After working on this further, I was able to get
http://www.consolejunky.net/cwrsync-vss/ to work on our Windows XP computers
while running as a daemon.
This has accomplished everything I've needed it to. I simply created a
.conf file, secrets file, and made a small command script that automatically
runs the command to install the file as a service. So, I use Windows File
sharing to copy the files to C:\rsyncd and use psexec to issue the execution
of the .cmd file to install the service. Once this is done, I don't have to
worry about any additional scripts, it just works. The only unfortunate
thing is that it only works with 32 bit versions of Windows. If anyone out
there understands what they did on consolejunky and can easily write a 64
bit version of rsync.exe with vss embedded, it would be *greatly*
appreciated!!!
If anyone is interested, I wrote up a very poor "guide" (readme) and
included the necessary files here:
http://www.cyberdeath.us/backuppc/rsyncd.zip
Please provide suggestions/input to me in order to improve this. You can
e-mail me directly if you would like.
Thanks to everyone and especially this listserv for getting me in the right
direction to a viable solution! :-)
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From: "Jeffrey J. Kosowsky" <backuppc AT kosowsky DOT org>
Sent: Monday, December 20, 2010 10:46 PM
To: "General list for user discussion, questions and support"
<backuppc-users AT lists.sourceforge DOT net>
Subject: Re: [BackupPC-users] Need help with automating
Windowsclientdeployments& handling the file lock backup problemwith open files
> 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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