Anand Gupta wrote:
>>
> Thanks for the link. I see BackupPC_tarCreate and BackupPC_zipCreate for 
> tar and zip. Is there an rsync version ? So instead of creating a tar or 
> zip, it can rsync the data over to another location ?
> 
> The reason i asked is because the amount of data i am going to backup is 
> 1T+ and thus creating a tar of the same would be unnecessary time 
> consuming job, whereas infact i would only want to rsync the data across 
> to another location.

Rsync is only going to help if most of the files already exist at the 
target.  There is probably some sort of server message to start a 
restore, but I haven't tried it.  If you are set up to use rsync to back 
up and your rsyncd permits write access a restore will also work over rsync.

> My main motive is incase i don't have access to a browser, i can still 
> restore files using console. My backup server runs behind a firewall, i 
> only have console access to the server.

I assume you mean you have ssh access to the server.  If so, you just 
need to learn the tricks of ssh tunneling.  If you specify 
-L8000:127.0.0.1:80 on your ssh command line or the equivalent with 
putty's ssh/tunnels, you can point your browser on the same machine at 
http://localhost:8000/cgi-bin/BackupPC_Admin
and get a connection.   Or, for something even nicer for remote work, 
look at the NX client/server from http://www.nomachine.com - or your 
distribution might include the freenx version of the server.  These give 
you a full GUI remote desktop with good performance over an ssh connection.

-- 
   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com


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