The program I wrote, 'shadowmountrsync' is I believe on the Wikki and
is pretty extensively self-documented. That might be the one you are
referring to on the Wikki...
In particular, the required files are all documented. The setup is all
pretty automated since it pretty much figures things out.
Also, I hope to release an updated version in a few days that is
slightly more robust and automated.
Also, note that my version has the option to dump the ACL's which can
be helpful for restoring since the current version of BackupPC ignores
the ACL's...
Ryan Blake wrote at about 12:16:26 -0500 on Monday, December 20, 2010:
> Hello All:
>
> I have been using BackupPC for some time successfully with other Linux
> clients and have just recently began working with dreaded Windows machines.
> As stated in the documentation, being able to backup locked (and open) files
> really hampers the whole backup process, especially for some users who
> simply won't listen to shutting down Outlook and closing out programs. I
> currently am using the SMB method to backup several computers in a test
> environment.
>
> However, after reading through the archives on this listserv and scouring
> the internet, I see that the rsyncd client for Windows seems to be the best
> alternative except that there is still the problem with locked and open
> files. But, after reading more through these archives, I see that there may
> be a way to use shadow file copy with this client to backup open and locked
> files as well.
>
> I came across this website: http://www.goodjobsucking.com/?p=62 and it seems
> to be rather promising but is rather confusing as-is. I also found
> http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/backuppc/index.php?title=User_Scripts_-_Client_-_Windows_VSS
> but I'm not sure if that solution is any better than the first.
>
> Ultimately, I am trying to automate the update process to end-users as much
> as possible (which is why I used smb to start with). I'm looking for
> something I can remotely install and have backup all directories, including
> those currently locked and also including live Microsoft SQL databases
> without the bandwidth cost of SMB and while backing up open files (I
> essentially want a backup good enough that I can use to restore the entire
> "system state," which includes active system files). I know from my
> previous experience, I was able to successfully backup a MySQL database on
> Linux and restore it when the entire database was "accidentally" deleted. I
> just am not too confident with Windows and how to do this properly while the
> DB is still running.
>
> So, my question is: Is there a better solution to these problem that I have
> not found yet or are one of the solutions above my best bet? If so, does
> anyone have better documentation or something easier to start from (such as
> a .tar or .zip with everything "configured")?
>
> Any assistance/guidance/help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Hopefully this will also help some other people, too.
>
> ~Ryan
>
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