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Title: Network Backups
Post by: duncan on May 10, 2004, 06:48:18 AM

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

Kinda based on this (http://no.longer.valid/phpwiki/index.php/Creating%20a%20RSync%20Backup%20Server%20on%20SME
) but simpler. (Sort of)

Title: Network Backups
Post by: arnoldob on June 27, 2004, 06:23:14 PM

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.

Title: Network Backups
Post by: duncan on June 27, 2004, 11:55:11 PM

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

Regards Duncan

Title: Network Backups
Post by: arnoldob on June 28, 2004, 01:31:52 AM

OK, thanks anyway :)

Title: Network Backups
Post by: raem on June 28, 2004, 03:33:16 AM

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/

Title: Network Backups
Post by: Anonymous on June 28, 2004, 03:08:00 PM

Yes sir, that's where it came from.

Title: Network Backups
Post by: pickles on July 01, 2004, 02:19:24 PM

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?

Title: Network Backups
Post by: jcoleman on July 01, 2004, 03:00:54 PM

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

Title: Network Backups
Post by: duncan on July 02, 2004, 03:32:15 AM

Quote 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?

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

Title: Network Backups
Post by: cydonia on July 02, 2004, 12:28:12 PM

Most definately!

Thanks Duncan.

Title: Network Backups
Post by: duncan on July 03, 2004, 09:50:09 AM

Ok - I have done a little howto here (http://mirror.contribs.org/smeserver/contribs/dthomas/smeserver/6.x/Contrib/rsnapshot/)

I have yet to do the SSH or Cygwin howto.

Regards Duncan

Title: rsnapshot
Post by: ldkeen on July 04, 2004, 09:06:25 PM

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.

Title: Network Backups
Post by: duncan on July 04, 2004, 11:26:06 PM

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

Title: Network Backups
Post by: schirrms on July 05, 2004, 09:01:10 PM

Hi,

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

Code: [Select]

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

HTH,
Pascal

Title: Network Backups
Post by: duncan on July 05, 2004, 11:47:49 PM

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

Title: Network Backups
Post by: duncan on July 06, 2004, 12:33:12 PM

Ok - I have added a brief cwRsync (http://www.itefix.no/phpws/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=6&MMN_position=23:23) howto to work with rsnapshot.

Regards Duncan.