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Title: BackupPC
Post by: meelis on November 07, 2007, 12:34:53 PM

How to use backupPc, save backup files to network share (change topdir, I made change config.pl but not work)?

Title: Re: BackupPC
Post by: Daniel B. on November 07, 2007, 01:11:13 PM

You cannot save the data on a samba network share. The FS where backuppc stores everything must support hardlink. The only one I know which support this feature is NFS (there may be some others). If you want your backups to be stored on a NFS share, you should mount your NFS share on /opt/backuppc before installing backuppc.

Title: Re: BackupPC
Post by: meelis on November 07, 2007, 01:23:50 PM

ok, but how, can't find eny cood topic for this

Title: Re: BackupPC
Post by: Daniel B. on November 07, 2007, 06:38:00 PM

Before installing BackupPC's contrib:

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mkdir -p /opt/backuppc
mount -t nfs //server/share /opt/backuppc (man mount for all the options)

Then, install backuppc, check everything is ok. Once this is done, add an entry in /etc/fstab so the share will be automatically mounted each time the server boots.

Title: Re: BackupPC
Post by: meelis on November 08, 2007, 07:06:27 AM

mount -t nfs //192.168.2.248/pcbackup /opt/backuppc
Give this error: mount: directory to mount not in host:dir format

Title: Re: BackupPC
Post by: meelis on November 08, 2007, 07:41:57 AM

 mount -t smbfs //192.168.2.248/backuppc /opt/backuppc
Ask password(only), but eny password not works, share backuppc access read&write everyone

Title: Re: BackupPC
Post by: Daniel B. on November 08, 2007, 09:01:16 AM

As I said in the previous post, a samba share (smbfs) cannot work because it doesn't support hardlinks

Title: Re: BackupPC
Post by: meelis on November 08, 2007, 09:20:03 AM

If i add exterenal (usb) disk to server, then i can mnt backup files?

Title: Re: BackupPC
Post by: Daniel B. on November 09, 2007, 02:15:11 PM

Yes, you can use an external USB hard drive to store the backups. Here's a how-to (in french):

http://smeserver.fr/astuces.php?astuce=fs_add_hd

Title: Re: BackupPC
Post by: gollum on November 11, 2007, 01:02:15 PM

I tried this: Configure SME to use USB External drive for Backuppc at http://www.sonoracomm.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=209&Itemid=32 (http://www.sonoracomm.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=209&Itemid=32)

After installing USB Drive Manager I formatted and labelled /dev/sda1 running this:

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mkfs.ext3 -L MyLabel /dev/sda1

I mounted /opt/backuppc on /dev/sda1:

(http://www.freewebtown.com/smeserver/images/backuppc111.jpg)

configuring this:

(http://www.freewebtown.com/smeserver/images/backuppc113.jpg)

- All I get is this :sad:

(http://www.freewebtown.com/smeserver/images/backuppc112.jpg)


Why this?
Is it necessary to run

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signal-event post-upgrade; signal-event reboot

after installing these contribs? - I simply don't wanted to restart because of the delay SME use to mount USB-Drive before BackupPC starts...

Anyone an idea? Thx for help!