From: Kris L. <kl...@th...> - 2013-02-26 23:09:47
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You may want to refer to http://edgylogic.com/blog/vshadow-exe-versions/ for appropriate vshadow versions for Windows 7/2008. (or see the comments on Michael's original implementation page). Also, in-place restores will require a bit of work - but most of the time you'll probably be restoring specific files, so manually moving them into place isn't a huge deal. WOL is a nice feature, but make sure that your switches support it. (Mine don't). Kris Lou kl...@th... On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 2:52 PM, upen <upe...@gm...> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Michael Stowe > <ms...@ch...> wrote: > > > > > >> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Michael Stowe > >> <ms...@ch...> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Can someone tell what the drawbacks of using cygwin/ssh/rsync on the > >>>> windows BackupPc clients ? I just tried it yesterday on windows xp and > >>>> it worked well. I believe this method of backup should also work on > >>>> 2008r2 servers? > >>> > >>> Drawbacks versus ... what? > >>> > >>> Windows in general has issues with file semantics, and its system of > >>> overcoming those is essentially to use VSS, the Volume Snapshot > Service. > >>> For BackupPC, there have been two solutions developed, one that > requires > >>> ssh, and one that instead uses winexe, which leverages samba. The ssh > >>> solution encrypts in transit, but (naturally) requires the installation > >>> of > >>> ssh and the appropriate version of vshadow. The winexe version has an > >>> installer which takes care of the client details, but requires > >>> winexe/samba installed on the BackupPC server. > >>> > >>> There are some minor functional differences in the implementations; the > >>> ssh version backs up ACL's (in one of two ways) and the winexe version > >>> handles backing up machines that are powered down. However, the > >>> features > >>> aren't incompatible, and since both are scripted, can be added to > either > >>> one. > >> > >> Sorry about the confusing question. I was actually asking in general > >> versus all other methods available to backup windows using BackupPC. > >> > >> Thanks for the information. It's certainly useful. I used method > >> mentioned at http://www.cs.umd.edu/~cdunne/projs/backuppc_guide.html > >> for my windows xp client. It didn't mention anything about volume > >> snapshot service or vshadow. I am not sure if I am using vshadow but I > >> do find a service in my windows xp named "Volume Shadow Copy " that is > >> set to manual. So I guess vshadow is not being used on when backup is > >> taken. Do I have to start vshadow and set to to automatic for future? > > > > What's there is neither of the open-file solutions I describe, so you'll > > either need to switch, or simply be unable to back up open files (this > may > > not be a problem, depending on your backup strategy.) > > > > vshadow, the windows service, doesn't actually do anything unless it's > > specifically invoked, so setting it to automatic won't do anything, nor > > will starting the service by itself. The tricky thing about transient > > shadow volume copies is that they need to be invoked *before* rsync, thus > > the complexity. The windows-edition-specific program "vshadow" allows > > management from the command line. > > > Great. Thanks guys for all the information. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_feb > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > Bac...@li... > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > |