Re: [BackupPC-users] rsync exclude syntax

2009-01-15 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Jean-Michel Beuken hijacked a thread and wrote on 2009-01-15 13:56:19 +0100 [[BackupPC-users] rsync exclude syntax]: > [...] > here is the used setting : > > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = [ > '/Users/garant/Library/Preferences/ByHost/*00224126372e.plist' ]; > > notice the wildcard '*' in t

Re: [BackupPC-users] Exclude files

2009-01-15 Thread Craig Barratt
Christian writes: > I'm having some issues with excluding directories. > > If have the following settings in the host.pl: > =snip=== > $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [ > '/', > '/srv' > ]; > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { > 'srv' => [ >

Re: [BackupPC-users] rsync exclude syntax

2009-01-15 Thread Craig Barratt
Jean-Michel writes: > $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = [ > '/Users/garant/Library/Preferences/ByHost/*00224126372e.plist' ]; > > notice the wildcard '*' in the file list... > > but it seems that BackupPC_dump stats the file BEFORE to exclude the > file from backup because there is a "failed to ope

Re: [BackupPC-users] archive

2009-01-15 Thread Les Mikesell
Brad C wrote: > But Ive hit a few snags > > I have quiet a few linux servers that I use rsyncd to backup from > (security advantage of read only) > Because they are servers and perform different functions the pooling of > files feature doesn't impact on disk utilisation. If you are backing up t

Re: [BackupPC-users] archive

2009-01-15 Thread Jon Craig
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 8:43 AM, Brad C wrote: > Drive A - Onsite Backup for a group of linux servers for instant restores. BackupPC instance #1 (use vmware/vbox) w/ topdir on Drive A > Drive B - Onsite Backup dedicated for one specific server that needs to be > kept onsite but data seperate fr

Re: [BackupPC-users] archive (with tape archiving script attached)

2009-01-15 Thread Tino Schwarze
Hi Brad, [...] > Eg: what happens if the building burns down and the backuppc host you where > using doesnt exist anymore, how would you restore? > The archive function allows you to tar... but the limit on a tar file is > 2GB... which would meant it would split into 100 tar files... but then whe

Re: [BackupPC-users] archive

2009-01-15 Thread Nils Breunese (Lemonbit)
Brad C wrote: > I've read that you cant split topdir based on server, so I cant send > one server to Drive A and another server to Drive B. Where did you read this? AFAIK this is not possible. > Eg: what happens if the building burns down and the backuppc host > you where using doesnt exist

[BackupPC-users] archive

2009-01-15 Thread Brad C
Hi There, Ive looked around and in terms of usability compared to amanda and bacula, backup-pc is brilliant... But Ive hit a few snags I have quiet a few linux servers that I use rsyncd to backup from (security advantage of read only) Because they are servers and perform different functions the

[BackupPC-users] Exclude files

2009-01-15 Thread Christian Völker
Yohoo! I'm having some issues with excluding directories. If have the following settings in the host.pl: =snip=== $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [ '/', '/srv' ]; $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { 'srv' => [ 'file1', '/bu' ] }; =

[BackupPC-users] rsync exclude syntax

2009-01-15 Thread Jean-Michel Beuken
Hello, I'm used the ssh/rsync transfert method and I want to exclude some files from backup. here is the used setting : $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = [ '/Users/garant/Library/Preferences/ByHost/*00224126372e.plist' ]; notice the wildcard '*' in the file list... but it seems that BackupPC_dum