in installation following documentation
Ah, but Christian, you have hit the perfect paradox of Open Source Software! When you find a problem, you have the opportunity to lend a hand in fixing it. Yep, it’s annoying, but hopefully rare. This is one of the benefits of Linux, that you have the opportunity and tools available to fix things yourself. Yes, you are correct that wrong information should and must be corrected. However, because there’s not a monetary exchange, sometimes there is a time exchange. When you begin to understand, prepare for, and embrace this dynamic, then these frustrations are not nearly as foreign or jarring. Sometimes the frustration will never go away. However, demanding that somebody else do something so that you can have something for free is not going to put those in charge in a great mood to help you. I get it, and have been there. I’m still there many times. However, changing the tone to more of a helper stance can go a long way. Thanks, Greg Harris On Mar 1, 2022, at 2:45 PM, Christian Möller mailto:dcmoel...@gmx.de>> wrote: Thanks Johan for your reply and time. Hello, BackupPC community, sorry, to me this sounds like the following: There is BackupPC software with documentation how to install it from scratch ... but this documentation is wrong or at least misleading! One of the benefits of using Linux-based machines is the ease to install/upgrade software. I don't know who is responsible for preparation of BackupPC's Debian package, but in essense it seems to be useless (at least for initial installation)! So please - wipe out this chapter from documentation, - fix DEB package. Fiddling around with scripts is not acceptable to me! I want to apply BackupPC for backing up my computers, not to train my ability typing commands. Christian Am 23.02.22 um 14:50 schrieb Johan Ehnberg: Hello Christian, If you prefer not to install manually, the BackupPC Wiki has an installer script that works on Debian-based distributions: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki/Installing-BackupPC-4-from-tarball-or-git-on-Ubuntu The script source can also be of use for you to identify where you got stuck when installing manually. Another option is to build your own packages or download premade ones: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki/Build-Your-Own-Packages Best regards, Johan Ehnberg On 23/02/2022 13.39, Christian Möller wrote: Hello, I've tried to install BackupPC v4 following your documentation at https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/BackupPC.html on a Debian 11 machine. Starting with "Step 1" https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/BackupPC.html#Step-1:-Getting-BackupPC everything works fine, both packages "backuppc" and "rsync-bpc" get installed smoothly (as far as I can tell). So according to the recommendation, I skip to Step 3 ... which gets me lost in transition, because: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/BackupPC.html#Step-3:-Setting-up-config.pl states "After running configure.pl, browse through the config file, __CONFDIR__/config.pl [...]" Well, which "configure.pl" to ran (and when)? What is "__CONFDIR__"? The same as with v3, so "/etc/backuppc"? I recognized that this folder is created freshly during installation (be aware of the file's timestamps), but contains NO "config.pl" file: $ ls -al /etc/backuppc total 20 drwxr-xr-x 2 backuppc www-data 4096 Feb 23 11:42 . drwxr-xr-x 130 root root 12288 Feb 23 11:57 .. -rw-r- 1 backuppc www-data47 Feb 23 11:42 htpasswd lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root13 Feb 23 11:42 pc -> /etc/backuppc So my attempt stops at this point unfinished. Any help appreciated. Thanks. Christian PS: A little bit of background info: I'm using BackupPC v3 for many years now. Prior to my attempt to install v4, I've uninstalled v3 and moved away the "old" folder /etc/backuppc by renaming it. ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ -- Signature *Johan Ehnberg* Founder, CEO Molnix Oy jo...@molnix.com +358 50 320 96 88 molnix.com <https://molnix.com> /The contents of this e-mail and its attachments are for the use of the intended recipient only, and are confidential and may contain legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient or have otherwise received the e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to this e-mail immediately and then delete it immediately from your system. Any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of this communication without prior and explicit permission of the sender is strictly prohibited./ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Re: [BackupPC-users] Run command per file before storing in the pool
Yet another sideline sitter here. However, here goes with a very questionable thought. Maybe BackupPC is the wrong tool for this particular directory/instance? Perhaps something like Amazon Glacier with Cryptomator is a wiser choice in this one scenario? Thanks, Greg Harris On Feb 17, 2022, at 10:27 AM, backu...@kosowsky.org<mailto:backu...@kosowsky.org> wrote: G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users wrote at about 13:24:26 + on Thursday, February 17, 2022: Hi there, On Thu, 17 Feb 2022, brogeriofernandes wrote: I'm wondering if would be possible to run a command just after client transfers file data but before it's stored in backuppc pool. My idea is to do an image compression, like jpeg-xl lossless, instead of the standard zlib one. Have you considered using a compressing filesystem on the server? I think that is the best idea as: 1. It is transparent to BackupPC 2. You benefit from all the optimizations of the underlying file system 3. No new coding is needed 4. No need to create special compression cases for different file types 5. Compression is automagically multi-threaded and cached/backgrounded so as to minimally slow down the program (I never "feel" the overhead of compression on my btrfs/zsd file system). 5. It's essentially totally reliable It's particularly easy for a filesystem like btrfs... where you can use 'zstd' which is both fast and good compression. I would compare the speed and compression ratio of btrfs with 'zstd' with the speed and compression ratio of your raw lossless jpg compression. ... more bandwidth-friendly ... compression before transferring to server ... The data can be compressed on the client by the transfer tools during the transfer. This can be purely to reduce network load and it can be independent of any compression (perhaps by a different method) of the data when it is stored by the server. The compression algorithms for transfer and storage can be chosen for different reasons. Of course if it is required to perform multiple compression and/or decompression steps for each file, the server will have to handle an increased load. This can all be more or less transparent to BackupPC. -- 73, Ged. ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Changing Backuppc Web UI Password
Sorry, answered to quickly on the copy/paste from my notes. The -c is a create flag, drop it to update. Additionally, you may need to adjust the directory. Thanks, Greg Harris On Feb 16, 2022, at 8:54 AM, Greg Harris mailto:ghar...@teamexpansion.org>> wrote: It’s a web user password. To my knowledge, you cannot change it via the web interface. su htpasswd -c /etc/BackupPC/apache.users admin Replace “admin” with whatever username you are looking for. Thanks, Greg Harris On Feb 16, 2022, at 7:17 AM, Mr J Arnold mailto:james.arn...@plantsbrookschool.co.uk>> wrote: Hi all, hopefully not a tricky one. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to change the password for the backuppc web ui. Anyone with sock puppets and crayons able to help? Thanks much all. ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Changing Backuppc Web UI Password
It’s a web user password. To my knowledge, you cannot change it via the web interface. su htpasswd -c /etc/BackupPC/apache.users admin Replace “admin” with whatever username you are looking for. Thanks, Greg Harris On Feb 16, 2022, at 7:17 AM, Mr J Arnold mailto:james.arn...@plantsbrookschool.co.uk>> wrote: Hi all, hopefully not a tricky one. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to change the password for the backuppc web ui. Anyone with sock puppets and crayons able to help? Thanks much all. ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Problem with WakupSchedule and Backupplan
Ralph, I have a feeling that those who know are going to want to see a list of the relevant settings to get a better grasp on how things are set. However, I have a suspicion that you are on the right track. If a backup is missed, then it is put into the queue and it will start as soon as it is able to. You may be able to use the blackout hours to help. Thanks, Greg Harris On Apr 27, 2021, at 6:50 AM, Ralph Sikau mailto:ra...@hassun.de>> wrote: Hi, I hope that somebody can help. I'm lost with the parameters of WakeupSchedule and Backupplan. My Intention is that BackupPC wakes up once at 3 pm to do the nightly Jobs and the backup of a host shall start shortly before midnight and run from then throughout the following night. Whatever I try the backup of the host always starts at 3 pm. Is that because the BackupPCNightlyPeriod<http://192.168.2.2/index.cgi?action=view=docs#_conf_backuppcnightlyperiod_> is set to 8 so that on days without doing nightly jobs the host backup starts instead? What's wrong here? I also tried to start the backup jobs as cron jobs. That didn't work either. Thanks for any assistance. Ralph ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Simple server side embedded config file to allow full shadow backups of Windows host
Okay, I was just making things way harder than they needed to be. Sorry Jeff. Doug, from my understanding DeltaCopy is nearly just an alternative version of cygwin-rsyncd. I think all you need to do is dump these scripts into the bottom of the .pl file for the host. Otherwise, all of the other setup you normally do should be the same. Thanks, Greg Harris On Feb 23, 2021, at 10:58 AM, backu...@kosowsky.org<mailto:backu...@kosowsky.org> wrote: Yes. SSH needs to be minimally configured just as you do when using the 'rsync' method (over ssh) for any other system. And SSH is pretty basic for any type of communication, login, file transfer between machines in the 20th century (with the exception maybe of pure Windows environments) Technically, SSH may not be a dependency for rsync in that you can use 'rsyncd' without SSH but the vast majority of rsync usage between local and remote machines (with or without backuppc) is over ssh. Greg Harris wrote at about 15:51:26 + on Tuesday, February 23, 2021: I was hoping that I could reply with at least a basic outline. However, I’m still trying to figure out what I’m missing. Jeff, you seem to imply that there’s no client side config that needs to be done? When I installed SSH via the base CygWin, it seems like there is at least basic setup steps to getting sshd running. Maybe you are considering those basic install pieces? Sorry I’m such a newb on this, but I’m wading my way through and feeling a bit tripped up as I try to do the minimum possible to maximize the usage. Additionally, it seems that openssh is not a dependency for rsycn in Cygwin, so I had to specify both separately. I get the feeling that what I was expecting to do is a hybrid of using the BackupPC Cygwin install on the client and then this script on the server side, rather than configuring anything on either side. Maybe my expectations are wildly off. Thanks, Greg Harris On Feb 18, 2021, at 9:30 AM, Doug Lytle mailto:supp...@drdos.info><mailto:supp...@drdos.info>> wrote: 'cygpath' is part of the basic 'cygwin' package. Okay, For someone that has always used DeltaCopy on the clients, is there a step-by-step instruction page that explains on how to use this? Thanks! Doug ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net><mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Simple server side embedded config file to allow full shadow backups of Windows host
I was hoping that I could reply with at least a basic outline. However, I’m still trying to figure out what I’m missing. Jeff, you seem to imply that there’s no client side config that needs to be done? When I installed SSH via the base CygWin, it seems like there is at least basic setup steps to getting sshd running. Maybe you are considering those basic install pieces? Sorry I’m such a newb on this, but I’m wading my way through and feeling a bit tripped up as I try to do the minimum possible to maximize the usage. Additionally, it seems that openssh is not a dependency for rsycn in Cygwin, so I had to specify both separately. I get the feeling that what I was expecting to do is a hybrid of using the BackupPC Cygwin install on the client and then this script on the server side, rather than configuring anything on either side. Maybe my expectations are wildly off. Thanks, Greg Harris On Feb 18, 2021, at 9:30 AM, Doug Lytle mailto:supp...@drdos.info>> wrote: 'cygpath' is part of the basic 'cygwin' package. Okay, For someone that has always used DeltaCopy on the clients, is there a step-by-step instruction page that explains on how to use this? Thanks! Doug ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Simple server side embedded config file to allow full shadow backups of Windows host
Well, now I’ve gone and done it! This machine had the BackupPC CygWin that Michael so generously bestowed upon us and I didn’t check before I installed the general CygWin. This ought to be fun to untangle. So, that does clear up a few things, so thanks. One bit of weirdness is that “tail” doesn’t show up in the CygWin list. There’s a few “enhanced” versions, but not a specific tail. Any particular one you run? Additionally, I can’t find anything that is labeled cygpath. Date also isn’t listed, but I expect that’s part of another base package, however there is the dateutils package? Or did you just run with the BackupPC version of CygWin? Here’s what I’ve got: Base install plus: OpenSSH Rsync Sorry, Greg Harris On Feb 17, 2021, at 9:35 AM, backu...@kosowsky.org<mailto:backu...@kosowsky.org> wrote: I may have been a little too literal in definition of 'base' - I meant that you don't anything beyond what you need for generally running BackupPC over cygwin (which of course includes rsync/ssh). Greg Harris wrote at about 14:03:22 + on Wednesday, February 17, 2021: Jeff, These look like awesome scripts. Thanks so much for sharing! (Hrm, is BackupPC headed towards a plugin extension set?) However, I’ve had little exposure to CygWin. In the olden days, we’d grab the CygWin for BackupPC and roll. However, your notes seem to indicate just installing a base CygWin. Yet, that doesn’t look like it includes SSH or Rsync. Or is the base installing only the client side, and not installing the server side SSH and Rsync? Sorry, my brain contorted in knots in the middle of this one and I’m struggling to find the ends to untie it. Thanks, Greg Harris On Feb 15, 2021, at 8:35 AM, backu...@kosowsky.org<mailto:backu...@kosowsky.org><mailto:backu...@kosowsky.org> wrote: Your welcome! Thomas Trueten wrote at about 12:04:40 +0100 on Monday, February 15, 2021: Hi there, thanks for the hack. It runs very well here, I always had the problem that backing up Windows computers in our network was quite a problem. Am 10.02.21 um 21:51 schrieb backu...@kosowsky.org<mailto:backu...@kosowsky.org><mailto:backu...@kosowsky.org>: Just posting an updated version of my perl hacks to the /etc/backuppc/pc/windowshost.pl file that will allow you to easily and reliably create (and later remove) VSS shadow copies on any Windows host so that all files (including locked ones) can be backed up. -- Sincerely, Thomas Trueten http://www.trueten.de PGP Key Id: 0xD96D6E68 available @ pgp KeyServers Fingerprint = 6BF5 2B63 87A2 E6BA C3F3 6AF5 CC75 00D7 D96D 6E68 Threema: FS9ZFTZF jabber: true...@riseup.net<mailto:true...@riseup.net><mailto:true...@riseup.net> irc: spamboun...@irc.freenode.net<mailto:spamboun...@irc.freenode.net><mailto:spamboun...@irc.freenode.net> skype: thomas.trueten ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net><mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net><mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Simple server side embedded config file to allow full shadow backups of Windows host
Jeff, These look like awesome scripts. Thanks so much for sharing! (Hrm, is BackupPC headed towards a plugin extension set?) However, I’ve had little exposure to CygWin. In the olden days, we’d grab the CygWin for BackupPC and roll. However, your notes seem to indicate just installing a base CygWin. Yet, that doesn’t look like it includes SSH or Rsync. Or is the base installing only the client side, and not installing the server side SSH and Rsync? Sorry, my brain contorted in knots in the middle of this one and I’m struggling to find the ends to untie it. Thanks, Greg Harris On Feb 15, 2021, at 8:35 AM, backu...@kosowsky.org<mailto:backu...@kosowsky.org> wrote: Your welcome! Thomas Trueten wrote at about 12:04:40 +0100 on Monday, February 15, 2021: Hi there, thanks for the hack. It runs very well here, I always had the problem that backing up Windows computers in our network was quite a problem. Am 10.02.21 um 21:51 schrieb backu...@kosowsky.org<mailto:backu...@kosowsky.org>: Just posting an updated version of my perl hacks to the /etc/backuppc/pc/windowshost.pl file that will allow you to easily and reliably create (and later remove) VSS shadow copies on any Windows host so that all files (including locked ones) can be backed up. -- Sincerely, Thomas Trueten http://www.trueten.de PGP Key Id: 0xD96D6E68 available @ pgp KeyServers Fingerprint = 6BF5 2B63 87A2 E6BA C3F3 6AF5 CC75 00D7 D96D 6E68 Threema: FS9ZFTZF jabber: true...@riseup.net<mailto:true...@riseup.net> irc: spamboun...@irc.freenode.net<mailto:spamboun...@irc.freenode.net> skype: thomas.trueten ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Using BackupPC 4.x with rrsync on the client
Felix,
I’m trying to follow along and learn a bit here. Is this the concept you
working towards:
https://dev-notes.eu/2016/08/secure-rsync-between-servers/
Thanks,
Greg Harris
On Feb 10, 2021, at 11:24 AM, Felix Wolters wrote:
Thank you, HTH, for your effort! Your setup is absolutely reasonable –
as long as you are on a trusted (local) network and don’t need encrypted
transport.
Apart from that, the setup with rrsync would be much less complicated –
if it worked …
Am 10.02.21 um 17:10 schrieb G.W. Haywood via BackupPC-users:
Hi there,
On Wed, 10 Feb 2021, Felix Wolters wrote:
I'd like to use it with restricted access to the client ...
If I understand you correctly there's no need for complications, you
can do that with plain vanilla rsyncd. It's what I do on my machines.
Forbidding ssh access further reduces the attackable surface.
1. Set up an rsyncd daemon on the client which listens for connections
from rsync on the backup server. Configuration like this for example:
8<--
...
[Config]
path=/etc
auth users=whatever
secrets file=/etc/rsyncd.auth
[Homes]
path=/home
auth users=whatever
secrets file=/etc/rsyncd.auth
...
8<--
The [words] in square brackets are what rsyncd knows as 'modules'.
Any module is read-only by default, so, even if it can connect to the
client's rsyncd daemon, the backup server can't write to anything in
those directories. You forbid access to anything else. The file
named in the 'secrets file' line contains just a single line with the
username 'whatever' (with no quotes), a colon, and the password for
that user. The user's password also appears in the Perl variable
$Conf{RsyncdPasswd} in the config fragment (usually in the file called
/.../BackupPC/pc/client.pl) on the backup server. The user can be one
which you create purely for backup purposes, and probably should be.
2. Set up 'rsyncd' transfers on the backup server like this, in the
file /.../BackupPC/pc/client.pl. Obviously any other special config
for the client goes in there too.
8<--
$Conf{XferMethod} = 'rsyncd';
$Conf{RsyncShareName} =
['Config','Homes','usr_local_sbin','site_perl','usr_share_perl5_email'];
$Conf{RsyncdUserName} = 'whatever';
$Conf{RsyncdPasswd} = 'redacted';
8<--
3. (Optional)
Instead of running the rsyncd daemon on the client 24/7 you can run it
via one of the super-servers, inetd or xinetd. Nowadays I tend to use
xinetd but that's up to you. The configurations are very different
for inetd and xinetd. Using a super-server like this lets you further
restrict connections as you'll see below in the 'only_from' line:
8<--
client:~ cat /etc/xinetd.d/rsyncd
...
service rsync
{
flags = REUSE
socket_type = stream
port= 873
wait= no
user= root
group = root
server = /usr/bin/rsync
server_args = --daemon
log_on_failure += USERID
disable = no
only_from = 127.0.0.1 192.168.1.5 192.168.1.47
192.168.1.246
}
8<--
If you run a super-server, don't forget that you'll need to restart it
after making any change to its configuration.
I've used this setup for quite a few years with no issues.
HTH
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Re: [BackupPC-users] OT: To top-post or not?
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Checking rsync progress/speed/status
The ls rendition is super useful, and keeps extra packages off the machine.
Thanks for that one.
Thanks,
Greg Harris
On Jan 12, 2021, at 5:58 PM, Adam Goryachev via BackupPC-users
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wrote:
On 13/1/21 09:21, Les Mikesell wrote:
On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 4:15 PM Greg Harris
mailto:ghar...@teamexpansion.org>> wrote:
Yeah, that “if you can interpret it” part gets really hard when it looks like:
select(7, [6], [], [6], {tv_sec=60, tv_usec=0}) = 1 (in [6], left {tv_sec=59,
tv_usec=99})
read(6,
"\0\200\0\0\4\200\0\7\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"...,
32768) = 27748
Scrolling at 32756 lines in around 30 seconds.
That tells you it is not hung up. You could grep some 'open's out of
the stream to see what files it is examining. Sometimes the client
side will do a whole lot of reading before it finds something that
doesn't match what the server already has.
I tend to use something like:
strace -e open -p
Also:
ls -l /proc//fd
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Checking rsync progress/speed/status
Yeah, that “if you can interpret it” part gets really hard when it looks like:
select(7, [6], [], [6], {tv_sec=60, tv_usec=0}) = 1 (in [6], left {tv_sec=59,
tv_usec=99})
read(6,
"\0\200\0\0\4\200\0\7\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"...,
32768) = 27748
Scrolling at 32756 lines in around 30 seconds.
Thanks,
Greg Harris
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On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 2:24 PM Greg Harris
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I’ve yet to find a solid way to peer into the arena of BackupPC and
find answers to these types of questions.
Strace'ing the rsync process - possibly at both ends - gives you a
pretty detailed view of what is happening if you can interpret it.
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Checking rsync progress/speed/status
While all of that is true, the answers so far still seem to be kind of like looking at the parking lot outside the ice hockey arena. (Well, at least, pre-Covid days anyways.) Is there a game going on or is it a pre-game show listing players? Is the zamboni on the ice? Which game is in which rink? Are there injuries? How much time is left? Who’s being penalized and why? I’ve yet to find a solid way to peer into the arena of BackupPC and find answers to these types of questions. Thanks, Greg Harris On Jan 12, 2021, at 2:09 PM, Doug Lytle mailto:supp...@drdos.info>> wrote: I tend to look in the top, if rsync is in progres, it its some CPU. It iotop would be another method You could also try following the rsync process with strace Doug ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Symlink for /var/lib/BackupPC
Maybe sounds familiar? Try: cp -R /var/lib/BackupPC /BackupDriveLoc chown -R backuppc:backuppc /BackupDriveLoc rm -rf /var/lib/BackupPC ln -s /BackupDriveLoc /var/lib/BackupPC chcon system_u:object_r:var_lib_t:s0 /var/lib/BackupPC chcon -R system_u:object_r:var_lib_t:s0 /var/lib/BackupPC/* Thanks, Greg Harris On Oct 28, 2020, at 4:43 PM, Robert E. Wooden mailto:b...@donelsontrophy.com>> wrote: On 10/28/2020 3:09 PM, Richard Shaw wrote: Copied or moved? If you unmount dataR6 do you still the the directories in /var/lib/BackupPC? Not that it should matter, since mounting will mask any files left in the directory :) Symbolic links should work but I've always preferred bind mounting. If you log in as the backuppc user can you create files in /var/lib/BackupPC? # su -l backuppc -s /bin/bash $ touch /var/lib/BackupPC/test Or something like that. Also, look at both the BackupPC logs and the apache logs. Thanks, Richard So, I have realized that I could rebuild (again) and I will not be "out much" but, what I would do differently this time is the installation sequence. Previously, I had installed the OS, installed BackupPC (it ran but /var/lib/BackupPC was storing on the OS hdd and not the raid array.) After I'd gotten BackupPC to run, then I created the raid array. My problems began to mount. This install, I would OS first, setup the array and create the symlink and then, install BackupPC. The BackupPC install should simply follow the symlink (think it is the /var/lib/BackupPC directory it's looking for) and place backup files and directories onto the array, like I want. I will need to change my install sequence and that should solve my problem . . . I think. (Learn as you go, sometimes.) -- Bob Wooden ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Symlink for /var/lib/BackupPC
Dumb question: SELinux isn’t biting you is it? Thanks, Greg Harris On Oct 28, 2020, at 3:27 PM, Robert E. Wooden mailto:b...@donelsontrophy.com>> wrote: I rebuilt a machine to update to CentOS 8 and ease upgrades because BackupPC v.4.40 (as of 2020-10-28) is available via epel & PowerTools repo per this: https://kifarunix.com/install-and-configure-backuppc-on-centos-8/ I created the symlink for /var/lib/BackupPC to connect to /dataR6 (a raid6 array). I copied all the directories and files over from /var/lib/BackupPC, changed directory and file permissions of the new directory to match the old and restarted BackupPC. Apparently I did something incorrectly. BackupPC runs but, will not capture a client. "Clicking" 'FULL BACKUP' of any existing client causes nothing. Checking 'Server Status' and no backups have started. Checking logs states "Can't open log file." Suggestions on what to do? -- Bob Wooden ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupFilesExclude osx catalina suggestions?
You may want to consider adding /Library also. This would include system configuration and preference files. The /User libraries only include the user level configs and prefs. Thanks, Greg Harris On Oct 4, 2020, at 1:36 PM, Todd Wade mailto:waveri...@gmail.com>> wrote: On 10/4/20 1:29 PM, Robert Trevellyan wrote: Hi Todd, I backup Macs with /Users as the RsyncShareName. My excludes are mostly for transient things like logs and caches: nice, thanks Are you trying to backup the entire system, including OS and apps? My goal is only to backup user data in BackupPC. I let Time Machine take care of the bare metal backup. Yeah. I do have Carbon Copy Cloner backups too. I guess I was thinking a yet another near mirror backup would be nice to have, but I guess backing up outside /Users is just pointless and a waste of disk space. Thanks for the sanity check! ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] First backup failing Host Key and No files dumped
I must have run into something similar at some point, as I have additional notes where I copied the .pub file to a location readable by backuppc and then used the ssh-copy-id command with that version of the file. Thanks, Greg Harris On Oct 1, 2020, at 1:26 PM, David Hoskinson mailto:david.hoskin...@astroshapes.com>> wrote: Investigating your tip but here is what i get Last login: Thu Oct 1 13:09:08 2020 from 10.60.2.25 [root@asbackup1 ~]# su -s /bin/bash backuppc bash-4.4$ ssh-copy-id -i .ssh/id_rsa.pub 'root@vpnsvr' /usr/bin/ssh-copy-id: ERROR: failed to open ID file '.ssh/id_rsa.pub': Permission denied bash-4.4$ ll bash: ll: command not found bash-4.4$ ls -al ls: cannot open directory '.': Permission denied bash-4.4$ From: "Greg Harris" mailto:ghar...@teamexpansion.org>> To: "backuppc-users" mailto:backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>> Sent: Thursday, October 1, 2020 1:06:28 PM Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] First backup failing Host Key and No files dumped CAUTION: This email originated from outside your organization. Exercise caution when opening attachments or clicking links, especially from unknown senders. David, The backuppc user generally doesn’t have shell access. You should be able to use something like: su -s /bin/bash backuppc ssh-copy-id -i .ssh/id_rsa.pub<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fid_rsa.pub=E,1,82IDWb-eudNlyvLMDJBuMLdSFXVbDrhyFpjNYS_XIRKpn7MubjAbeeOuttgj2AvaCS4X-T6od9gb1c7wVVCXcaZRsPeYIgD-GY_BT3fd=1> ‘r...@client.to<mailto:r...@client.to>.backup' exit On the server, you can add shell access to the backuppc user with: usermod -s /bin/bash backuppc Thanks, Greg Harris On Oct 1, 2020, at 12:00 PM, David Hoskinson mailto:david.hoskin...@astroshapes.com>> wrote: Hello all I am doing a new install of BackupPC 4.4.0 and am having issues with my first backup XferLOG file /backup/astrobackup//pc/namesvr1/XferLOG.0.z created 2020-10-01 11:45:54 Backup prep: type = full, case = 1, inPlace = 1, doDuplicate = 0, newBkupNum = 0, newBkupIdx = 0, lastBkupNum = , lastBkupIdx = (FillCycle = 0, noFillCnt = ) Running: /usr/bin/rsync_bpc --bpc-top-dir /backup/astrobackup/ --bpc-host-name namesvr1 --bpc-share-name /etc/named/ --bpc-bkup-num 0 --bpc-bkup-comp 3 --bpc-bkup-prevnum -1 --bpc-bkup-prevcomp -1 --bpc-bkup-inode0 2 --bpc-log-level 6 --bpc-attrib-new -e /usr/bin/ssh\ -l\ root --rsync-path=/usr/bin/rsync --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group -D --links --hard-links --times --block-size=2048 --recursive --checksum --timeout=72000 namesvr1:/etc/named/ / full backup started for directory /etc/named/ Xfer PIDs are now 2766 This is the rsync child about to exec /usr/bin/rsync_bpc bpc_path_create(/backup/astrobackup//pc/namesvr1/0) bpc_attrib_backwardCompat: WriteOldStyleAttribFile = 0, KeepOldAttribFiles = 0 Host key verification failed. rsync_bpc: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [Receiver] bpc_sysCall_cleanup: doneInit = 1 RefCnt Deltas for new backup Uncompressed HT: Compressed HT: Done: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 sizeExistComp, 0 filesTotal, 0 sizeTotal, 0 filesNew, 0 sizeNew, 0 sizeNewComp, 2 inode Parsing done: nFilesTotal = 0 rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(226) [Receiver=3.1.2.0] rsync_bpc exited with fatal status 255 (65280) (rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(226) [Receiver=3.1.2.0]) Xfer PIDs are now Got fatal error during xfer (No files dumped for share /etc/named/) Backup aborted (No files dumped for share /etc/named/) I have created root ssh keys and added them to authorized_keys on the client. We have a older 3.3 version that is running, but this is a new install on a new box. I can't seem to find anything. I think the host key verification is the clue. Should i be able to login into the client from the server as backuppc? Currently no passwd is set on that account so i can't ssh to the client and accept the figure print. Thanks for any help or leads David Hoskinson Systems Administrator Ext 226 ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/<https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fbackuppc.github.io%2fbackuppc%2f=E,1,tlGEO_RyljuRR0CQDOb1C1IjG1cEzsEg5ljPxbHjK_1kESksKxoKWshZVvwtaxWX-SMc81OjsVnWtaAXH7V9nFYftZiFCi6sbL-gGqYpxZw0zGM,=1> ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://linkpr
Re: [BackupPC-users] First backup failing Host Key and No files dumped
David, The backuppc user generally doesn’t have shell access. You should be able to use something like: su -s /bin/bash backuppc ssh-copy-id -i .ssh/id_rsa.pub ‘r...@client.to<mailto:r...@client.to>.backup' exit On the server, you can add shell access to the backuppc user with: usermod -s /bin/bash backuppc Thanks, Greg Harris On Oct 1, 2020, at 12:00 PM, David Hoskinson mailto:david.hoskin...@astroshapes.com>> wrote: Hello all I am doing a new install of BackupPC 4.4.0 and am having issues with my first backup XferLOG file /backup/astrobackup//pc/namesvr1/XferLOG.0.z created 2020-10-01 11:45:54 Backup prep: type = full, case = 1, inPlace = 1, doDuplicate = 0, newBkupNum = 0, newBkupIdx = 0, lastBkupNum = , lastBkupIdx = (FillCycle = 0, noFillCnt = ) Running: /usr/bin/rsync_bpc --bpc-top-dir /backup/astrobackup/ --bpc-host-name namesvr1 --bpc-share-name /etc/named/ --bpc-bkup-num 0 --bpc-bkup-comp 3 --bpc-bkup-prevnum -1 --bpc-bkup-prevcomp -1 --bpc-bkup-inode0 2 --bpc-log-level 6 --bpc-attrib-new -e /usr/bin/ssh\ -l\ root --rsync-path=/usr/bin/rsync --numeric-ids --perms --owner --group -D --links --hard-links --times --block-size=2048 --recursive --checksum --timeout=72000 namesvr1:/etc/named/ / full backup started for directory /etc/named/ Xfer PIDs are now 2766 This is the rsync child about to exec /usr/bin/rsync_bpc bpc_path_create(/backup/astrobackup//pc/namesvr1/0) bpc_attrib_backwardCompat: WriteOldStyleAttribFile = 0, KeepOldAttribFiles = 0 Host key verification failed. rsync_bpc: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [Receiver] bpc_sysCall_cleanup: doneInit = 1 RefCnt Deltas for new backup Uncompressed HT: Compressed HT: Done: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0 sizeExistComp, 0 filesTotal, 0 sizeTotal, 0 filesNew, 0 sizeNew, 0 sizeNewComp, 2 inode Parsing done: nFilesTotal = 0 rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(226) [Receiver=3.1.2.0] rsync_bpc exited with fatal status 255 (65280) (rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(226) [Receiver=3.1.2.0]) Xfer PIDs are now Got fatal error during xfer (No files dumped for share /etc/named/) Backup aborted (No files dumped for share /etc/named/) I have created root ssh keys and added them to authorized_keys on the client. We have a older 3.3 version that is running, but this is a new install on a new box. I can't seem to find anything. I think the host key verification is the clue. Should i be able to login into the client from the server as backuppc? Currently no passwd is set on that account so i can't ssh to the client and accept the figure print. Thanks for any help or leads David Hoskinson Systems Administrator Ext 226 ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki Project: https://backuppc.github.io/backuppc/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Thank you far an easier installation
And many thanks to you! I tried CentOS 8 six-ish months too earlier. All’s well that ends well, though right? Thanks Richard! Thanks, Greg Harris On Jun 2, 2020, at 4:21 PM, Richard Shaw mailto:hobbes1...@gmail.com>> wrote: On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 1:14 PM Bob Wooden mailto:b...@donelsontrophy.com>> wrote: For those of you who may not be aware of this. In the process of building a replacement machine (hardware update) I have discovered that CentOS 8, the EPEL repo offers BackupPC 4.3.2. (The CentOS 7 EPEL repo offers BackupPC 3.3.2.) After years of building from source, building *.deb packages and various other build processes, one of the Linux distros has "caught up" to a current version of BackupPC (4.3.2) in one of their repos. As the matinainer of BackupPC on Fedora/EPEL thanks! (and you even get to keep selinux on!) The decision to not update EL 7 was intentional as there were some non-backward compatible changes that necessitate manual involvement. I didn't want to auto update the 10s of thousands of systems and deal will the fall out. I do however provide 4.X for EL 6 & 7 via my COPR: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/hobbes1069/BackupPC/ The EL7 repo file has nearly 50,000 downloads. Thanks, Richard ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto: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/ ___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] how to install SCGI , exactly??
Or better yet, use CentOS 7 and that packaging. I can’t get to that RPM link at this moment. I’m sure someone else has that link available quickly. Thanks, Greg Harris > On May 22, 2020, at 12:33 PM, Doug Lytle wrote: > > >> >>>> BackupPC is installed on an Ubuntu 18.04.4 system.. > > You won't want to be using BackupPC from Ubuntu 18.04's PPA, it's only > version 3.3.1. BackupPC is currently at 4.3.2 > > My suggestion would be to install it from tarball. I've found the below > instructions > > https://github.com/backuppc/backuppc/wiki/Installing-BackupPC-4-from-tarball-or-git-on-Ubuntu > > I could not find a PPA for BackupPC 4.3.2 > > Doug > > > ___ > 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/ > ___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] CGI Script Fails to Run But Actual Text of Script Displays Instead
Apache is not reading the .php files as php, but text.
Thanks,
Greg Harris
On Apr 26, 2020, at 8:22 PM, Akibu Flash wrote:
I am running an Arch Linux server (5.6.6) for the purpose of backing up several
Windows 10 machines on a home local area network. I have installed the
package distribution and also Apache with mod_perl support. Backuppc along
with Apache are listed as running when I check systemctl status for each. From
one of the Windows 10 machines on the network, I am able to access the BackupPC
server by typing in the backuppc server address appended with /BackupPC_Admin.
However, I seem to only get the actual text of the script rather than the
script running. Any guidance on what I am doing wrong. I have followed
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/BackupPC to the letter. Particularly, I
have followed the below section regarding single purpose Apache:
Apache configuration
BackupPC has a web interface that allows you to easily control it. You can
access it using Apache and mod_perl or a C wrapper but other webservers like
lighttpd<https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=lighttpd> works too. Install
apache<https://www.archlinux.org/packages/?name=apache> from the official
repositories.
Edit Apache configuration
BackupPC's web UI needs to run as the user backuppc, but Apache normally runs
under the user http. There are several ways to fix this. The two demonstrated
here are common for single-purpose servers (Apache is only used to serve the
BackupPC UI) or for multi-purpose servers (Apache may also server other
websites under the regular http user).
Setting up Apache for single-purpose use is a bit easier but not as flexible.
General settings
Edit /etc/backuppc/config.pl. Set administrator name:
$Conf{CgiAdminUsers} = 'admin';
Next, we need to add a users file and set the admin password:
# htpasswd -c /etc/backuppc/backuppc.users admin
The BackupPC-Webfrontend is initially configured so that you can only access it
from the localhost. If you want to access it from all machines in your network,
you have to edit /etc/httpd/conf/extra/backuppc.conf. Edit the line:
Require ip 127.0.0.1
to:
Require ip 127.0.0.1 192.168.0
where you have to replace 192.168.0 to your corresponding IP-Adresses you want
to gain access from. After one of the configuration steps below has also been
performed, [re]start the Apache service.
Single-purpose Apache settings
Install<https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Install>
mod_perl<https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mod_perl/>AUR from the official
repositories<https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Official_repositories>.
Edit the Apache configuration file to load mod_perl, tell Apache to run as user
backuppc and to include /etc/httpd/conf/extra/backuppc.conf:
/etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
LoadModule perl_module modules/mod_perl.so
User backuppc
Group backuppc
Include conf/extra/backuppc.conf
I assume that it is a simple fix but don't quite know where to begin. Any
assistance is appreciated. Thanks.
Akibu
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Getting rsync excludes right...
Then you need both.
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
'*' => [
'*/Trash’, //Visible subdirectories
‘*/.Trash’, //Need to add to get rid of hidden subdirectory occurrences
'/.cache',
'/.Trash*’ //Hidden subdirectory occurrence
]
};
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On Apr 23, 2020, at 11:46 AM, Richard Shaw
mailto:hobbes1...@gmail.com>> wrote:
On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 10:32 AM Greg Harris
mailto:ghar...@teamexpansion.org>> wrote:
There’s no dot on the first one.
That's another form I found when browsing through a backup.
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Getting rsync excludes right...
There’s no dot on the first one.
Thanks,
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On Apr 23, 2020, at 11:27 AM, Richard Shaw
mailto:hobbes1...@gmail.com>> wrote:
I tried to upgrade my CentOS 7 box to CentOS 8 (through reinstall and
preserving of /etc) but it went sideways and I lost everything so I had to
setup BackupPC from scratch.
Getting the rsync excludes right has always been a problem for me. I'm not
volunteering to start it but (I've got WAY too much going on in my life right
now) but a Wiki or something with BackupPC recipes and best practices would be
great!
Here's my current default exclude as I mostly backup home directories:
$Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {
'*' => [
'*/Trash',
'/.cache',
'/.Trash*'
]
};
My share is "/var/lib/pictures"
So my thought was the * should match all shares and the "/.Trash*" should match
trash files in the root of the share but I just did a full backup and two are
still there.
Advice?
Thanks,
Richard
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Using a jump host to backup via rsync over SSH
You seem to have a pretty good handle on stuff, but you aren’t suffering from CentOS’ silent killer are you? SELinux? Thanks, Greg Harris On Apr 21, 2020, at 8:10 AM, Falko Trojahn via BackupPC-users mailto:backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>> wrote: Hi Pim, using jumphost here for backing up a remote host and it's VMs without any problems. What BackupPC version do you use? I am using BackupPC 4.3.1-3 from the yum repository for CentOS 7. Very good to hear that you got it working on your installation. ok, so I'll try it on an 4.3.2 installation, too, and give you some information if it works there. Greetings, Falko ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto: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/ ___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Freenas - HELP NEEDED
I haven’t started down that road yet, but I was leaning towards XigmaNAS over FreeNAS. https://www.xigmanas.com At this point though, it looks like it’s probably a “convert the plugin” type of situation. Thanks, Greg Harris On Mar 19, 2020, at 11:38 AM, Brad Alexander mailto:stor...@gmail.com>> wrote: I haven't followed any of these, but: https://www.ixsystems.com/community/threads/quickstart-guide-for-backuppc-4-in-a-jail-on-freenas.74080/ I haven't yet set it up, but it is on the todo list. I am currently running 3.3. On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 9:32 AM Robert Kiss mailto:bobkiss...@gmail.com>> wrote: Hi, I just installed the BackuPC plugin for FreeNAS and I am stuck. I have no idea how to access the Web GUI and the documentation is just too hard for me to swallow. Is there a step-by-step instruction how to get the Web GUI to work? Thanks. Robert ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net<http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net/> Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto: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/ ___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC opinion
I’ve seen the suggestion of the idea that an off-site backup utilize the “Archive” function to mitigate such a failure. Thanks, Greg Harris On Jan 17, 2020, at 10:48 AM, Gandalf Corvotempesta mailto:gandalf.corvotempe...@gmail.com>> wrote: Just a useless email but.. BackupPC is *BY FAR* the best backup software ever made. I'm using it with success (but with some issues) on a very old and slow server and, starting from 2 weeks ago, even on a brand new and much faster server. Absolutely superb. Maybe I have just one little complain: what happens in case of disaster on backuppc server? I won't be able to manually recover a file, right ? rsnapshot is better in this specific task, as it will save the verbatim file as coming frm the remote server. Any disaster recovery procedure available with BackupPC ? A sort of "TOC" like in cdrom saying which file is where without having to restore the whole pool ? ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto: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/ ___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Win10 rsync and shadow
Extraordinarily useful! I’ll give it a spin and see what I can break, er, um, fix! Thanks all! Thanks, Greg Harris On Jan 13, 2020, at 4:42 AM, Daniel Berteaud mailto:dan...@firewall-services.com>> wrote: - Le 12 Jan 20, à 0:14, Michael Stowe mailto:michael.st...@member.mensa.org>> a écrit : On 2020-01-09 12:23, Greg Harris wrote: Anyone tried enabling the in-built Win10 SSH server and then using straight rsync, not rsyncd, with cygwin-rsync client? Additionally, and maybe I should create a separate thread, but does the cygwin-rsync client that's bundled on the GitHub page use the shadow volume? I can't see anywhere that it discusses this, nor find any forum posts. However, this forum post says there are at least two solutions for doing shadow copies with rsync: https://sourceforge.net/p/backuppc/mailman/message/36519429/<https://u2182357.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=rBK8reUlX8Sxr7Iz1fV-2F7YQ8BYSHbrWZS1jKQzKBLmHDvD-2BcaXOPRSW8DuNIHKGhDNdyUJdGmEZGMgRHKaX7P1K7kmZ1gTYsRz7rQadIHYI-3D_OypFYCWzG5ApGW-2FFpGTxc4RCS9eud0Dl1htN5rYoUZ8To4zeNUFBkAGI3hzer91C9VErJ0fkm9L7N1YEY7J0k6aPdAmMs-2BUPmYfHrUS-2BlNGF2-2B-2Bjsg0MpoOjaNdyNexmche5RLR2g94Z5b-2FiwuldbCH5OCZR0Os-2B0E01CPwXp3bdBoM2ptr4QH8NAxvo6adkVbEoHUAKboAHCCvuFjvzC-2BJgw5HSFku9S1b0ofdK5eXLc1XEdceiqbpealdu3-2BRbeBJr9ovw42-2F0a2d2-2Bi7uhA-3D-3D> Yet, searching around, I've only been able to find: https://www.michaelstowe.com/backuppc/<https://u2182357.ct.sendgrid.net/wf/click?upn=rBK8reUlX8Sxr7Iz1fV-2F7Zaxtwab-2FG40JLJH69HA23Ye53aTPmpurGS-2FLnwtQoz5_OypFYCWzG5ApGW-2FFpGTxc4RCS9eud0Dl1htN5rYoUZ8To4zeNUFBkAGI3hzer91C9VErJ0fkm9L7N1YEY7J0k4BxpvT-2BOvk3IjoUqhQ8jDF-2FE9nj4OCuhhb9No1f8TQctBDSZ6BaHSqje6kX3UdYOrXhDFt-2FJI-2BW8P9rmJEM9nhWqT0EHtTrygEYDAZr-2B0a9FaejogzoMSH904U-2B1-2BeH5qS3rUAqAQV9B5vBDTTVGRyzfOXqtE-2B7f5v93Cg8QLaGh7LlpOXCmHlKDwC-2FN-2BhJVA-3D-3D> Thoughts? Ideas? Tomatoes? Thanks, Greg Harris It has been a while since I tried it, but last time I did, I had trouble with permissions (i.e., there were many files that it simply did not allow reading) and with shadow volumes -- there's a bit of a Catch-22 where the shadow volume is unusable unless it's created before the ssh service is started, which kind of defeats the point of using it to control the shadow volume. To work with transient shadow volume, I created a simple rsync wrapper. It uses Michael Stowe scripts (https://www.michaelstowe.com/backuppc/ with some slight modifications). I'm not using it with the native Win10 SSH Server, but with OpenSSH port (https://github.com/PowerShell/Win32-OpenSSH) So yes, I use straight rsync over ssh to backup Windows hosts, with VSS support. The wrapper script makes it simple to use, with any pre/post backup action, and without the hassle of persistent shadow management. My script is https://git.fws.fr/fws/wapt-backuppc-agent/src/branch/master/rsync.cmd Cheers, Daniel -- [X]<https://www.firewall-services.com/> Daniel Berteaud FIREWALL-SERVICES SAS, La sécurité des réseaux Société de Services en Logiciels Libres Tél : +33.5 56 64 15 32 Matrix: @dani:fws.fr<http://fws.fr/> https://www.firewall-services.com<https://www.firewall-services.com/> ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net<http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net/> Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ___ 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/
[BackupPC-users] Win10 rsync and shadow
Anyone tried enabling the in-built Win10 SSH server and then using straight rsync, not rsyncd, with cygwin-rsync client? Additionally, and maybe I should create a separate thread, but does the cygwin-rsync client that’s bundled on the GitHub page use the shadow volume? I can’t see anywhere that it discusses this, nor find any forum posts. However, this forum post says there are at least two solutions for doing shadow copies with rsync: https://sourceforge.net/p/backuppc/mailman/message/36519429/ Yet, searching around, I’ve only been able to find: https://www.michaelstowe.com/backuppc/ Thoughts? Ideas? Tomatoes? Thanks, Greg Harris ___ 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/
[BackupPC-users] Centos 7, BPC4, rsync & /sbin/nologin
I’m doing something basic wrong and cannot find it. Using Centos 7, BPC4, rsync & /sbin/nologin, the clients time out. I can do key based ssh from su -s /bin/bash backuppc and everything works fine. However the GUI is timing out with no reply, presumably because there is no shell. I’ve read all the forum posts on this and am missing something, presumably very small. What do I need to put where in order to get the backuppc user to have a shell only for execution? Thanks, Greg Harris ___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Pool storage for BackupPC on a virtual machine
Horsepower and redundancy. I’ve got more horsepower available on the “big iron” than the data pool hardware. Additionally, by creating a snapshot of the VM on the data pool, then I’ve got a backup of the VM on separate hardware. Thanks, Greg Harris On Dec 18, 2019, at 11:07 AM, Ray Frush mailto:fr...@rams.colostate.edu>> wrote: The reason we didn’t do that (put the VM disk images on the external storage) was more related to the complexity (breaking our design rules) of presenting another storage pool to our VM environment from the external storage. That being said, without our design rules in place, we could have presented a storage pool from the external storage to our VM infrastructure and done exactly as you propose. The rationale for us is that the storage that hosts our VM disk images is quite robust (dual controllers), and we choose not to use our external storage (which doesn’t have the same dual controller redundancy) for running VM disk images so that if we need to take it off line for patching, there’s zero impact. On Dec 18, 2019, at 02:08, orsomannaro mailto:orsomann...@gmail.com>> wrote: On 16/12/19 16:54, Ray Frush wrote: I run BackupPC as a VM in my environment which backs up all of the other 8< Exactly the same configuration for me, now. But I'm asking myself: why don't put the entire VM in the external storage? ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto: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/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto: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/ ___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Par2cmdline and the RH family
Okay, digging a little deeper, it seems that par2cmdline development has stalled with some seemingly large-ish bugs. https://github.com/Parchive/par2cmdline/issues/138 Is BackupPC moving away from par2 and on to something else? I have a feeling that RH won’t be too eager to include the current par2 package in their repos. Thanks, Greg Harris On Nov 19, 2019, at 12:17 PM, Greg Harris mailto:ghar...@teamexpansion.org>> wrote: It seems like the newest releases in the RedHat family don’t have the par2cmdline in the repos. It seems like it’s stopped at EPEL 7 and Fedora 31, where EPEL 8 and Fedora 32 are current. This is despite the fact that BackupPC does appear in the EPEL 8 repo. It’s also listing as missing: perl(Net::FTP::AutoReconnect) perl(Net::FTP::RetrHandle) perl(XML::RSS) I’ve got a feeling those are probably more “findable”, but without par2cmdline, it seems a bit useless. Thanks, Greg Harris ___ 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/
[BackupPC-users] Par2cmdline and the RH family
It seems like the newest releases in the RedHat family don’t have the par2cmdline in the repos. It seems like it’s stopped at EPEL 7 and Fedora 31, where EPEL 8 and Fedora 32 are current. This is despite the fact that BackupPC does appear in the EPEL 8 repo. It’s also listing as missing: perl(Net::FTP::AutoReconnect) perl(Net::FTP::RetrHandle) perl(XML::RSS) I’ve got a feeling those are probably more “findable”, but without par2cmdline, it seems a bit useless. Thanks, Greg Harris ___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup Server Hardware
Cloud is out and we are looking at purchasing new equipment. Thanks, Greg Harris On Nov 1, 2019, at 10:39 AM, Jamie Burchell mailto:ja...@ib3.uk>> wrote: I’m using a low spec DigitalOcean droplet. You get a certain amount of redundancy out of the box using virtualized servers in a datacentre rather than a dusty old PC in a corner somewhere. It’s backed by SSD RAID and a large block storage volume. From: Greg Harris [mailto:ghar...@teamexpansion.org<mailto:ghar...@teamexpansion.org>] Sent: 01 November 2019 14:17 To: General list for user discussion, questions and support mailto:backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>> Subject: [BackupPC-users] Backup Server Hardware How spec’d out do you make your backup server machines, as in the ones running your backup software to backup the production servers? Are they barely above desktop class? Software RAID or still require hardware RAID? Still SAS drives or do you go SATA and expect to replace them? Hot swappable or do you just expect to take down the machine? Dual power supplies or just a single as its the backup server? Thanks, Greg Harris ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net<http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net/> Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ___ 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/
[BackupPC-users] Backup Server Hardware
How spec’d out do you make your backup server machines, as in the ones running your backup software to backup the production servers? Are they barely above desktop class? Software RAID or still require hardware RAID? Still SAS drives or do you go SATA and expect to replace them? Hot swappable or do you just expect to take down the machine? Dual power supplies or just a single as its the backup server? Thanks, Greg Harris ___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] smbclient gets NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
I know CentOS 5 can’t talk to Win10 over SMB because it doesn’t have a new
enough version of SMB. CentOS 7 can. I think that 6 was in the same camp as 5
unfortunately.
Thanks,
Greg Harris
> On Aug 29, 2019, at 4:20 PM, Bob McClure Jr wrote:
>
> I'm at wit's end -- a short trip. I have a very simple setup of a
> Linux server (CentOS 6) running BackupPC to back up a Win 10 Pro
> machine. BackupPC is BackupPC-3.3.1-5.el6.x86_64 from the EPEL repo.
> On the Win 10 box, I created a normal user "backuppc" with a password,
> and then put him in the local "Backup Operators" group. I'm using SMB
> for the backup method.
>
> # smbclient '//nate/C$' -U backuppc -c pwd
> Enter backuppc's password:
> Domain=[NATE] OS=[Windows 10 Pro 18362] Server=[Windows 10 Pro 6.3]
> tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED
>
> And of course, the backups fail. I've done a Web search from the Win
> 10 aspect, the samba aspect, and the BackupPC aspect, and have come up
> dry.
>
> Here is the hosts file:
>
> hostdhcpusermoreUsers
> nate0 bob
>
> and the config.pl file:
>
> $Conf{ServerHost} = 'yak';
> $Conf{ServerPort} = '-1';
> $Conf{ServerMesgSecret} = '';
> $Conf{MyPath} = '/bin';
> $Conf{UmaskMode} = '23';
> $Conf{WakeupSchedule} = [
> '1',
> '2',
> '3',
> '4',
> '5',
> '6',
> '7',
> '8',
> '9',
> '10',
> '11',
> '12',
> '13',
> '14',
> '15',
> '16',
> '17',
> '18',
> '19',
> '20',
> '21',
> '22',
> '23'
> ];
> $Conf{MaxBackups} = '4';
> $Conf{MaxUserBackups} = '4';
> $Conf{MaxPendingCmds} = '15';
> $Conf{CmdQueueNice} = '10';
> $Conf{MaxBackupPCNightlyJobs} = '2';
> $Conf{BackupPCNightlyPeriod} = '1';
> $Conf{MaxOldLogFiles} = '14';
> $Conf{DfPath} = '/bin/df';
> $Conf{DfCmd} = '$dfPath $topDir';
> $Conf{SplitPath} = '/usr/bin/split';
> $Conf{ParPath} = undef;
> $Conf{CatPath} = '/bin/cat';
> $Conf{GzipPath} = '/usr/bin/gzip';
> $Conf{Bzip2Path} = '/usr/bin/bzip2';
> $Conf{DfMaxUsagePct} = '95';
> $Conf{TrashCleanSleepSec} = '300';
> $Conf{DHCPAddressRanges} = [];
> $Conf{BackupPCUser} = 'backuppc';
> $Conf{TopDir} = '/var/lib/BackupPC/';
> $Conf{ConfDir} = '/etc/BackupPC/';
> $Conf{LogDir} = '/var/log/BackupPC';
> $Conf{InstallDir} = '/usr/share/BackupPC';
> $Conf{CgiDir} = '/usr/share/BackupPC/sbin/';
> $Conf{BackupPCUserVerify} = '1';
> $Conf{HardLinkMax} = '31999';
> $Conf{PerlModuleLoad} = undef;
> $Conf{ServerInitdPath} = undef;
> $Conf{ServerInitdStartCmd} = '';
> $Conf{FullPeriod} = '6.97';
> $Conf{IncrPeriod} = '0.97';
> $Conf{FullKeepCnt} = [
> '4',
> '0',
> '4',
> '0',
> '2'
> ];
> $Conf{FullKeepCntMin} = '1';
> $Conf{FullAgeMax} = '90';
> $Conf{IncrKeepCnt} = '6';
> $Conf{IncrKeepCntMin} = '1';
> $Conf{IncrAgeMax} = '30';
> $Conf{IncrLevels} = [
> '1'
> ];
> $Conf{BackupsDisable} = '0';
> $Conf{PartialAgeMax} = '3';
> $Conf{IncrFill} = '0';
> $Conf{RestoreInfoKeepCnt} = '10';
> $Conf{ArchiveInfoKeepCnt} = '10';
> $Conf{BackupFilesOnly} = {};
> $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = {};
> $Conf{BlackoutBadPingLimit} = '3';
> $Conf{BlackoutGoodCnt} = '7';
> $Conf{BlackoutPeriods} = [
> {
>'hourEnd' => '19.5',
>'weekDays' => [
> '1',
> '2',
> '3',
> '4',
> '5'
>],
>'hourBegin' => '7'
> }
> ];
> $Conf{BackupZeroFilesIsFatal} = '1';
> $Conf{XferMethod} = 'smb';
> $Conf{XferLogLevel} = '1';
> $Conf{ClientCharset} = '';
> $Conf{ClientCharsetLegacy} = 'iso-8859-1';
> $Conf{SmbShareName} = [
> 'C$'
> ];
> $Conf{SmbShareUserName} = 'backuppc';
> $Conf{SmbSharePasswd} = '(redacted)';
> $Conf{SmbClientPath} = '/usr/bin/smbclient';
> $Conf{SmbClientFullCmd} = '$smbClientPath $host\\$shareName $I_option -U
> $userName -E -d 1 -c tarmode\\ full -Tc$X_option - $fileList';
> $Conf{SmbClientIncrCmd} = '$smbClientPath $host\\$shareName $I_option -U
> $userName -E -d 1 -c tarmode\\ full -TcN$X_option $timeStampFile - $fileList';
> $Conf{SmbClientRestoreCmd} = '$smbClientPath $host\\$shareName $I_option
> -U $userName -E -d 1 -c tarmode\\ full -Tx -';
> $Conf{TarShareName} = [
> '/'
> ];
> $Conf{TarClientCmd} = '$sshPath -q -x -n -l root $host env LC_ALL=C $tarPath
> -c -v -f - -C $shareName+ --totals';
> $Conf{TarFullArgs} = '$fileList+';
> $Conf{TarIncrArgs} = '--newer=$incrDate+ $fileList+';
> $Conf{TarClientRestoreCmd} = '$sshPath -q -x -l root $host env LC_ALL=C
> $tarPath -x -p --numeric-owner --same-owner -v -f - -C $shareName+';
> $Conf{TarClientPath} = '/bin/gtar';
> $Conf{RsyncClientPath} = '/usr/bin/rsync';
> $Conf{RsyncClientCmd
Re: [BackupPC-users] Apache problem, i guess
Oh, and look for SELinux errors since that isn't the default /var/www/html dir. Thanks, Greg Harris On Jul 18, 2019, at 3:20 PM, Greg Harris mailto:ghar...@teamexpansion.org>> wrote: Check permissions on the folder /usr/share/BackupPC/html/ I think it’s supposed to be owner: group of apache:apache, but it might be backuppc:backuppc instead. Thanks, Greg Harris On Jul 18, 2019, at 2:19 PM, Kris Lou via BackupPC-users mailto:backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>> wrote: Also Centos 7, just upgraded to 4.3.1 via the hobbes1069 copr repo. Here's your problem: Alias /backuppc//usr/share/BackupPC/html/ Alias /BackupPC//usr/share/BackupPC/html/ ScriptAlias /BackupPC_Admin /usr/share/BackupPC/sbin/BackupPC_Admin My apache config script aliases look like this: Alias /BackupPC/images/usr/share/BackupPC/html/ ScriptAlias /BackupPC /usr/libexec/BackupPC/BackupPC_Admin ScriptAlias //usr/libexec/BackupPC/BackupPC_Admin I added the last one so that the webroot also points directly to ~/BackupPC_Admin. Alter the targets to match your environment, obviously. Kris Lou k...@themusiclink.net<mailto:k...@themusiclink.net> On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 11:00 AM Jean-Marc mailto:doc@orange.fr>> wrote: Hi, I have set up a centos + backuppc. To keep things easy, i have done a yum install backuppc, then upgraded to latest version 4.3.1. To keep it short, i can't reach the GUI through http://myip/backuppc nor http://myip/BackupPC Apache ask for auth, but send a 403 after but http://myip/BackupPC_Admin works fine ?!?! can't find what's happening, probably a problem with backuppc.conf in conf.d : AuthType Basic AuthUserFile /etc/BackupPC/apache.users AuthName "BackupPC" # Apache 2.4 Require valid-user Require ip 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0<http://192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0> 127.0.0.1 # Apache 2.2 order deny,allow deny from all allow from 127.0.0.1 allow from 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0<http://192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0> require valid-user Alias /backuppc//usr/share/BackupPC/html/ Alias /BackupPC//usr/share/BackupPC/html/ ScriptAlias /BackupPC_Admin /usr/share/BackupPC/sbin/BackupPC_Admin HTTPD Error log give me : [autoindex:error] [pid 3734] [client 192.168.1.13:53797<http://192.168.1.13:53797/>] AH01276: Cannot serve directory /usr/share/BackupPC/html/: No matching DirectoryIndex (index.html) found, and server-generated directory index forbidden by Options directive Thanks Jean-Marc ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net<http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net/> Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto: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/ ___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Apache problem, i guess
Check permissions on the folder /usr/share/BackupPC/html/ I think it’s supposed to be owner: group of apache:apache, but it might be backuppc:backuppc instead. Thanks, Greg Harris On Jul 18, 2019, at 2:19 PM, Kris Lou via BackupPC-users mailto:backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net>> wrote: Also Centos 7, just upgraded to 4.3.1 via the hobbes1069 copr repo. Here's your problem: Alias /backuppc//usr/share/BackupPC/html/ Alias /BackupPC//usr/share/BackupPC/html/ ScriptAlias /BackupPC_Admin /usr/share/BackupPC/sbin/BackupPC_Admin My apache config script aliases look like this: Alias /BackupPC/images/usr/share/BackupPC/html/ ScriptAlias /BackupPC /usr/libexec/BackupPC/BackupPC_Admin ScriptAlias //usr/libexec/BackupPC/BackupPC_Admin I added the last one so that the webroot also points directly to ~/BackupPC_Admin. Alter the targets to match your environment, obviously. Kris Lou k...@themusiclink.net<mailto:k...@themusiclink.net> On Thu, Jul 18, 2019 at 11:00 AM Jean-Marc mailto:doc@orange.fr>> wrote: Hi, I have set up a centos + backuppc. To keep things easy, i have done a yum install backuppc, then upgraded to latest version 4.3.1. To keep it short, i can't reach the GUI through http://myip/backuppc nor http://myip/BackupPC Apache ask for auth, but send a 403 after but http://myip/BackupPC_Admin works fine ?!?! can't find what's happening, probably a problem with backuppc.conf in conf.d : AuthType Basic AuthUserFile /etc/BackupPC/apache.users AuthName "BackupPC" # Apache 2.4 Require valid-user Require ip 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0<http://192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0> 127.0.0.1 # Apache 2.2 order deny,allow deny from all allow from 127.0.0.1 allow from 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0<http://192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0> require valid-user Alias /backuppc//usr/share/BackupPC/html/ Alias /BackupPC//usr/share/BackupPC/html/ ScriptAlias /BackupPC_Admin /usr/share/BackupPC/sbin/BackupPC_Admin HTTPD Error log give me : [autoindex:error] [pid 3734] [client 192.168.1.13:53797<http://192.168.1.13:53797/>] AH01276: Cannot serve directory /usr/share/BackupPC/html/: No matching DirectoryIndex (index.html) found, and server-generated directory index forbidden by Options directive Thanks Jean-Marc ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto:BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net> List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net<http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net/> Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto: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/ ___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Which file system for data pool?
You are probably already aware of this, but an SSD’s life expectancy is based on the number of writes. Therefore, utilizing an SSD as the cache drive and the OS drive might require some additional considerations over the long haul. Thanks, Greg Harris On Aug 14, 2018, at 9:44 AM, Johan Ehnberg mailto:jo...@molnix.com>> wrote: Regarding the location of the "pc" folder... I think I need to re-visit that since I created a symlink from /var/lib/BackupPC and moved the entire contents of that folder to my platters. It sounds like I need to undo that to keep the "pc" folder on the SSD. Would a better move be to create a symlink just to the "cpool" folder? ie: ln -s /mnt/backup-volume/BackupPC/cpool /var/lib/BackupPC/cpool and leave "pool" and "pc" on the SSD with the operating system? Either way of linking works with the same results when the actual 'pc' folder is on SSD. However, I would keep both 'pool' and 'cpool' on the platters since they serve the same purpose (one when using compression, the other when not - usually only one of them is being used anyway). Best regards, Johan -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org<http://Slashdot.org>! http://sdm.link/slashdot ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto: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/ -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Win10 rsync
On Dec 7, 2017, at 12:42 PM, Michael Stowe <michael.st...@member.mensa.org<mailto:michael.st...@member.mensa.org>> wrote: On 2017-12-07 07:08, Greg Harris wrote: With the release of WSL in Win10, I thought I’d utilize the functionality of WSL to get rsync up and running for backing up the client. However, as I’ve been working on getting it going, it seems like WSL is like using a jackhammer when you need a light ball peen hammer. From what I can tell, it’s a full Ubuntu install that then requires separate updates and permissions maintenance. Essentially, it seems that WSL is just a VM with some fancy integration for file and resource sharing. Anybody done this? Am I missing something and making it harder than it should be? Thanks, Greg Harris It's not really a VM, per se — it's better to think of it as a sort of Cygwin but with the goal of running unmodified Linux binaries rather than providing GNU tools that work with Windows. On the plus side, this abstraction and ABI compatibility means that with WSL, you can copy over a binary from Ubuntu and it will run. On the minus side, this separates each WSL binary from Windows file semantics and baffles them with the simplest Windows filesystem interactions. In short, it's probably a terrible choice for backing up Windows files, but it's probably a good choice if your goal is to back up WSL files. Thanks for the confirmation Michael. I think I’ll retreat back to the tried and true. Thanks, Greg Harris -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot___ 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/
[BackupPC-users] Win10 rsync
With the release of WSL in Win10, I thought I’d utilize the functionality of WSL to get rsync up and running for backing up the client. However, as I’ve been working on getting it going, it seems like WSL is like using a jackhammer when you need a light ball peen hammer. From what I can tell, it’s a full Ubuntu install that then requires separate updates and permissions maintenance. Essentially, it seems that WSL is just a VM with some fancy integration for file and resource sharing. Anybody done this? Am I missing something and making it harder than it should be? Thanks, Greg Harris -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot___ 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/
Re: [BackupPC-users] DumpPre/DumpPost scripting with $type incr
I started down that road. The main problem with that process is amount of
extra space required on both the live machine and the backup. Incremental
recovery of multiple backups is already handled by BackupPC.
Thanks,
GH
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Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] DumpPre/DumpPost scripting with $type incr
On 5/8/17 00:39, Greg Harris wrote:
I’m having difficulty wrapping my brain around the DumpPre/DumpPost command on
a backup. I’ve got a database service that I need to shut down, run an
incremental backup, then start the service again. I’ve got it successfully
SSH’ing in and shutting down the service, running the backup, and then
restarting the service. However, how do I use the $type incr command to
specify only incremental backups?
Currently I have:
$Conf{DumpPreUserCmd} = '$sshPath -q -x -l root $host /root/serviceDown';
$Conf{DumpPostUserCmd} = '$sshPath -q -x -l root $host /root/serviceUp';
Problem #2:
I need the incremental to run after the full does, on the same day. I don’t
want the database service to be shut down for the length of time it takes to
run a full backup, so do the full, then run a followup incremental that shuts
down the service. Additionally, I assume that if I do a full once a week that
I need to keep 7 incrementals, rather than the previous 6, correct?
I would suggest that you instead use the prebackup script to:
1) shutdown the DB
2) copy the DB files to some other location
3) start the DB
Then, your incremental and full will both backup the DB, and the DB is only
down for the minimum time required.
Alternate option, configure cron to shutdown DB, do a local copy/backup, start
DB. Then whatever time the backup runs, it will backup the latest copy.
Personally, I choose the second option, and keep two local copies of the DB to
rotate, this way I have a very simple and quick copy to restore from if needed,
plus the backuppc copies if I need something older/etc.
Regards,
Adam
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[BackupPC-users] DumpPre/DumpPost scripting with $type incr
I’m having difficulty wrapping my brain around the DumpPre/DumpPost command on
a backup. I’ve got a database service that I need to shut down, run an
incremental backup, then start the service again. I’ve got it successfully
SSH’ing in and shutting down the service, running the backup, and then
restarting the service. However, how do I use the $type incr command to
specify only incremental backups?
Currently I have:
$Conf{DumpPreUserCmd} = '$sshPath -q -x -l root $host /root/serviceDown';
$Conf{DumpPostUserCmd} = '$sshPath -q -x -l root $host /root/serviceUp';
Problem #2:
I need the incremental to run after the full does, on the same day. I don’t
want the database service to be shut down for the length of time it takes to
run a full backup, so do the full, then run a followup incremental that shuts
down the service. Additionally, I assume that if I do a full once a week that
I need to keep 7 incrementals, rather than the previous 6, correct?
Thanks,
GH
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