> Good evening,
>
> I'm trying to backup a windows server (2003/2008) machine.
> Thing is, everytime I have to do a backup I must stop some services
> before.
> I know that while using rsyncd backupPC has an option which is named
> 'DumpPreUserCmd' and which allows to run a script before doing the backup
> but I don't understand how to use it in order to solve my problem.
> If I understood right, the script that will be run is set on the backup
> machine not on the one you want to back up.
>
> How could I make the script run on my windows machine? Where d I have to
> save the script?

The scripts run on the backup server, so you'll need a way to remotely
execute Windows programs from the backup server.  The venerable winexe is
up to the task; the alternative to shutting down services is to use shadow
copies.  There's a solution for that here:

http://www.michaelstowe.com/backuppc/

It could stand to be better documented, but it's solid.  There's an
alternative solution using ssh on the wiki, IIRC.

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