Alex Dehaini wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> 
> Just installed backuppc and got it working (almost). At the moment, I can't
> backup data from remote host, I have done everything correctly but still not
> successful. Only the localhost is backing up successfully.
> 
> I have installed and configured samba and want to back up a windows machine,
> I have added the windows machine to the host file, created the machine.pl
> file and restart backuppc. When i initiate a backup, I get these errors.
> 
> 2008-08-25 15:01:26 full backup started for share D
> 2008-08-25 15:01:28 Got fatal error during xfer (No files dumped for share D)
> 2008-08-25 15:01:33 Backup aborted (No files dumped for share D)
> 
> Running: /usr/bin/smbclient \\\\laptop1\\D -U jerry -E -N -d 1 -c
> tarmode\ full -Tc -
> Xfer PIDs are now 10651,10650
> Domain=[NOC] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
> tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_DUPLICATE_NAME
> Domain=[NOC] OS=[Windows 5.1] Server=[Windows 2000 LAN Manager]
> tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_DUPLICATE_NAME
> tarExtract: Done: 0 errors, 0 filesExist, 0 sizeExist, 0
> sizeExistComp, 0 filesTotal, 0 sizeTotal
> Got fatal error during xfer (No files dumped for share D)
> Backup aborted (No files dumped for share D)
> 
> 
> I am lost, can anyone help me? Plzzzzzzzzzzz

I think:
tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_DUPLICATE_NAME
means that the netbios name of the backuppc server trying to connect is 
not unique on your network.  Samba will use the dns hostname (without 
the domain) as the netbios name unless you specify something else in 
/etc/samba/smb.conf.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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