BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] Windows backups with vss/rsync?

2011-03-12 20:23:30
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Windows backups with vss/rsync?
From: "Jeffrey J. Kosowsky" <backuppc AT kosowsky DOT org>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 20:21:21 -0500
Doug Lytle wrote at about 09:52:47 -0500 on Saturday, March 12, 2011:
 > Les Mikesell wrote:
 > > Google popped this:
 > > http://majentis.com/2011/01/03/backuppc-with-sshrsyncvss-on-windows-server/
 > >
 > >    
 > Along this same subject line,
 > 
 > I'm currently setting up our Windows XP machines with DeltaCopy, 
 > somewhere along the line, I came across replacement cygwin1.dll and 
 > rsync.exe that was just a drop in replacement to the .ddl and .exe for 
 > DeltaCopy, that added vshadow easily (Can't remember if it was from this 
 > package).
 > 
 > I've found that vshadow (Using this method) doesn't work under Windows 
 > 7/Vista.
 > 
 > Has anybody else tried doing DeltaCopy under these OS combinations with 
 > vshadow successfully?
 > 

Maybe this is obvious, but different versions of Windoze require
different versions of vshadow. Moreover, the flags, usage, and
capabilities of vshadow differ by version. Got to love Microsoft for
their attention to compatibility....

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