Hi all, SUMMARY: To backup ntfs-3g shares with rsync_bpc, override the variable RsyncArgs (and RsyncRestoreArgs), and delete these parameters: --links --hardlinks If not, rsync will keep sending all
Author: Stefan Fleischmann <stefan AT arcticmail DOT com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 20:54:12 +0200
Hi! In many host configuration files I have an override for EMailAdminUserName. What happens now is that backuppc's sysadmin mail is sent to the user specified in EMailAdminUserName of the last host
Author: Bob of Donelson Trophy <bob AT donelsontrophy DOT net>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 14:14:40 -0500
Anybody using Backuppc 4.0 in a production environment, yet? -- ATTENTION: Donelson Trophy will be closed July 3rd for Independence Day. Bob Wooden of Donelson Trophy 615.885.2846 (main) Donelson Tro
Author: David Cramblett <david AT functionalchaos DOT net>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 13:03:20 -0700
I have been using 4.0 on CentOS 7 for about 5 months at my home office. I have 7 hosts being backed-up. About 4 TB pooled / 42 TB prior to pooling and compression. Combination of Linux and Windows ho
I've been using a slightly modified build for a while now in production to back up a bunch of small hosts. No problems so far. There are 411 hosts that have been backed up, for a total of: 410 full b
Author: Robert Wooden <rbrtewdn AT comcast DOT net>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 11:14:11 +0000 (UTC)
David, On your W7 clients, what is your backup method of choice? SMB or rsync or rsyncd? And what did you use to configure the W7 client? Cygwin? Michael Stowe? Do you use "junction points" or do you
Author: "Peeters M." <peeters-ml1 AT immie DOT org>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 17:57:46 +0200
For what it's worth, here my info as well: I'm backing up 8 hosts, including 1 Windows 7 host, since Nov 2014, with bpc 4.0a3 - Backup server: a small 3TB lacie-cloudbox (256MB memory!) - Hosts: 8 ho
Author: Bob of Donelson Trophy <bob AT donelsontrophy DOT net>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 11:18:25 -0500
Exclude lists have always been a struggle for me. It is GREAT to see someone's working example. (Realizing that my setup may end up different from someone else's.) I like the idea of Michael Stowe's
Author: David Cramblett <david AT functionalchaos DOT net>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 10:22:23 -0700
I'm currently using SMB for my Windows hosts, and I'm only backing up C:/Users/* on most systems. I also backup some MSSQL database backup directories on one host, and a Quickbooks folder share on an
Author: Niels Przybilla <np AT sf-solutions DOT net>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 17:38:46 +0000
Hello, We like backuppc. Is it possible to give users access to their own backup data ? So for example they can restore files from their backups. THX for clarification. Best wishes Niels Von meinem i
Author: David Cramblett <david AT functionalchaos DOT net>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 10:47:05 -0700
Take a look here: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#Step-4:-Setting-up-the-hosts-file Checkout the "Users" section if the host file. David On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Niels Przy
Debian sid Backuppc V. 3.3.0-2 == Hi list, BackupPC svr: Debian sid address 3 other machines than the server; 1 is Debian oldstable (squeeze), OK, 2 are Debian sid, but one is failing. The message is
Author: Alexander Moisseev <moiseev AT mezonplus DOT ru>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 12:06:42 +0300
Proposed patch fixes full backup expire exponential algorithm. Current algorithm has issues with backups loss after modifying configuration settings or making manual backups. Short explanation is her
Hi, I recall there used to be a BackupPC_ManualDelete script or executable somewhere. I've used it in the past, and I don't remember writing any code. Does anyone know where this script is? Thanks, G
What are you seeking to delete? Gerald Brandt wrote at about 11:14:26 -0500 on Thursday, May 7, 2015: -- One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box
Sorry. I'm trying to delete specific backups. Some older fulls that I don't need anymore. If I recall, the script took the computer name and the backup number as arguments, and deleted the files and
Author: Holger Parplies <wbppc AT parplies DOT de>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 21:24:33 +0200
Hi, Gerald Brandt wrote on 2015-05-07 12:54:51 -0500 [Re: [BackupPC-users] Manual delete script]: I believe 'rm' will get you most of the way. It sort of takes the computer name and backup number as
Holger Parplies wrote at about 21:24:33 +0200 on Thursday, May 7, 2015: I believe there are actually 2 scripts. One (which I did not write though I made some small edits to it) is called BackupPC_del
Hi, I have a script that keeps backups for a period of time... weekly fulls for 5 weeks, monthly fulls for 12 months, and yearly fulls for 7 years. So the delete script I had is very much needed. Cro
Hi all I have a problem with a remote machine which has few large files (2-3gb ) over a 10mb link this transfer never completes and the next day it tries again . It hangs on this transfer and never c