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Situation:
I have BackupPC set up and backup up several Windows boxes on a local network. However, a few of the boxes are dual boot between different versions of Windows, typically Windows XP and Vista. Because we have a Windows domain controller these boxes are known by different names when booted under the different OSs (e.g. cfinley01 when running Vista and cfinley02 when running XP). Currently I have these two different names setup in BackupPC as different hosts. These configurations are in effect backup up the same things (i.e. In Vista or in XP, C$/Users and D$/Documents and Settings are both getting backed up).
Issues with this setup: - More backups than are required are being held on to. (e.g. With the typical FullKeepCnt=1 and IncrKeepCnt=6, there could be up to 4 full and 12 incremental backups being held on to for such a dual named box.)
- "no recent backups" email are sent out for boxes that have been backed up recently under the other name.
Question:
Is there a better way to configure boxes that are known by multiple names to minimize these issues?
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