Re: [BackupPC-users] Is there any way for BackupPC to restore hard links properly?

2008-11-10 Thread Rich Rauenzahn
Craig Barratt wrote: This results in one subtle bug that can't be easily fixed: if you switch the Xfer method from tar to rsync, old backups that have hardlinks stored with tar won't be correctly restored with rsync. The workaround is generate a tar file and extract it, or switch the Xfer

Re: [BackupPC-users] Is there any way for BackupPC to restore hard links properly?

2008-11-10 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
Craig Barratt wrote at about 23:06:25 -0800 on Sunday, November 9, 2008: Jeffrey writes: Looking at the code and the structure of the storage and attrib files, it doesn't seem like there is any way for BackupPC to record and restore hard links. Not true. Hardlinks are stored

[BackupPC-users] Archive from the command line

2008-11-10 Thread Tony Ferguson
Hi, I have a cron job that starts an archive for me to an external HD - I would like this file split into 650Mb sizes so that I can dump it to a DVD if required. I have set the split and the ZIP in the archive .pl file but it still does not split the file How do I get the archive to split

Re: [BackupPC-users] Is there any way for BackupPC to restore hard links properly?

2008-11-10 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
Craig Barratt wrote at about 23:06:25 -0800 on Sunday, November 9, 2008: Jeffrey writes: Looking at the code and the structure of the storage and attrib files, it doesn't seem like there is any way for BackupPC to record and restore hard links. Not true. Hardlinks are stored

[BackupPC-users] tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED

2008-11-10 Thread Leandro Tracchia
i have 2 backuppc servers running. server #1 is using backuppc version 3.0.0 and smbclient 3.0.28a server #2 is using backuppc version 3.1.0 and smbclient 3.2.3 server #2 is a new build and i have yet to get backuppc working properly on server #2. both servers are backing up the same client. i

Re: [BackupPC-users] $Conf{TopDir} on raid level 1

2008-11-10 Thread Leandro Tracchia
ok, thanks for everyone's help. i also found this wiki page that explained what to do very well. http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net/change+archive+directory look under the section Mounting on TopDir - This SF.Net email is