Author: phil123456 <backuppc-forum AT backupcentral DOT com>
Date: Tue, 05 Jul 2016 00:28:49 -0700
Hello, on restore, it says it is successfull, but the file is not on the host and it says there is 1 xferErrs but as I check all the logs, no additional entries are saying what could go wrong 2016-07
Author: Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom <chrome AT real-time DOT com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2016 14:52:29 -0400
Presuming that you are using a Debian-like installation, try this command: /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_tarCreate -h <your.host.name> -n -1 -s <sharename> /path/to/your/files all on one line of c
Author: phil123456 <backuppc-forum AT backupcentral DOT com>
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2016 00:21:00 -0700
I am not sure what happened, but the file cannot be found anywhere on the backuppc host /usr/share/backuppc/bin/BackupPC_tarCreate -h hostname -n -1 -s /var/backup/ employees.sql ./004075500000000000
Author: phil123456 <backuppc-forum AT backupcentral DOT com>
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2016 00:26:09 -0700
I really dont understand the usage of backuppc_createtar "-h host host from which the tar archive is created" but I want to create a restore from the master , not create a tar from a remote host ...I
Author: phil123456 <backuppc-forum AT backupcentral DOT com>
Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2016 00:26:53 -0700
I really dont understand the usage of backuppc_createtar "-h host host from which the tar archive is created" but I want to create a restore from the master , not create a tar from a remote host ...I
Author: "Smith, Graham - Computing Technical Officer" <Graham.Smith AT ittdublin DOT ie>
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 11:53:58 +0100
The -h host is the hostname of the client that has been backed up as if there are multiple backups of hosts with the same file it needs to specify which one. So for example say you want to pull back
Author: Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom <chrome AT real-time DOT com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2016 13:35:26 -0400
You're on the 'master' - the backup server. The -h is how you specify which host you want to do a restore of. I should have been more clear about what BackupPC_tarCreate gives you - it outputs a tar
Author: phil123456 <backuppc-forum AT backupcentral DOT com>
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2016 01:59:24 -0700
- it does not seem to contain any file(see below) wich is expectable since there are no file in /var/backup on the client system - getting a tar file from the client to the master is the opposite of
Author: phil123456 <backuppc-forum AT backupcentral DOT com>
Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2016 02:00:14 -0700
it was finaly a permission issue on the folder for backuppc user stupid of me thanks anyway for your tons of infos +-- +-- -- Attend Shape: An AT&T Tech Expo July 15-16. Meet us at AT&T Park in San F
Author: Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom <chrome AT real-time DOT com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2016 09:55:24 -0400
Then choose a test which does have a file to restore. :) To be clear I was using 'master' to mean the BackupPC server, and the 'client' to mean the machine being backed up. Sometimes the terms can be