Re: [BackupPC-users] request for comment

2009-10-20 Thread Shawn Perry
You don't have to rename the clients to the IP address. Just use this: $Conf{ClientNameAlias} = undef; Override the client's host name. This allows multiple clients to all refer to the same physical host. This should only be set in the per-PC config file and is only used by BackupPC at the l

Re: [BackupPC-users] request for comment

2009-10-20 Thread Ryan Jewell
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 04:51:08PM -0700, Ryan Jewell wrote: >> I am trying to figure out a set of scripts to get a reliable offsite >> backup of a client's backuppc (300GB pool). I've read a lot of the older >> posts and I'm aware of some of the issues. >> >> At the moment we have a backuppc i

Re: [BackupPC-users] request for comment

2009-10-19 Thread Rob Owens
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 04:51:08PM -0700, Ryan Jewell wrote: > I am trying to figure out a set of scripts to get a reliable offsite > backup of a client's backuppc (300GB pool). I've read a lot of the older > posts and I'm aware of some of the issues. > > At the moment we have a backuppc install

[BackupPC-users] request for comment

2009-10-19 Thread Ryan Jewell
I am trying to figure out a set of scripts to get a reliable offsite backup of a client's backuppc (300GB pool). I've read a lot of the older posts and I'm aware of some of the issues. At the moment we have a backuppc install running at an office. We have a second backuppc offsite. This works p