Topic: OB: How to give my Linux workstation a name like in W2K?

[pwgsc1]

Hi Folks,

This is a bit of an off base question but it all comes back to SME.  I've been trying to get Darrell's Backup2WS for 6.0 working but the error logs say that it can't login to my identified W2K workstation.  I've read that the samba settings might be the problem due to encrypted passwords etc.  So I figure it would be easier to backup to my Fedora Core Workstation. But now I have to give my FC workstation a name so I can reference it in the Backup2WS.  I'm pretty sure it's in the /etc/hosts file and a search on the web has not given me a definite answer.

Thanks,

Craig

[k_graham]

Hi Folks,
This is a bit of an off base question but it all comes back to SME.  I've been trying to get Darrell's Backup2WS for 6.0 working but the error logs say that it can't login to my identified W2K workstation.

For your windows workstation set it with a fixed ip and use the //fixedIP/readwritesharename also make sure you are not trying to administrator which is to long. Also have you seen a release for 6.0 of Darrell's Backup, if so please provide a link. I managed by copying his 911 settings and pasting into a new session to get a backup to work but not a partial backup. I have been using winrar command line from windows to do a backup of only a couple Ibays.

Thanks, ken

[pwgsc1]

Hey Ken,

The Beta for Backup2WS is out and on Darrell's site.
http://myezserver.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=9

I also found this link in the developers archive mailing list if your interested in using DVD to do backups.  I haven't even read it yet but it might be of interest.

As for the backing up to a W2k workstation. Your saying that DHCP and machine names is iffy, best to use direct references via the IP address?  I'll give it a try.

I"ve tried the direct reference and tis is the error I get in my Log file:

Mar  9 19:48:11 home e-smith[21827]: Processing event: pre-backup2ws
Mar  9 19:48:11 home e-smith[21827]: Running event handler: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup2ws/S10mysql-delete-dumped-tables
Mar  9 19:48:11 home e-smith[21827]: S10mysql-delete-dumped-tables=action|Event|pre-backup2ws|Action|S10mysql-delete-dumped-tables|Start|1078874291 193312|End|1078874291 390703|Elapsed|0.197391
Mar  9 19:48:11 home e-smith[21827]: Running event handler: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup2ws/S20mysql-dump-tables
Mar  9 19:48:14 home e-smith[21827]: S20mysql-dump-tables=action|Event|pre-backup2ws|Action|S20mysql-dump-tables|Start|1078874291 391310|End|1078874294 522367|Elapsed|3.131057
Mar  9 19:48:14 home e-smith[21827]: Running event handler: /etc/e-smith/events/pre-backup2ws/S30gentle-ldap-dump
Mar  9 19:48:15 home e-smith[21827]: S30gentle-ldap-dump=action|Event|pre-backup2ws|Action|S30gentle-ldap-dump|Start|1078874294 522951|End|1078874295 871092|Elapsed|1.348141
Mar  9 19:48:16 home e-smith-bg: params.c:Parameter() - Ignoring badly formed line in configuration file: ^M
Mar  9 19:48:16 home e-smith-bg: 21840: session request to 192.168.10.35 failed (Called name not present)
Mar  9 19:48:16 home e-smith-bg: 21840: session request to 192 failed (Called name not present)
Mar  9 19:48:17 home e-smith-bg: 21840: session request to *SMBSERVER failed (Not listening on called name)
Mar  9 19:48:17 home e-smith-bg: SMB connection failed
Mar  9 19:48:17 home e-smith-bg: Error occured mounting //192.168.10.35/backup2ws at /sbin/e-smith/backup2ws-backup line 64.

Let me know if it works for you, I'd appreciate it?

Craig

[Anonymous]

As for the backing up to a W2k workstation. Your saying that DHCP and machine names is iffy, best to use direct references via the IP address?  I'll give it a try.

mounting //192.168.10.35/backup2ws at /sbin/e-
Let me know if it works for you, I'd appreciate it?

Craig

I did have it back up 27 of 1.5 gig size files to the Windows Computer.

I am not too knowledgeable on the log files is your windows computer 192.168.10.35 and the share backup2ws?

1) as I said give your Windows Computer a Fixed IP.
2) create a user on the windows computer called admin or whatever you want but that is also a user on the e-smith server and be sure that user can write to that directory.
3) create a share such as bu or backup2ws or 911 on the windows computer
4) most important - try accessing that share from another computer and saving a file to it from another computer with that user (admin) and (password) - it can be a windows computer but make sure
it works before asking e-smith to create a file there.

5) I could not get the 911 backup to work directly but if I copied and pasted its entirety into a new backup then it made a 27 volume backup of 1.5 gigs each.

Source:
 /bin,/boot,/dev,/etc,/home,/initrd,/lib,/opt,/quota.group,/quota.user,/root,/sbin,/service,/usr,/var  

Destination:
//10.0.0.18/911 I assume your IP destination is in the same IP range as your server. My server for instance is //10.0.0.1

Size:
665600        this could probably be a bit bigger to exactly fit 3 to a 4.7 gig DVD but seems not to work at all if over 2 gig. try 665600 to begin with to see if works at all mine worked at 1500000.

Now I have not tried to restore with this, only suggesting that a backup was created.

Ken