On 2/16/2012 11:45 AM, Arnold Krille wrote:
> On Thursday 16 February 2012 11:08:38 Bowie Bailey wrote:
>> On 2/16/2012 10:50 AM, Les Mikesell wrote:
>>> On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Bowie Bailey <Bowie_Bailey AT buc DOT com
>>>
>>> <mailto:Bowie_Bailey AT buc DOT com>> wrote:
>>> My backup method involves sending a mirrored drive offsite on a
>>> regular
>>> basis. This drive contains the OS, BackupPC program, and the pool.
>>>
>>> Now I need to access some information from one of the old backups. I
>>> can boot it up normally, but I want to make sure that BackupPC
>>> does not
>>> try to run any backups or do any cleanup while I'm working with it. I
>>> know there's a flag I can set to prevent backups from running, but
>>> what
>>> do I need to do to prevent the cleanup from removing any of the
>>> existing
>>> backups?
>>>
>>> One option would be to not even start the server - just extract what
>>> you need with the BackupPC_tarCreate command line program.
>>
>> Hmm... not a bad idea. I would rather be able to use the GUI for
>> simplicity, but the command line programs would be safer.
>
> Please check (and report) what the gui shows when the daemon is not
running.
>
> Last time I tested with webgui on a different machine than the fs and
daemon,
> the gui did show the machines and status but not the actual files. When
the
> daemon can't be contacted, it could be the other way round:-)
When the daemon is not running, the gui doesn't show much of anything.
You don't even get a login prompt.
--
Bowie
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