[BackupPC-users] Backing up BackupPC
Thanks for the reply - very informative! After looking it all over, I'm strongly in the keep it simple camp. Since I'm running BackupPC on a pretty low spec server, and I've got room for one more, I think option 1 you presented is my best bet: 1) Run two BackupPC servers and have both back up the hosts directly. With this method I could continue to use low spec (read: cheap) servers and alternate the backup days between the servers, giving time for more thorough virus scanning of the backed up files. Or maybe I could just spin up a virtual machine and back up the vm file like I do with the other virtual machines. Either way, good point on the hard links. Thanks for the info; that does answer my question! +-- |This was sent by bp...@hotmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +-- -- What NetFlow Analyzer can do for you? Monitors network bandwidth and traffic patterns at an interface-level. Reveals which users, apps, and protocols are consuming the most bandwidth. Provides multi-vendor support for NetFlow, J-Flow, sFlow and other flows. Make informed decisions using capacity planning reports.http://sdm.link/zohodev2dev ___ 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] Backing up BackupPC
I've got BackupPC running on a CentOS server (working fine with Windows 10 PCs, by the way!). I'd like to back up, on occasion, the data BackupPC stores. For other servers, network shares, and CCTV footage, I use LTO-5 Ultrium tapes and just use tar on the CentOS server connected to the tape drive; nothing proprietary going on. But, where does BackupPC store it's data? (I could probably figure that one out pretty easily.) More of a question is, how would backing up the pooled data to an external source work out? I have approx. 3.8 TB of data before pooling and compression, approx 1 TB of data after pooling and compression. So, I'd need to plan on 3.8 TB of external storage were I to back up BackupPC's data, correct? If I just used the regular tar commands to back up the data directory for BackupPC, would it be able to preserve the user permissions? As in, could I still tell what came from what PC if I just copied the data directory? (I'm probably making this more complex than it is...) +-- |This was sent by bp...@hotmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +-- -- Attend Shape: An AT Tech Expo July 15-16. Meet us at AT Park in San Francisco, CA to explore cutting-edge tech and listen to tech luminaries present their vision of the future. This family event has something for everyone, including kids. Get more information and register today. http://sdm.link/attshape ___ 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] BackupPC - take a day off?
Maybe it's possible to create a blackout period for that day? Not sure if one
should specify saturday or sunday as weekdays.
$Conf{BlackoutPeriods}
= [
{
hourBegin => 1.0,
hourEnd => 23.5,
weekDays => [0],
},
];
Kind regards
Pasi
Thanks! I think this is it. I completely overlooked this for all the other
settings. Sounds promising.
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[BackupPC-users] BackupPC - take a day off?
And I may have just answered my own question; tell it to take the morning off, or start the virus scan after pooling and compression, which usually ends by 1 or 1:10 a.m. But, if anyone knows how to have BackupPC systems take Sunday as a rest day while the scanner scans, that would be good. +-- |This was sent by bp...@hotmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +-- -- Mobile security can be enabling, not merely restricting. Employees who bring their own devices (BYOD) to work are irked by the imposition of MDM restrictions. Mobile Device Manager Plus allows you to control only the apps on BYO-devices by containerizing them, leaving personal data untouched! https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/304595813;131938128;j ___ 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] BackupPC - take a day off?
I've got BackupPC running on a somewhat low spec server, but it's running fine for the 60 or so PCs we've got in use. In fact, it's saved the day on numerous occasions. The system specs are just good enough to fully support all the usual BackupPC functions. Issue: I want to use ClamAV to scan for viruses. Problem: The server/hdds just aren't fast enough to complete the scan before the next wave of backups starts, even if I block off several hours (10 pm - 7 am) to do the virus scan. BackupPC's pooling and compression, which works fine, taxes the server too much with the virus scan running and that kicks in around midnight or so regardless. I had started a virus scan overnight and it's still trying to run this morning. Pooling and compression is also still trying to run as well, whereas pooling/compression would usually be done by 1 a.m. or so without the virus scan running. Question: Is there a way to tell BackupPC to take the day off? That way I could run ClamAV without BackupPC doing backups, pooling, or compression, at the same time and complete the virus scan without interfering with the normal BackupPC functions. I see where you can easily tell it what hours of the day to wake up, but is there an option where you can tell BackupPC what day(s) of the week to wake up on? I'd like to take Sunday, for example, for BackupPC to cease its usual functions (including pooling/compression) while I run a scan via crontab/script. Otherwise standard, out of the box configuration for BackupPC - nothing fancy going on, and about 60 client PCs. Any ideas? +-- |This was sent by bp...@hotmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +-- -- Mobile security can be enabling, not merely restricting. Employees who bring their own devices (BYOD) to work are irked by the imposition of MDM restrictions. Mobile Device Manager Plus allows you to control only the apps on BYO-devices by containerizing them, leaving personal data untouched! https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/304595813;131938128;j ___ 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] Windows 7 cygwin:rsync updated configuration
Sorry if this has been asked and answered, but I'm having a hard time figuring this out. I've got a BackupPC server running what I believe to be fine (installed backuppc packages from CentOS repos - CentOS 6.5 OS). But, I can't seem to find any coherent instructions for setting up a client on Windows 7. I've tried with cygwin:rsync and I'm getting errors (uniform clients) like Unknown module '/' and inet connect: Connection timed out. These are on two different PCs with identical configurations. This is also all on an internal LAN, so I don't really need SSH. If that's the only way to get it going then I could use SSH, but at the moment it seems to be an extra step unnecessary in my current environment. Are there any guides or how-to's out there for Windows 7? All the ones I've found are either for Windows XP or have dead links at rather critical points in them (or both). Any help appreciated! This is a very promising solution, but I don't know if it's Win7 compatible. +-- |This was sent by bp...@hotmail.com via Backup Central. |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. +-- -- Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free. http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs ___ 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/
