Re: [BackupPC-users] Rsyncd and backuppc - too many data transfer

Hello Nikita, Wednesday, January 24, 2007, 4:03:29 AM, you wrote: NT> I set up backuppc for creating backups of hosting files. Backuppc: version 2.1.2 without patches, rsync version 2.6.9 protocol version 29 on the client and on the server. -- Best regards, Nikita Tatarinov

[BackupPC-users] Rsyncd and backuppc - too many data transfer

Hello, I set up backuppc for creating backups of hosting files. On the client i set up rsyncd and use settings: path = / read only = yes use chroot = no list = no auth users = backup secrets file = /etc/backup.rsyncd.secrets refuse options = delete log file = /var/log/backup.rsyncd.log max verbosi

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Archive to Tape

On 01/23 05:51 , Byron Trimble wrote: > I'm trying to setup archiving of my ups to tape from the BackupPC server. > What are the steps to do this? this site has a decent overview. http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/backuppc.htm it seems like a strange thing when you're trying to set it up... the archvin

[BackupPC-users] BackupPC Archive to Tape

All I'm trying to setup archiving of my ups to tape from the BackupPC server. What are the steps to do this? Thanks, Byron J. Trimble Technical Specialist/Systems Administrator 407-409-5207 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype ID: btrimble ---

[BackupPC-users] bug regarding error notifications $Conf{EmailNotifyMinDays}

Hi all, I recently had a problem with backuppc's EMailNotifyMinDays parameter. running 2.1.2p1 (will upgrade to 2.1.3, but from skimming changelogs this has not been addressed). I have a hosts file that looks something like this: foo 0 root bar 0 root arf 0 root ba

Re: [BackupPC-users] backup of backup machine

krystian wrote: > I use -a -v -H. > May I change later on -a -v -z -H? > I read that -z in compression for transfer. > Do you know if it is compression only for transfer or for storage too? > > Rsync's -z is for compression during transfer only. If backuppc is using compression for storage it

Re: [BackupPC-users] trashClean start time seems wrong

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 01/20/2007 02:27:32 PM: > I agree the display is a little confusing. One change I will > consider is to change the "start time" to reflect when it last > woke up. Then it is no longer technically correct, but less > confusing. How about changing the label to "wake ti

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC ignores blackouts on reboot?

Craig Barratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/23/2007 12:00:21 AM: > Tim writes: > > > As you can see, it says that the backup is in process, which is its own > > doing, as well as the fact that it should be part of the blackout > > window. From what I can tell, the scheduler is not respec

[BackupPC-users] Backuppc host discovery for linux computers

Hi, Reading the documenation on host discovery, it's not clear to me how to set up my network so that backuppc knows what dhcp assigned IP address to associate with a linux box. Can someone offer some help or point me in the right direction? Thanks, Ted To --

Re: [BackupPC-users] backup of backup machine

Le Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:17:38 +0100, Klaas Vantournhout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit : > The command you use for copying the pool from A to B, does not > preserve hardlinks. That is the reason why the pool gets larger and > larger. > > You should use rsync -avz -H, but this will go tremendously sl

Re: [BackupPC-users] backup of backup machine

I use -a -v -H. May I change later on -a -v -z -H? I read that -z in compression for transfer. Do you know if it is compression only for transfer or for storage too? Thanks , K Klaas Vantournhout wrote: > The command you use for copying the pool from A to B, does not preserve > hardlinks. That

Re: [BackupPC-users] backup of backup machine

The command you use for copying the pool from A to B, does not preserve hardlinks. That is the reason why the pool gets larger and larger. You should use rsync -avz -H, but this will go tremendously slow and eats a lot of memory. But it works! You should also know that, when working on an uns

[BackupPC-users] BackupPC_serverMesg

Hi, I don't know if I overlooked or something, but I was wondering what the options for BackupPC_serverMesg are? I know you can do backup all, status and much more ... but I don't know what more. I can't find documentation on this. From time to time you can read in this list an other command

Re: [BackupPC-users] Email question

Okay I found the test program, but I get the following output ./BackupPC_sendEmail -u backuppc Sending test email using /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -f BackupAdmin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sh: -c: line 0: syntax error near unexpected token `newline' sh: -c: line 0: `/usr/sbin/sendmail -t -f BackupAdmin <[EM

[BackupPC-users] Email question

Hello, There is something which I was wondering about. Is there a way to set full email addresses instead of only the partial domain? Assume I have a user john, and his email is [EMAIL PROTECTED], how do I set this email? I can not set $Conf{EMailUserDestDomain} there it is not [EMAIL PROTECTE