BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup large files

2008-08-22 08:50:23
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Backup large files
From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
To: Raúl Lorenzo Boullosa <rlorenb AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:48:43 -0500
Raúl Lorenzo Boullosa wrote:
> 
>>> I don´t understand at all.
>>> Versions I use are lastest stable from debian repository
>>
>> The current version of backuppc at http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ is 
>> 3.1.0.  The debian stable distribution often lags years behind current 
>> application releases - but you must already know that.
> Yes, i know that. But I checked what version installed apt. The version 
> is  2.1.2-6. I will update it manually.

There was not a general 2 gig size limit in this version, but it may be 
a problem with one of the transports or whatever is on the other end. 
See http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/limitations.html.

>> There were some size limits in older versions but it has been so long 
>> ago that I've forgotten if they were in rsync or smbtar.  I think they 
>> only involved backups from windows hosts, though.
>>
> Rsync version is 2.6.9-2etch2

Backuppc doesn't use the native rsync on the server, but does run the 
one on the client.  The windows/cygwin version could be a problem.

-- 
    Les Mikesell
     lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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