On 2013-02-20 23:47, Rajeev Prasad wrote:
> can I use backuppc, in addition to backups/restore,  to simply keep a set
> of folders 'in-sync' between two ubuntu installs - in both directions?

No. See Unison. For a server-based always active sync like Dropbox, but
private, see ownCloud.

> can it backup the VMs running on a windows box in network - in the same
> efficient manner?

I would not use it to back up VM disk images, no. It can, if the VM
solution supports snapshots, but it would still amount to either copying or
doing an rsync checksum comparison of the entire VM disk image each time.

> when you suggest rsync daemon on win7, does this make sense:
> http://diantokam.blogspot.com/2012/09/running-rsync-as-daemon-on-windows-7-64.html
>  

Or just use Cygwin. I don't do much with Windows backup, so I can't suggest
more than that.

Regards,
Tyler

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