BackupPC-users

Re: [BackupPC-users] 3.1.0 configuration problem

2009-09-08 11:30:46
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] 3.1.0 configuration problem
From: Les Mikesell <lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com>
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support" <backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:26:28 -0500
James Ward wrote:
> I recently converted all my BackupPC servers to 3.1.0 and even more 
> recently configured one of them to back up 5 brand new clients.  The 
> problem is, BackupPC is not using the Override setting on 
> BackupFilesExclude and is therefore failing trying to rsync several 
> terabytes of Isilon network fileservers mounted on each of the 5 
> machines.  I've reloaded the config from Admin Options.  What else do I 
> need to do to get BackupPC to exclude those network filesystems?

What I usually do is add the --one-file-system option to the rsync 
command and explicitly add each mount point that I want to back up.  The 
exclude option should work though - you must have a problem with the syntax.

-- 
  Les Mikesell
   lesmikesell AT gmail DOT com

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