Re: [BackupPC-users] Why does $share work but not ${share} in DumpPreShareCmd

2009-11-09 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
Craig Barratt wrote at about 22:49:09 -0800 on Monday, November 9, 2009: > Jeffrey writes: > > > Specifically, the following works > > $Conf{DumpPreShareCmd}= 'mycommand $share $share/myfile'; > > And indeed $share is substituted properly. > > but the following does not... > > $Conf{Dum

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup fails after running 8-10 hours

2009-11-09 Thread Shawn Perry
Does this host have alot of hard links? On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 4:57 PM, Nick Bright wrote: > Les Mikesell wrote: >> Nick Bright wrote: >>> I've got a bit of a strange situation. My backuppc server, which >>> successfully backs up a half dozen or so machines, is unable to backup >>> one particular

Re: [BackupPC-users] Why does $share work but not ${share} in DumpPreShareCmd

2009-11-09 Thread Craig Barratt
Jeffrey writes: > Specifically, the following works > $Conf{DumpPreShareCmd}= 'mycommand $share $share/myfile'; > And indeed $share is substituted properly. > but the following does not... > $Conf{DumpPreShareCmd}= 'mycommand $share ${share}/myfile'; > And instead it passes ${share} for th

Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes

2009-11-09 Thread Stephen Vaughan
I would say its a file permissions error on the server in which your restoring to. On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 9:06 PM, Micha Silver wrote: > I am unable to restore to linux servers. Backups are running fine, and I > rechecked that I can ssh as user backuppc from the backup server (Centos > 5.4) dire

[BackupPC-users] Why does $share work but not ${share} in DumpPreShareCmd

2009-11-09 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
Specifically, the following works $Conf{DumpPreShareCmd}= 'mycommand $share $share/myfile'; And indeed $share is substituted properly. but the following does not... $Conf{DumpPreShareCmd}= 'mycommand $share ${share}/myfile'; And instead it passes ${share} for the final argument. I would ha

Re: [BackupPC-users] Unable to read 4 bytes

2009-11-09 Thread Micha Silver
BackupPC users: I posted the below message previously. No response yet :-( Any takers? Thanks in advance -- Micha Micha Silver wrote: > I am unable to restore to linux servers. Backups are running fine, and I > rechecked that I can ssh as user backuppc from the backup server (Centos > 5

[BackupPC-users] TextFileWrite: Failed to verify /etc/BackupPC/config.pl.new

2009-11-09 Thread Michael Mansour
Hi, Since updating to the latest BackupPC version, I've never really had to make a mod to the config via the web interface. Anyway, I just tried to and got the error in the subject: TextFileWrite: Failed to verify /etc/BackupPC/config.pl.new Checking the /etc/BackupPC directory I have: -rw-r--

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup fails after running 8-10 hours

2009-11-09 Thread Nick Bright
Les Mikesell wrote: > Nick Bright wrote: >> I've got a bit of a strange situation. My backuppc server, which >> successfully backs up a half dozen or so machines, is unable to backup >> one particular host. >> >> This host is configured the same as all of my other hosts which backup >> successfu

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup fails after running 8-10 hours

2009-11-09 Thread Les Mikesell
Nick Bright wrote: > I've got a bit of a strange situation. My backuppc server, which > successfully backs up a half dozen or so machines, is unable to backup > one particular host. > > This host is configured the same as all of my other hosts which backup > successfully, but after running the

[BackupPC-users] Backup fails after running 8-10 hours

2009-11-09 Thread Nick Bright
I've got a bit of a strange situation. My backuppc server, which successfully backs up a half dozen or so machines, is unable to backup one particular host. This host is configured the same as all of my other hosts which backup successfully, but after running the rsync process for 8 to 10 hours

[BackupPC-users] Compression Issue

2009-11-09 Thread Heath Yob
It appears that I'm not getting any compression on my backups at least with my Windows clients. I think my mac clients are being compressed since it's actually stating a compression level in the host summary. I have the compression level set to 9. I have the Compress::Zlib perl library instal

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help uploading scripts to BackupPC media wiki

2009-11-09 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
Stephen Joyce wrote at about 14:14:37 -0500 on Monday, November 9, 2009: > It's not as nice as having a file attached to just click and download, but > why not just include the script(s) on the page as long as they're just 1 or > 2 files? Well one of the scripts is 750 lines long and I worry

Re: [BackupPC-users] UPDATED: Fully automated script for creating shadow copies a

2009-11-09 Thread Michael Stowe
> Michael Stowe wrote: > Your scripts run within a normal user which is in admin group? > My problem, what is inexplicable for me, is that the at command will work > from a vista command box but not from a ssh-session. Even thought both use > the same account. > > Did you have to "rebase" cygwin wi

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help uploading scripts to BackupPC media wiki

2009-11-09 Thread Stephen Joyce
It's not as nice as having a file attached to just click and download, but why not just include the script(s) on the page as long as they're just 1 or 2 files? See http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/backuppc/index.php?title=Distribute_Full_Backups for an example. Cheers, Stephen -- A hu

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help uploading scripts to BackupPC media wiki

2009-11-09 Thread Michael Stowe
> Michael Stowe wrote at about 11:21:39 -0600 on Monday, November 9, 2009: > > > Not sure if I am missing something obvious here, but the BackupPC > > > Mediawiki page seems to only allow the upload of *media* files with > > > extensions like .jpegg, .png, etc. > > > > > > Even 'faking' the ex

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Newbie

2009-11-09 Thread Matthias Meyer
Robert Furman wrote: > Hey Everyone, > > > > I recently found BackupPC and like what I see. A few questions though.. > Most of these are related to backing up on a Windows ServerWorktation. > Which of these can BackupPC satisfy? > > > > > > > > Support for OpenFiles/VSS Yes. There a

Re: [BackupPC-users] UPDATED: Fully automated script for creating shadow copies a

2009-11-09 Thread Matthias Meyer
Michael Stowe wrote: >> Matthias Meyer wrote at about 14:56:02 +0100 on Sunday, November 8, 2009: >> > Hello Jeffrey, >> > >> > Did your script work in Vista too? >> I have not tried it under Vista, but I would like to get it to work >> there. One potential issue could be that shadow mounts (an

Re: [BackupPC-users] UPDATED: Fully automated script for creating shadow copies a

2009-11-09 Thread Matthias Meyer
Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: > Matthias Meyer wrote at about 14:56:02 +0100 on Sunday, November 8, 2009: > > Hello Jeffrey, > > > > Did your script work in Vista too? > I have not tried it under Vista, but I would like to get it to work > there. One potential issue could be that shadow mounts (a

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help uploading scripts to BackupPC media wiki

2009-11-09 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
Michael Stowe wrote at about 11:21:39 -0600 on Monday, November 9, 2009: > > Not sure if I am missing something obvious here, but the BackupPC > > Mediawiki page seems to only allow the upload of *media* files with > > extensions like .jpegg, .png, etc. > > > > Even 'faking' the extension does

Re: [BackupPC-users] How to reenable/reactivate a host for backup

2009-11-09 Thread Matthias Meyer
ckandreou wrote: > > In the host summary I get the following: > Host User #Full Full Age (days) Full Size (GB) Speed (MB/s) #Incr Incr Age > (days) Last Backup (days) State Last attempt emsportal backuppc 1 529.9 > 14.14 3.38 1 30.9 30.9 auto disabled > > > How do I reenable host to be backed u

Re: [BackupPC-users] Help uploading scripts to BackupPC media wiki

2009-11-09 Thread Michael Stowe
> Not sure if I am missing something obvious here, but the BackupPC > Mediawiki page seems to only allow the upload of *media* files with > extensions like .jpegg, .png, etc. > > Even 'faking' the extension doesn't seem to work for me. > Note Craig has given me editing access so that is not the pro

[BackupPC-users] How to reenable/reactivate a host for backup

2009-11-09 Thread ckandreou
In the host summary I get the following: Host User #Full Full Age (days) Full Size (GB) Speed (MB/s) #Incr Incr Age (days) Last Backup (days) State Last attempt emsportal backuppc 1 529.9 14.14 3.38 1 30.9 30.9 auto disabled How do I reenable host to be backed up? +

[BackupPC-users] Help uploading scripts to BackupPC media wiki

2009-11-09 Thread Jeffrey J. Kosowsky
Not sure if I am missing something obvious here, but the BackupPC Mediawiki page seems to only allow the upload of *media* files with extensions like .jpegg, .png, etc. Even 'faking' the extension doesn't seem to work for me. Note Craig has given me editing access so that is not the problem unless

Re: [BackupPC-users] UPDATED: Fully automated script for creating shadow copies a

2009-11-09 Thread Anand Gupta
Hi, Can you please post a download link for all files ? -- Thanks and Regards, Anand Gupta Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote: If you are interested, I would be happy to send you updated versions of my scripts... -- Let

Re: [BackupPC-users] UPDATED: Fully automated script for creating shadow copies a

2009-11-09 Thread Michael Stowe
> Matthias Meyer wrote at about 14:56:02 +0100 on Sunday, November 8, 2009: > > Hello Jeffrey, > > > > Did your script work in Vista too? > I have not tried it under Vista, but I would like to get it to work > there. One potential issue could be that shadow mounts (and > vshadow.exe) might have