Re: [BackupPC-users] No files after successfull restore

2007-09-27 Thread Falko Trojahn
Nils Breunese (Lemonbit) wrote: Falko Trojahn wrote: having successfully installed Backuppc and backing up some of our machines, I tried to restore a directory /etc/vmware which was backed up using localhost.pl (system is Debian Etch 4.0). 1st) restore to local machine failed, since

[BackupPC-users] User notification on Win PC during backup and/or prevent shutdown

2010-02-04 Thread Falko Trojahn
Hi, using Backuppc successfully for quite some time now, I notice certain PC users shutting down their Windows during Backup. Is their any way to protect the Windows System from shutting down during the backup, or at least: notifying the user that the Backup is still running and he shouldn't

[BackupPC-users] Double backups since some days

2010-08-12 Thread Falko Trojahn
Hello list, using backuppc/testing version 3.1.0 on debian lenny, for some days now, at least one machine is backed up two times a day: 2010-08-12 12:00:04 incr backup started back to 2010-08-09 09:00:01 (backup #502) for directory /home/falko 2010-08-12 12:51:25 incr backup 506 complete, 982

[BackupPC-users] Different settings for restore possible?

2011-11-25 Thread Falko Trojahn
Hello all, for backing up Win* machines I use vss snapshots as in this description: http://www.goodjobsucking.com/?p=62 When trying to restore some files/directories using method 1, the restore fails with inet connect: Connection timed out, since there is no rsync running on the target

Re: [BackupPC-users] Different settings for restore possible?

2011-11-28 Thread Falko Trojahn
Hi, Falko Trojahn wrote: Hello all, for backing up Win* machines I use vss snapshots as in this description: http://www.goodjobsucking.com/?p=62 When trying to restore some files/directories using method 1, the restore fails with inet connect: Connection timed out, since

Re: [BackupPC-users] OT: Arm based plug computer

2011-12-05 Thread Falko Trojahn
Hello, Am 02.12.2011 00:37, schrieb briffle: Thanks! The patch wouldn't apply, but I hand added the important lines, and its looking like its going to work! I had no idea it was debian only, My other BackupPC server is a litle Arm based 'plug computer' running debian, I just assumed it

Re: [BackupPC-users] Missing Scripts from www.smop.co.uk

2012-06-27 Thread Falko Trojahn
Hi Falko, try the web archive links below: http://web.archive.org/web/20100701185412/http://www.smop.co.uk/mediawiki/index.php/BackupPC#Media:Backuppc_new http://web.archive.org/web/20100702235043/http://www.smop.co.uk/mediawiki/upload/c/c5/Backuppc_new Thanx Joe, that's a nice idea.

Re: [BackupPC-users] Different Blackout Periods

2015-04-03 Thread Falko Trojahn
Hello Alexander, there's a slightly off-topic suggestion for you. Alexander Rehbein wrote on 02.04.2015 11:25: You told something about an delta. Are diff backups better for me? I want to do the following: I have an Mailserver which should do a full backup every week. It could happen that I

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up BackupPC

2016-07-13 Thread Falko Trojahn
bpb21 wrote on 11.07.2016 at 20:28: > I've got BackupPC running on a CentOS server (working fine with Windows 10 > PCs, by the way!). I'd like to back up, on occasion, the data BackupPC > stores. > > For other servers, network shares, and CCTV footage, I use LTO-5 Ultrium > tapes and just use

Re: [BackupPC-users] securing ssh keys on backuppc server

2016-07-30 Thread Falko Trojahn
lanceh1412-busin...@yahoo.co.uk schrieb am 28.07.2016 um 16:01: > I'll have a go at that. It looks like it'll make work harder for the enemy! > > Here's another possibility https://sdeziel.info/backuppc/index.html I mean the restriction per wrapper script and/or ip within .ssh/authorized_keys:

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up BackupPC

2016-07-17 Thread Falko Trojahn
Am 14.07.2016 um 14:10 schrieb Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom: > On 07/14 12:04 , Adam Goryachev wrote: >> You could also use dd, assuming that you have some method to ensure a >> consistent state throughout the tape backup period. >> >> 1) Store the backuppc volume on LVM, take a snapshot and stream the

Re: [BackupPC-users] Old wiki documentation

2016-07-20 Thread Falko Trojahn
Hello Neimar, > Where can I find the old wiki content that used to exist at > http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/backuppc/index.php ? > > There was a lot of useful information on those pages and also many links > in the mailing list points there. > > I'm currently looking for the user

Re: [BackupPC-users] Execute bash script after each share on backup server

2017-12-16 Thread Falko Trojahn via BackupPC-users
Hi Julian, Zielke, Julian, NLI schrieb am 27.11.2017 um 13:46: When a backup is canceled by the user, the error text is whatever was last in the log. It might not be a real error. It is not canceled by the user but DumpPreShareCmd returns 1 and thus makes BackupPC not running the backup.

Re: [BackupPC-users] Using a jump host to backup via rsync over SSH

2020-04-20 Thread Falko Trojahn via BackupPC-users
Hi, Option B: using an SSH client config file Alternatively I have tried using an implicit jump host through SSH client config with a slightly different way of setting up the jump host (through netcat). This results in exactly the same errors. Host client-machine ProxyCommand ssh

Re: [BackupPC-users] Using a jump host to backup via rsync over SSH

2020-04-21 Thread Falko Trojahn via BackupPC-users
Hi Pim, using jumphost here for backing up a remote host and it's VMs without any problems. What BackupPC version do you use? I am using BackupPC 4.3.1-3 from the yum repository for CentOS 7. Very good to hear that you got it working on your installation. ok, so I'll try it on an 4.3.2

Re: [BackupPC-users] Using a jump host to backup via rsync over SSH

2020-04-22 Thread Falko Trojahn via BackupPC-users
Hi Pim, The reason for this had nothing to do with any "remote host", it was that the "backuppc" user had no shell configured! # grep backuppc /etc/passwd backuppc:x:994:990::/var/lib/BackupPC:/sbin/nologin After changing the shell to /bin/bash for backuppc, all errors

Re: [BackupPC-users] Using a jump host to backup via rsync over SSH

2020-04-22 Thread Falko Trojahn via BackupPC-users
Hi Pim, Without DumpPreUserCmd I get the following error when initiating an incremental backup through the web interface: Got fatal error during xfer (rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(226) [Receiver=3.1.2.0]) that reminds me, that I'm using rsync-bpc version

Re: [BackupPC-users] Using a jump host to backup via rsync over SSH

2020-04-21 Thread Falko Trojahn via BackupPC-users
Hello Pim, using jumphost here for backing up a remote host and it's VMs without any problems. What BackupPC version do you use? I am using BackupPC 4.3.1-3 from the yum repository for CentOS 7. Very good to hear that you got it working on your installation. ok, so I'll try it on an 4.3.2

Re: [BackupPC-users] How to exclude one SubDir if other are include

2021-04-21 Thread Falko Trojahn via BackupPC-users
Hi, I successfull backup /var/home/bob/files/* . not neccessary to backup under /var/home/bob/files/upload/. I use rsync - any idea what i do wrong? It depends on the defined shares. Example: $Conf{BackupFilesExclude} = { '*' => [ '/junk', '/dont_back_this_up' ],

Re: [BackupPC-users] backup not working with a bigsur client

2021-10-09 Thread Falko Trojahn via BackupPC-users
Hello Johny, I've got a bigsur client I'd like to backup. Whzen I manualy connect from the backup server, with the right account, everything works. But when I try to launch a backup, it fails with these messages : rsync: on remote machine: -slHogDtprcxe.iLsfxC: unknown option rsync error:

Re: [BackupPC-users] backup localhost: Permission denied

2022-02-05 Thread Falko Trojahn via BackupPC-users
Hi, I try to backup my local host. I made these settings: $Conf{RsyncClientCmd} = ' /usr/bin/sudo $rsyncPath $argList+'; Using: $Conf{RsyncClientPath} = '/usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/rsync'; works for me Which settings are missing? F. ___