[BackupPC-users] SmbClient for Workgroup and Domain authentication

2012-07-09 Thread Bryan Keadle (.net)
I'm in an environment where some workstation may be in the domain, others not. However, either way, we'll have a backuppc user account for connecting to the machine for smb backup. Instead of having to choose one or the other username (backuppc vs. Domain/backuppc) and having to do a client

Re: [BackupPC-users] SmbClient for Workgroup and Domain authentication

2012-07-09 Thread Michael Stowe
I'm in an environment where some workstation may be in the domain, others not. However, either way, we'll have a backuppc user account for connecting to the machine for smb backup. Instead of having to choose one or the other username (backuppc vs. Domain/backuppc) and having to do a client

Re: [BackupPC-users] Improving large rsync backup performance

2012-07-09 Thread Michael Stowe
I've got a user running Win7-64 with 3 large drives: C (original boot), D (data), and G (Win7 boot). I've configured rsyncd on it to serve them as 3 modules named for the drive letters. A full backup to my CentOS 5 box takes about 40 hours, and an incremental takes about 8, so I've configured

Re: [BackupPC-users] Improving large rsync backup performance

2012-07-09 Thread Les Mikesell
On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Kenneth Porter sh...@sewingwitch.com wrote: I've got a user running Win7-64 with 3 large drives: C (original boot), D (data), and G (Win7 boot). I've configured rsyncd on it to serve them as 3 modules named for the drive letters. A full backup to my CentOS 5 box

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Errors log

2012-07-09 Thread John Rouillard
On Fri, Jul 06, 2012 at 06:51:22PM -0500, Bryan Keadle (.net) wrote: So now that I have a common list of ACCESS_DENIED, I want to add that to the computername.pl file, instead of manually entering through the GUI. But when I do that, I don't see the changes I've added, but instead see the

Re: [BackupPC-users] SmbClient for Workgroup and Domain authentication

2012-07-09 Thread Bryan Keadle (.net)
Thanks for your reply. rSync is an option, but not skipping all that - I still need to make SMB work for situations where I am unable to rSync. On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 9:17 AM, Michael Stowe mst...@chicago.us.mensa.orgwrote: I'm in an environment where some workstation may be in the domain,

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC Errors log

2012-07-09 Thread Bryan Keadle (.net)
Ah, right. Thanks for that! On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 10:03 AM, John Rouillard rouilj-backu...@renesys.com wrote: On Fri, Jul 06, 2012 at 06:51:22PM -0500, Bryan Keadle (.net) wrote: So now that I have a common list of ACCESS_DENIED, I want to add that to the computername.pl file, instead

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC_dump syntax

2012-07-09 Thread John Rouillard
On Sun, Jul 08, 2012 at 09:48:07AM -0500, Bryan Keadle (.net) wrote: The BackupPC_dump syntax shows to be: usage: /usr/share/BackupPC/bin/BackupPC_dump [-d] [-e] [-f] [-i] [-F] [-I] [-v] But I could not find where these options are defined. Read the top of the file for the details on what

Re: [BackupPC-users] Improving large rsync backup performance

2012-07-09 Thread Kenneth Porter
On Monday, July 09, 2012 9:24 AM -0500 Michael Stowe mst...@chicago.us.mensa.org wrote: You don't say how big the drives are, but 40 hours says terabytes to me. If that's not the case, I'd seriously consider [re]examining your rsync version on the client. (Or perhaps beefing up your

Re: [BackupPC-users] Improving large rsync backup performance

2012-07-09 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Kenneth Porter sh...@sewingwitch.com wrote: The total size is 0.5 TB according to the Host Summary page. The network is 100 Mbit. The server is a Dell PE2900 with 4 GB. Probably the slowest link is the external USB drive used to hold the backup on the server,

Re: [BackupPC-users] Improving large rsync backup performance

2012-07-09 Thread Michael Stowe
Probably the slowest link is the external USB drive used to hold the backup on the server, formatted as ext3. In that case, let me add don't do this, it's insanely slow to my list of suggestions. -- Live Security

Re: [BackupPC-users] Improving large rsync backup performance

2012-07-09 Thread Kenneth Porter
On Monday, July 09, 2012 2:19 PM -0500 Les Mikesell lesmikes...@gmail.com wrote: See the docs about adding '--checksum-seed=32761'. It will save reading/uncompressing the server-side copy for the next comparison, but note that it doesn't start working until after the 2nd full run with an

[BackupPC-users] Process for Overriding hosts configuration

2012-07-09 Thread Bryan Keadle (.net)
What is the actual process/command that happens when I click on the Override button of a hosts config file - specifically the SmbShareName? I have a Self Provisioning solution whereby a user can authenticate to a BackupPC web page, and their computer will automatically provision itself for

Re: [BackupPC-users] Process for Overriding hosts configuration

2012-07-09 Thread Michael Stowe
What is the actual process/command that happens when I click on the Override button of a hosts config file - specifically the SmbShareName? I'm going to go with nothing. The override check box indicates that it's a setting in the PC-specific configuration rather than inherited from the main

Re: [BackupPC-users] Process for Overriding hosts configuration

2012-07-09 Thread Bryan Keadle (.net)
The Windows 7 Junctions (which fail) are important directories in Windows XP, and I've made an effort to exclude all the junctions from Windows 7. On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Michael Stowe mst...@chicago.us.mensa.orgwrote: What is the actual process/command that happens when I click on

Re: [BackupPC-users] Process for Overriding hosts configuration

2012-07-09 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Bryan Keadle (.net) bkea...@keadle.net wrote: What is the actual process/command that happens when I click on the Override button of a hosts config file - specifically the SmbShareName? Basically it means that the value set will be saved in the per-pc config

Re: [BackupPC-users] Process for Overriding hosts configuration

2012-07-09 Thread Les Mikesell
On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Bryan Keadle (.net) bkea...@keadle.net wrote: The Windows 7 Junctions (which fail) are important directories in Windows XP, and I've made an effort to exclude all the junctions from Windows 7. Not sure what you meant by provisioning, but maybe you can use an