Hi,
new to backuppc, I want to use to send my backups
across the Internet (DSL) to an offsite server.
Are there any known backuppc tweaks/settings that
are proven to increase transfer performance over
wan links? Specifically with using rsyncd or rsync
as the transfer method.
For example a
I'm trying to exclude a directory from one of
my backups and I can't seem to get the syntax
correct.
my rsync share is /mnt/wkm_main/vol1
and I'm trying to exclude
/mnt/wkm_main/vol1/Email (folder)
first I just added Email
next I tried
/mnt/wkm_main/vol1/Email
what am I missing? thx.
My rsyncsharename = /mnt/wkm_main/vol1
and I'm trying to exclude a sub-directory
of Email.
Exact setting right now is
BackupFilesExclude = '/mnt/wkm_main/vol1/Email'
(I'm using the single quotes)
-
This SF.net email is
Hi can anyone comment on back jobs with lots
of files effecting transfer time?
I have 2 big backup jobs which are taking too
long over a WAN link. Would it be advisable to
break the jobs up into many smaller jobs with
fewer files / job? Would I be gaining anything?
would 10 jobs with a
thx - update to this old post. I managed to find my problem
the issues was mostly me being new to the backuppc program.
My exludes looked right on the cgi interface but when I went
into the config files for each host the syntax was incorrect
for my exlude statements.
resolved. thanks for the
Hi I just installed the latest backuppc
version 3.2.0beta0. When I try to do
a full backup of a test host I'm seeing
this error in the log
2009-04-12 11:07:14 User backuppc requested backup of scvffs09 (scvffs09)
Can't locate File/Listing.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/local/BackupPC/lib
Hi Thanks for the Reply. The xfer method ftp in the error
confused me as well, from the CGI interface it is set to
rsync When I check the hosts config file there is NO line
for xfer method if I manually add it, it seems to ignore it.
This is a new install so I thought I would try the beta
Hi Thanks for the support. I installed
the File:Listing module and my backups
are working now.
Craig Barratt cbarr...@users.sourceforge.net 4/13/2009 11:33 PM
Tim writes:
This is a new install so I thought I would try the beta version
do you recommend I go back to the stable version?
If
I'm using xfer method SMB to backup a server
the whole job fails with this error
Call timed out: server did not respond after 2
milliseconds opening remote file
Is there anyway to adjust this or tell the job to skip
files that are open etc ...?
Thanks
