Re: [BackupPC-users] upgrading from 2.1.x and swapping servers

2008-12-09 Thread Trey Nolen
> > My questions are these: Can I move the pool from a 2.1.x server to > > a 3.1.0? > > If so, are there any changes I need to implement to make it > > compatible? Can > > we go straight from 2.1.x to 3.1.0? Any other insights would be much > > appreciated. > > How many days of history do

Re: [BackupPC-users] rsync - fileowner lost during backup or restore

2008-12-09 Thread Matthias Meyer
Matthias Meyer wrote: > Hi, > I try to backup my windows clients with backuppc as well as cygwin/rsync. > > The backup/restore with rsyncd at windows and rsync on linux (run as root) > works well. Only as normal (linux) user it didn't work because of > insufficient privileges for chmod and chgrp.

Re: [BackupPC-users] Block-level rsync-like hashing dd?

2008-12-09 Thread tmassey
Tino Schwarze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 12/08/2008 12:49:27 PM: > > In all of the myriad of "how do I replicate a server", someone one time > > suggested using a netcat/dd like command with block-level hashing to copy > > only changed blocks. Since then, I have searched *extensively* for

Re: [BackupPC-users] Another (different) timeout question for rsyncd

2008-12-09 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
Nick Smith wrote at about 11:09:37 -0500 on Tuesday, December 9, 2008: > On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote at about 15:50:45 -0500 on Sunday, December 7, > > 2008: > > > Some of my WinXP backups occasionally fail w

Re: [BackupPC-users] upgrading from 2.1.x and swapping servers

2008-12-09 Thread Nils Breunese (Lemonbit)
Trey Nolen wrote: > I've looked through the archives a good bit and have found some > information > about moving pools to different servers, but I haven't seen anything > on > this. We are running a 2.1.x server that is getting pretty full > (and old). > It is using the Debian packages for

[BackupPC-users] upgrading from 2.1.x and swapping servers

2008-12-09 Thread Trey Nolen
I've looked through the archives a good bit and have found some information about moving pools to different servers, but I haven't seen anything on this. We are running a 2.1.x server that is getting pretty full (and old). It is using the Debian packages for BackupPC. We are about to upgrade to

Re: [BackupPC-users] Another (different) timeout question for rsyncd

2008-12-09 Thread Nick Smith
On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 11:01 AM, Jeffrey J. Kosowsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote at about 15:50:45 -0500 on Sunday, December 7, 2008: > > Some of my WinXP backups occasionally fail with the generic LOG error > > message: > > 12:00:30 Started incr backup on

Re: [BackupPC-users] Another (different) timeout question for rsyncd

2008-12-09 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote at about 15:50:45 -0500 on Sunday, December 7, 2008: > Some of my WinXP backups occasionally fail with the generic LOG error > message: > 12:00:30 Started incr backup on mymachine (pid=4983, share=c) > 13:03:54 Backup failed on mymachine (Chil

Re: [BackupPC-users] Advice on creating duplicate backup server

2008-12-09 Thread dan
just playing devils advocate here as this conversation has already chosen its direction. would it be reasonable to compare two filesystems based on their journal? I am assuming that essentially all backuppc installations are on a journaled filesystem or could be upgraded to one. wouldnt replayin