Re: [BackupPC-users] Variable in Host Configuration File

2009-10-02 Thread Valarie Moore
Thank you for taking the time to help me. I've now setup my host configuration file, named colombia-jeixav.pl as follows: my $user = 'jeixav'; $Conf{ClientNameAlias} = 'localhost'; $Conf{XferMethod} = 'rsync'; $Conf{RsyncShareName} = "/home/$user"; $Conf{RsyncClientCmd} = "sudo -u $user \$rsyncPa

Re: [BackupPC-users] unable to restore via zip archives

2009-10-02 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Boyko Yordanov - Exsisto Ltd. wrote on 2009-10-02 19:15:40 +0300 [[BackupPC-users] unable to restore via zip archives]: > [...] BackupPC version 3.2.0beta0 [...] > I am unable to restore files via zip archives with compression (1-9). > The web interface prompts me to save the file, but then

[BackupPC-users] unable to restore via zip archives

2009-10-02 Thread Boyko Yordanov - Exsisto Ltd.
Hello list! I've been playing w/ BackupPC version 3.2.0beta0 for a couple of days and I am facing the following issue: I am unable to restore files via zip archives with compression (1-9). The web interface prompts me to save the file, but then the file is usually just a few kilobytes in si

[BackupPC-users] Rsync error

2009-10-02 Thread Peter Walter
This isn't exactly related to the BackupPC software, but I do think it is related to the file structure in the pool managed by BackupPC. Every few hours or so, I backup the backuppc server to a usb drive for disaster recovery purposes. The command I use to do this is as follows: rsync --numeric

Re: [BackupPC-users] backups suddenly inconsistent

2009-10-02 Thread Andy Thompson
>> Things have been running along fine on 3.2beta0 and then suddenly backups >> aren't kicking off for 1 or 2 (and now three on one this morning) days on >> random clients. I don't get an email though I have the >> emailnotifyoldbackupdays set to 2 on the server. > >> There are no errors in the lo

Re: [BackupPC-users] unclean pool

2009-10-02 Thread Tony Schreiner
On Oct 2, 2009, at 10:33 AM, Holger Parplies wrote: > Hi, > > Tony Schreiner wrote on 2009-09-30 14:46:09 -0400 [Re: [BackupPC- > users] unclean pool]: >> On Sep 29, 2009, at 12:06 PM, Tony Schreiner wrote: >>> On Sep 28, 2009, at 10:00 PM, Holger Parplies wrote: Tony Schreiner wrote on 200

Re: [BackupPC-users] unclean pool

2009-10-02 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, Tony Schreiner wrote on 2009-09-30 14:46:09 -0400 [Re: [BackupPC-users] unclean pool]: > On Sep 29, 2009, at 12:06 PM, Tony Schreiner wrote: > >On Sep 28, 2009, at 10:00 PM, Holger Parplies wrote: > >>Tony Schreiner wrote on 2009-09-28 20:01:24 -0400 [[BackupPC-users] unclean > >>pool]: > >>

Re: [BackupPC-users] backups suddenly inconsistent

2009-10-02 Thread Michael Kuss
On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Andy Thompson wrote: > Things have been running along fine on 3.2beta0 and then suddenly backups > aren't kicking off for 1 or 2 (and now three on one this morning) days on > random clients. I don't get an email though I have the > emailnotifyoldbackupdays set to 2

Re: [BackupPC-users] Best way to recover from corrupted files

2009-10-02 Thread Michael Stowe
I'd start by questioning your filesystem -- quite frankly, if it's reiserfs, you're better off just wiping it out and starting over; it has an unnerving propensity to reconnect files to the tree in bizarre ways and it's particularly vulnerable (and difficult to recover from) damage. If you're not

[BackupPC-users] backups suddenly inconsistent

2009-10-02 Thread Andy Thompson
Things have been running along fine on 3.2beta0 and then suddenly backups aren't kicking off for 1 or 2 (and now three on one this morning) days on random clients. I don't get an email though I have the emailnotifyoldbackupdays set to 2 on the server. There are no errors in the log file or any