[BackupPC-users] V4, Set port for SSH

2017-08-10 Thread Pelle Hanses
Hi, I have upgraded to V4 (4.1.2) and everything seems to work except from setting SSH port. How can I set the port SSH will connect to? In version 3 I used "$Conf{RsyncClientCmd} = '$sshPath -q -x -l backuppc -p 2022 $host sudo $rsyncPath $argList+';" but I can't find out how to set -p 2022 in

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up the BackupPC pool

2017-08-10 Thread Hannes Elvemyr
Would it be wise to stop/start BackupPC every night? Can it introduce any problem? What if my copy process (for instance rsync over Internet to an off-site storage) takes 1 hour, maybe 2 hours some days, well that interfere with BackupPC_Nightly? /Hannes Original Message Subject: Re

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up the BackupPC pool

2017-08-10 Thread Hannes Elvemyr
Hi!Thanks for great response!tar + copy will of course take a long time and be inefficient due to the amount of data. What about rsync? Is there any reason why the normal benefits of rsync over tar+copy would not apply for the BackupPC v4 pool?Is there anything, any options to the command, to think

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up the BackupPC pool

2017-08-10 Thread Bzzzz
On Fri, 11 Aug 2017 00:16:27 +0200 Hannes Elvemyr wrote: > Would it be wise to stop/start BackupPC every night? Can it introduce > any problem? What if my copy process (for instance rsync over Internet > to an off-site storage) takes 1 hour, maybe 2 hours some days, well > that interfere with Bac

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up the BackupPC pool

2017-08-10 Thread Les Mikesell
On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 5:16 PM, Hannes Elvemyr wrote: > Would it be wise to stop/start BackupPC every night? Can it introduce any > problem? What if my copy process (for instance rsync over Internet to an > off-site storage) takes 1 hour, maybe 2 hours some days, well that interfere > with Backup

Re: [BackupPC-users] V4, Set port for SSH

2017-08-10 Thread Craig Barratt via BackupPC-users
Pelle, In 4.x you should use $Conf{RsyncSshArgs}. Craig On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 11:51 AM, Pelle Hanses wrote: > Hi, > I have upgraded to V4 (4.1.2) and everything seems to work except from > setting SSH port. How can I set the port SSH will connect to? > In version 3 I used "$Conf{RsyncClientC

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up the BackupPC pool

2017-08-10 Thread Hannes Elvemyr
I'm taking about BPC itself. Why? Let's take an example.00:30 My nightly rsync script starts to sync pool to off-site storage. This night, there happens to be a lot of new data an it takes time.01:00 BackupPC_Nightly starts cleaning the pool! Rsync is still running!01:15 My nightly rsync script is

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backing up the BackupPC pool

2017-08-10 Thread Bzzzz
On Fri, 11 Aug 2017 07:12:30 +0200 Hannes Elvemyr wrote: > I'm taking about BPC itself. Why? Let's take an example. > > 00:30 My nightly rsync script starts to sync pool to off-site storage. > This night, there happens to be a lot of new data an it takes time. > 01:00 BackupPC_Nightly starts cle