gerd, syscom & anyone else
...I installed the contrib smeserver-dar2-0.0.1-3dmay.noarch.rpm...
To avoid confusion, that's a totally different contrib than the e-smith-backup that this thread is talking about. It's a standalone backup system that adds a seperate server manager panel.
This thread refers to e-smith-backup (with dar) rpm which is a replacement rpm for the standard e-smith-backup rpm, and it adds extra settings to the standard server manager backup panel.
Note that as this contrib uses dar to perform backups, then you need to install both
e-smith-backup-1.14.0-16eos1.el4.sme.noarch.rpm
and
dar-2.3.2-1.i386.rpm
Note also that doing a normal upgrade using the software installer panel or yum update, will most likely overwrite the special version of e-smith-backup that needs to be installed in order to have the extra functionality.
There are commands given earlier in this thread that you need to enter to prevent yum from updating the e-smith-backup rpm automatically (which would be undesirable as you will lose the added functionality). ie
echo e-smith-backup > /etc/e-smith/db/yum_repositories/defaults/smeupdates/Exclude
/etc/e-smith/events/actions/initialize-default-databases
/sbin/e-smith/expand-template /etc/yum.conf
The author of the e-smith-backup (with dar) rpm, will I assume continue to update the rpm and release a new version as and when any changes in the base sme server rpm occur. In that case users of e-smith-backup (with dar) rpm will need to manually update that particular rpm.
Note the rpm version (without dar support) that is installed on a standard sme7.2 server is
e-smith-backup-1.14.0-16.el4.sme.noarch.rpm
If you are having problems then check the rpm version actually installed
rpm -qa e-smith-backup
rpm -qa dar
To install e-smith-backup with dar
download the correct version rpms to a clean folder on your sme server and do
rpm -Uvh dar*.rpm
rpm -Uvh e-smith-backup*.rpm
Open server manager & select the Backup or restore panel
Extra choices should have been added to the pull down menu for Select an action
ie
Configure workstation backup
Verify workstation backup
Restore from workstation
Selective file restore from workstation
Select the required backup type and configure it etc.