Topic: Network Backups

[duncan]

Would any one be interested in a howto for using rsnapshot-(rsync) and cygwin to backup 2000/XP machines to SME across networks?

Kinda based on this but simpler. (Sort of)

[arnoldob]

Pretty please? The SME 6.0 built-in back to desktop has significant problems with >4gb of data and I get nothing but error out of the backup2ws contrib. I'm looking for just a simple way of making a disaster recovery backup of userdata to a win2k client on the network.

[duncan]

This method is for backing up client machines (Windows, Linux etc) to SME.

Regards Duncan

[arnoldob]

OK, thanks anyway

[raem]

Try looking at
http://myezserver.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=9

Did you instal the latest version bakup2ws for sme 6 from here

http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/dmay/smeserver/6.x/beta/backup2ws/

[Anonymous]

Yes sir, that's where it came from.

[pickles]

Yes, I would be very interested in a Howto.  How much is it based on the "Creating a RSync Backup Server on SME" Howto?  Does your howto also support SSH conections?  Any chance of giving a breif overview?

[jcoleman]

Duncan,

This would be a very useful howto.  We would be glad to host it for you if you are willing to write it up.

Thanks!

-jeff

[duncan]

Yes, I would be very interested in a Howto.  How much is it based on the "Creating a RSync Backup Server on SME" Howto?  Does your howto also support SSH conections?  Any chance of giving a breif overview?

I can do a howto - Have to remember what I did. I will build a small package to make it a little easier.

It supports ssh connections.

Regards Duncan

[cydonia]

Most definately!

Thanks Duncan.

[duncan]

Ok - I have done a little howto here

I have yet to do the SSH or Cygwin howto.

Regards Duncan

[ldkeen]

Duncan,
Have you had a look at cwrsync (http://www.itefix.no/phpws/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=8&MMN_position=32:23). You can install it as a service on 2k and XP and run an rsync server on Windows - does not require the full cygwin install only requires cygwin dll to run. I install it as a service on the 2k box, edit the conf file (on the windows machine) to backup the whole c: drive then use Stephen Nobles rsync backup to connect to the 2k rsync server and download the c: drive to the SMEserver. Works Great and is very easy to setup.

[duncan]

I have - however it was this part.

There is one catch : To make rsync function as expected, you have to place your uploadable modules (read only = false) as subdirectories in the directory chosen during installation

Which steered me away from using it. The way that read to me was that I would not be able to back up additional partitions/drives etc outside the install directory.

If this is not the case - let me know. It would make things a bit easier.

Regards Duncan

[schirrms]

Hi,

I know nothing about cwrsync but mostly, for all cygwyn derivated software, even when not stated so, the syntax

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/cygdrive/c (to access the root of the c: drive) is generally working, allowing to go out of the (very theoretical) 'sandbox'.

HTH,
Pascal

[duncan]

I checked cwRsync again - seems to work fine for any drive.

/cygdrive/c
/cygdrive/d
/cygdrive/e

And so on. Makes setting things up a lot easier.

Regards Duncan