[BackupPC-users] Howto backup extended attributes as in RHEL

2013-12-19 Thread s . abeln
Hi, I'm new to BackupPC and I have a problem with my setup. We want to backup a RHEL6 machine which has by default SELinux enabled and therefore ist uses the extended attributes. As xfer method I've selected rsync but when I try to add one of the parameters (--acls and --xattrs) for backing up

Re: [BackupPC-users] first time full and then only increamental backup

2013-12-19 Thread Arnold Krille
Am Wed, 18 Dec 2013 03:42:35 -0800 schrieb niraj_vara backuppc-fo...@backupcentral.com: HI I have centos 5.6 and backuppc version is 3.2.1. its working fine. I want to set like when I add a backup pc the backuppc first time take the full backup and then after everytime it will take only

Re: [BackupPC-users] first time full and then only increamental backup

2013-12-19 Thread Carl Cravens
This is something it took me two years of using BackupPC before I realized... BackupPC doesn't treat full and incremental quite the way you expect. When BackupPC does an rsync incremental, it compares to the last full for purposes of deciding what to download and *then* does deduplication

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC for laptops?

2013-12-19 Thread Carl Cravens
On 12/04/2013 01:34 PM, Russell R Poyner wrote: In my new position I'm looking for options for backing up laptops and tablets. Most of these machines rarely connect to our wired network or vpn. We solved this by creating a script on the client side that rsync's the user's data to a central

[BackupPC-users] backuppc separate access for each server

2013-12-19 Thread isubhransu
In our organization we need to confirm our clients that their servers are being backed up regularly by giving them access to thier server backup. We have just started using backuppc and as far as I researched/know backuppc do not have that feature. Correct me if I am wrong provide me in what

Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc separate access for each server

2013-12-19 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 11:39 AM, isubhransu backuppc-fo...@backupcentral.com wrote: In our organization we need to confirm our clients that their servers are being backed up regularly by giving them access to thier server backup. We have just started using backuppc and as far as I

[BackupPC-users] Rsync on Windows 8 - Service Logon Failure?

2013-12-19 Thread threehappypenguins
I'm running Windows 8 and I am really having trouble understanding what on earth I'm supposed to do. I am following this tutorial: http://www.gaztronics.net/howtos/rsync-windows.php I successfully installed Cygwin and installed the appropriate packages, but I don't understand how to do this:

Re: [BackupPC-users] backuppc separate access for each server

2013-12-19 Thread Henry Burroughs
Depending on how you are running it, I would probably run separate BackupPC VMs and storage as well. That way you can assure your clients that their files are not mingling with other clients. Henry On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 12:39 PM, isubhransu backuppc-fo...@backupcentral.com wrote: In our

Re: [BackupPC-users] Rsync on Windows 8 - Service Logon Failure?

2013-12-19 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 11:49 AM, threehappypenguins backuppc-fo...@backupcentral.com wrote: I had assumed that he meant the command prompt that in windows. I ran it as an Administrator and I tried putting the line for Windows XP (changing cygwin to cygwin64 where appropriate). I got the

[BackupPC-users] Rsync on Windows 8 - Service Logon Failure?

2013-12-19 Thread threehappypenguins
I haven't used windows 8 but I think it makes it hard to do things with administrator rights. According to this: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755249.aspx you should still be able to configure the service to log on as a user with access to the files. -- Les Mikesell

[BackupPC-users] first time full and then only increamental backup

2013-12-19 Thread niraj_vara
Hi Let me clear why I doing the same. I am using the rsync command sinc very long time. My concern is Right now In backuppc default is that it will take a full backup and then increamnetal backup for the few days. and then after again take a full backup and then increamnetal backup for

Re: [BackupPC-users] first time full and then only increamental backup

2013-12-19 Thread Adam Goryachev
On 20/12/13 15:30, niraj_vara wrote: Hi Let me clear why I doing the same. I am using the rsync command sinc very long time. My concern is Right now In backuppc default is that it will take a full backup and then increamnetal backup for the few days. and then after again take a full