[BackupPC-users] [SPAM] Failed backups due to ping timeout

I have a backup server which backs up multiple machines. I added a machine, and it has thus far failed to back up. The error I am getting is ping too slow: 119msec (threshold is 100msec) To the end of the config file, I have added :$Conf{PingMaxMsec} = '500'; and I restarted backuppc.

[BackupPC-users] [SPAM] Re: [SPAM] Failed backups due to ping timeout

- Nils Breunese (Lemonbit) n...@lemonbit.com wrote: I hope you didn't add that ':' at the beginning. And you sure there are not multiple occurences of this setting in your configuration file? Instead of adding a line I'd modify the existing one. No, it was sloppy cut and paste from

[BackupPC-users] [SPAM] Setting up backups

Hi, Is it possible to set up a base list of directories in the config.pl and add directories in the host-specific config file? My scenario: I have numerous Debian and Ubuntu boxes on which I would like to back up some Debian-specific directories, such as '/var/backups', '/var/cache/apt',

[BackupPC-users] Problem with backups

I am running backuppc 3.1.0 on Debian, and having problems with a Debian client. I have been running this same configuration for over a year. My backup machine (lexington) is running Debian/sid, as is the workstation in question. Backups run fine on all machines except for the my workstation

[BackupPC-users] Backing up VMs

I have a VMware server with a number of virtual servers (as well as a VirtualBox installation on another box). Is it better to back up the virtual hosts individually or to just back up the VMware/VirtualBox installation? From a space perspective, if anything changes in the virtual machine,

Re: [BackupPC-users] out of disk space - big oops

My suggestion, in the future, would be to consider creating the partition under Linux Logical Volume Manager (LVM). What LVM does is to create a pool of small chunks of the hard drive (extents) that can be added and removed from a given filesystem. In the case of additions, in many cases (such

[BackupPC-users] Converting from tar to rsync

You know, I am beginning to like the rsync approach better and better. I should be getting some DDR-266 or 400 RAM very soon and will probably opt to make the switch. Is there a way to gracefully switch over from tar to rsync? Or should I just write off the backups I have and start over again?

Re: [BackupPC-users] tar error 256

- Craig Barratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip...] What version of tar are you using? Torsten reported that the newest version has changed the exit status in the case of certain relatively benign warnings that are therefore considerd fatal by BackupPC. Both client and server are

[BackupPC-users] tar error 256

Running into a problem with my larger machines doing backups. 90% of the time, the backup ends with the following message: backup failed (Tar exited with error 256 () status) I believe I read somewhere that it was due to a file changing during backup, probably in combination with the latency

[BackupPC-users] [Semi-OT] Encrypting backup partitions?

Its a little off-topic, but does anyone use any kind of encryption on their /var/lib/backuppc partition? If so, what do you use and how do you implement it? I (currently) have a 200GB partition for backups, and I was considering using Truecrypt on-the-fly encryption. I'm still on the fence

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup a host 1 time and 1 time only.

Can I put a slightly different spin on this question? Is there a way to earmark a backup not to be overwritten? In my situation, I just brought up the backuppc server, and now I have a good backup of everything on each box. In the future, I would like to only back up a subset of the directories

[BackupPC-users] Securing backuppc

Hi, I'm trying to figure out a way to secure my backuppc installation. I'm running it on a Debian box. The server and most of the clients are running Debian/unstable, with one running Debian/testing and I will probably convert my laptop from Debian/unstable to Ubuntu. With the default