Luis Paulo
After a bit it became evident that I needed more authority so I ended up
by:
Opened a bash session terminal.
then
sudo htpasswd /etc/backuppc/htpasswd backuppc
then
I first was prompted for my password because of using sudo
then
I was prompted for new password (twice) after which I got the response:
Updating passwd for user backuppc
then
I opened Firefox browser and entered:
then (I think) I got the request for user and password which I provided
after which the web gui came up on Firefox with the following
information:
Well done. Relax, you're up and running.
Now go back to basics. Start by configuring clients. Use the GUI, left menu -> Edit Config and Edit Hosts (or edit the files at /etc/backuppc), go back to the documentation.
General Server Information
* The servers PID is 6368, on host Ubuntu, version 3.0.0, started
at 4/9 15:56.
* This status was generated at 4/10 17:10.
* The configuration was last loaded at 4/9 15:56.
* PCs will be next queued at 4/10 18:00.
* Other info:
* 0 pending backup requests from last scheduled wakeup,
* 0 pending user backup requests,
* 0 pending command requests,
* Pool is 0.03GB comprising 3355 files and 3267
directories (as of 4/10 01:00),
* Pool hashing gives 0 repeated files with longest chain
0,
* Nightly cleanup removed 0 files of size 0.00GB (around
4/10 01:00),
* Pool file system was recently at 85% (4/10 17:06),
today's max is 85% (4/10 01:00) and yesterday's max was
85%.
"Pool is 0.03GB" and "Pool file system was recently at 85%". I Think you may have little space. Pool (the backup files) are stored at /var/lib/backuppc/ (and below)
Everything else is expected.
Currently Running Jobs
Host
Type
User
Start
Time
Command
PID
Xfer PID
Failures that need attention
Host
Type
User
Last Try
Details
Error
Time
Last error
(other
than no
ping)
Does the Pool have a copy of all my file fro "/"?
Can't really say. Check Host Summary.
Do I do this same thing for the next machine or can I do the other
machines remotely from 192.168.1.16? Or, do I want to. I don't want
the backup on the same machine as being backed up and that looks like
that may be the case?
One machine, 192.168.1.16, is the server and stores all the backups from all the clients (hosts).
With a bit of configuration, the server will automatically start backups for all your machines.
Of course, you can have a 2nd server backing this one. Right?
Are the files in the backup now compressed?
Edit Config ->Backup Settings
-> CompressLevel
How would I do a restore if tomorrow 192.168.1.16 died?
Small steps... ok? First a working backup machine. Any way, you would be able to restore file by file, or make a zip or tar file. You would be able to restore to the same machine or to another.
Should I have a dedicated backup and restore machine and if yes can I
use an older machine (and I mean old)?
It depends. Really. That depends, for example, of what method will you be using (rsync, samba, tar), how many clients,...
I use my oldest machine, but it is a Athlon 64, 3MB ram, with lvm/mdadm raid 1 (150GB now, pool at 52%, compression level 3), backing up 4 linux rsync clients, 2 smb virtual machines.
How do my questions come close to the current defaults?
Sorry for all the questions and based on your response there will be
many more questions.
and I'll do my best to answer them.
Good work. Small steps. It can be a bit hard to set (not really), but it has almost no maintenance.
Luis
Thanks -- Ted Hilts
PS: I probably won't get back to my email till later tonight or later
but I will try to take a look at your responses.
Thanks again. Ted
