From: Josh H. <jo...@ut...> - 2011-04-28 12:44:41
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This Seems like a case of square peg/round hole. Depending on the size of the backup set, I would advocate exploring one of the various options that have a friendly Windows interface, like Dropbox or Crashplan. Regards, Josh Harding -----Original Message----- From: Adam Goryachev [mailto:mai...@we...] Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2011 10:58 AM To: bac...@li... Subject: [BackupPC-users] Backup of random home PC's -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I've got a number of random people's home PC's that I backup (friends and relatives etc), and I'm wondering what methods people use to handle this sort of environment. My latest method is to use the following components: 1) dynamic DNS to find them 2) static IP on the machine 3) static port forwarding on their home modem/router 4) install and configure cygwin SSH and rsync (not rsyncd) This method works pretty well for backing up non-open files (ie, the users real documents/etc). However, I'm trying to find an easier method to solve the following problems: * Avoid the issue of having to go onsite and configure everything * Avoid static IP's and port forwarding * Avoid installation and configuration of software (cygwin) which the person can't do themselves... Recently, I found some software which can use upnp to tell the router to setup the port forwarding. There is user configurable software to handle the dynamic DNS as well. These two are a start to solving items 1, 2 and 3. If I could find a solution to 4, then it would really simplify my life, especially if this option would also handle open files :) Finally, some method for the user to configure which files are backed up/ignored would be the final icing on the cake... Thanks for any comments/ideas Regards, Adam - -- Adam Goryachev Website Managers www.websitemanagers.com.au -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk24LwkACgkQGyoxogrTyiU8bgCgkZLuxPJUvCckCLPPzZ3vj13/ oCoAoMVBXeFf6FSA42rFpYlko6+vChqG =Tshc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ WhatsUp Gold - Download Free Network Management Software The most intuitive, comprehensive, and cost-effective network management toolset available today. Delivers lowest initial acquisition cost and overall TCO of any competing solution. http://p.sf.net/sfu/whatsupgold-sd _______________________________________________ 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/ |