Re: [BackupPC-users] exclude folders

2012-04-19 Thread Shang-Lin Chen
On 04/18/2012 07:10 PM, lordsporkton wrote: under BackupFilesExclude i added a new key with /proc In my configuration I have a an array of directories listed under BackupFilesExclude. /proc is one of the elements. In my rsync command, I also have the --one-file-system flag. I think the

[BackupPC-users] Forcing backup now

2012-04-19 Thread Gary Roach
System: Debian Squeeze Backuppc version 3.1.0-9.1 I am still testing a new installation and would like to force Backuppc to run a backup now. I would also like to find a method for completely purging all backups. I've been through all of the documentation and found nothing applicable. Any

Re: [BackupPC-users] Forcing backup now

2012-04-19 Thread Estanislao López Morgan
You can select the host you want to backup now and choose start full backup... that's all Regards On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Gary Roach gary719_li...@verizon.netwrote: System: Debian Squeeze Backuppc version 3.1.0-9.1 I am still testing a new installation and would like to force

Re: [BackupPC-users] Forcing backup now

2012-04-19 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 04/19 10:41 , Gary Roach wrote: I am still testing a new installation and would like to force Backuppc to run a backup now. Have you looked at the per-host information page in the web interface? There's a button there to do a full or incremental backup right now. Or are you looking for a

Re: [BackupPC-users] Forcing backup now

2012-04-19 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom chr...@real-time.com wrote: On 04/19 10:41 , Gary Roach wrote: I am still testing a new installation and would like to force Backuppc to run a backup now. Have you looked at the per-host information page in the web interface? There's

Re: [BackupPC-users] exclude folders

2012-04-19 Thread lordsporkton
On 4/18/2012 9:07 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 9:10 PM, lordsporktonlordspork...@gmail.com wrote: under BackupFilesExclude i added a new key with /proc The key should be the 'share' where you want to exclude something, or '*' for all shares. The value is the thing to

[BackupPC-users] Deleting certain files not working

2012-04-19 Thread RYAN M. vAN GINNEKEN
Hello all i am having some problems deleting files from my backups using the instructions found here http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/backuppc/index.php?title=BackupPC_DeleteFile I have gotten the script installed and working for some dirctories like this one backuppc@venus:~$

[BackupPC-users] Backup aborted

2012-04-19 Thread Gary Roach
Hi all. The saga continues. When I attempt to do a backup I get the following error log. I've double checked my config settings using BackupPC_Admin. I'm not sure what is wrong. I might point out that I have the system set to user rsyncd but it seems to be trying to use tar. Contents of

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup aborted

2012-04-19 Thread Rodrigo Severo
On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Gary Roach gary719_li...@verizon.netwrote: ** Hi all. The saga continues. When I attempt to do a backup I get the following error log. I've double checked my config settings using BackupPC_Admin. I'm not sure what is wrong. I might point out that I have the

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup aborted

2012-04-19 Thread Gary Roach
On 04/19/2012 05:26 PM, Rodrigo Severo wrote: On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Gary Roach gary719_li...@verizon.net mailto:gary719_li...@verizon.net wrote: Hi all. The saga continues. When I attempt to do a backup I get the following error log. I've double checked my config

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup aborted

2012-04-19 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 9:41 PM, Gary Roach gary719_li...@verizon.net wrote: Where does the . at before /etc comes from? Have you entered them? I don't think they should be there but I'm not sure as I use rsync, not tar. Did you set the XferMethod in the global config or per-host? By editing

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup aborted

2012-04-19 Thread Gary Roach
On 04/19/2012 08:15 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 9:41 PM, Gary Roachgary719_li...@verizon.net wrote: Where does the . at before /etc comes from? Have you entered them? I don't think they should be there but I'm not sure as I use rsync, not tar. Did you set the

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup aborted

2012-04-19 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 11:59 PM, Gary Roach gary719_li...@verizon.net wrote: Did you set the XferMethod in the global config or per-host?  By editing the files or with web interface? I originally set the XferMethod in the global config file. I just rechecked it and it is set to rsyncd