Re: [BackupPC-users] Trying to get started with backuppc

2010-09-19 Thread Richard Shaw
On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 12:58 AM, Dennis Blewett wrote: > Yeah, the rsync mirror option sounds pretty good. I think I'll look into > that. > > At the moment, I'm using my laptop as a mobile workstation. As such, I'm > attempting to find a way to hookup the laptop to the server and generate a > bac

Re: [BackupPC-users] Trying to get started with backuppc

2010-09-18 Thread Dennis Blewett
Yeah, the rsync mirror option sounds pretty good. I think I'll look into that. At the moment, I'm using my laptop as a mobile workstation. As such, I'm attempting to find a way to hookup the laptop to the server and generate a backup while I'm asleep. What would be some of the next steps I take?

Re: [BackupPC-users] Trying to get started with backuppc

2010-09-06 Thread Richard Shaw
On Mon, Sep 6, 2010 at 1:38 AM, Dennis Blewett wrote: > Hello, all. > > I tried reading through the BackupPC manual, but I found it very cryptic. I > can't tell if I should be using rsync or rsyncd. > Furthermore, I can't determine if I should be using rsync in one scenario > and rsyncd in another

Re: [BackupPC-users] Trying to get started with backuppc

2010-09-06 Thread Les Mikesell
On 9/6/10 1:38 AM, Dennis Blewett wrote: > Hello, all. > > I tried reading through the BackupPC manual, but I found it very cryptic. I > can't tell if I should be using rsync or rsyncd. > Furthermore, I can't determine if I should be using rsync in one scenario and > rsyncd in another. Normally if

[BackupPC-users] Trying to get started with backuppc

2010-09-05 Thread Dennis Blewett
Hello, all. I tried reading through the BackupPC manual, but I found it very cryptic. I can't tell if I should be using rsync or rsyncd. Furthermore, I can't determine if I should be using rsync in one scenario and rsyncd in another. I have a computer with three hard drives. I'm basically attempt