From: Brad A. <st...@gm...> - 2010-12-18 19:23:26
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Okay, here we go, Tyler. I'm going to basically start converting hosts over to your full-machine backup. Wish me luck...:) Obviously there are a few boxes (like my Nokia devices) that I'll still either not change or wait till the end. --b On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Tyler J. Wagner <ty...@to...> wrote: > B, > > You are doing two things differently from my own config: > > 1. You're using lots of RsyncShareNames, rather than just / and using > BackupFilesOnly and BackupFilesExclude. In fact, I've never used more > than one RsyncShareName. Do you use this on your other hosts too? Aside > from having BackupsDisable set, does it differ from any other host? > > 2. You're using sudo instead of root login. Your call. I prefer SSH keys > with root not allowed to SSH by password. > > Attached is a sample of my backup host's configuration. This is a merge > of important global variables for clarity, and those specific to the > backup host. My backup host gets backed up daily just like any other > client. > > Regards, > Tyler > > On Fri, 2010-11-12 at 10:53 -0500, B. Alexander wrote: >> Here is the config for that host: >> >> $Conf{PartialAgeMax} = '0'; # Added per Craig's recommendation >> $Conf{BackupsDisable} = '1'; >> $Conf{RsyncClientCmd} = 'sudo $rsyncPath $argList+'; >> $Conf{RsyncClientRestoreCmd} = 'sudo $rsyncPath $argList+'; >> $Conf{RsyncShareName} = [ '/boot', '/lib/modules', '/home', '/etc', >> '/var/backups', '/var/cache/apt', '/var/lib/apt', '/var/log', '/root', >> '/usr/local', '/var/lib/dpkg' ]; >> >> In the main config, I am using "--checksum-seed=32761" in RsyncArgs, >> which enables it for everything. >> >> --b >> >> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 3:10 AM, Tyler J. Wagner <ty...@to...> wrote: >> > On Thu, 2010-11-11 at 17:26 -0500, B. Alexander wrote: >> >> I don't think so, Les. I have been watching the backup as it runs (as >> >> Tyler suggested earlier in the thread), and if I change the order of >> >> the directories in RsyncShareName, the last file that gets backed up >> >> changes, but it is the same file, whether during an incremental or >> >> full. >> > >> > Could you post more of your config for that host? Are you using multiple >> > RsyncShareName entries? Or one ("/") with a few directories in >> > BackupFilesOnly and BackupFilesExclude? Are you using >> > "--checksum-seed=32761" in RsyncArgs? >> > >> > Regards, >> > Tyler >> > >> > -- >> > "If we don't believe in free expression for people we despise, we don't >> > believe in it at all." >> > -- Noam Chomsky >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > Centralized Desktop Delivery: Dell and VMware Reference Architecture >> > Simplifying enterprise desktop deployment and management using >> > Dell EqualLogic storage and VMware View: A highly scalable, end-to-end >> > client virtualization framework. Read more! >> > http://p.sf.net/sfu/dell-eql-dev2dev >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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/ >> > >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Centralized Desktop Delivery: Dell and VMware Reference Architecture >> Simplifying enterprise desktop deployment and management using >> Dell EqualLogic storage and VMware View: A highly scalable, end-to-end >> client virtualization framework. Read more! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/dell-eql-dev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ >> > > -- > "If one would give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest > man, I would find something in them to have him hanged." > -- Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Centralized Desktop Delivery: Dell and VMware Reference Architecture > Simplifying enterprise desktop deployment and management using > Dell EqualLogic storage and VMware View: A highly scalable, end-to-end > client virtualization framework. Read more! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/dell-eql-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > |