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Re: [Bobs-devel] help
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From: Rene R. <re...@gr...> - 2002-10-04 10:58:36
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On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 04:56, Joe zacky wrote: > > > Thiruvarasu a/l Muthusamy wrote: > > >Thanks for the reply. It helped. I think i've managed to get the basic setup > >done. I just got few question. When we want to add a new server config > >there's a few field which i'm not very clear about. > > > >The field "The path the the nfs share is mounted under" what does this > >means ? Does this means that each share i want to backup, i have to mount it > >first ? > > > > > I believe this refers to the directory on the local computer running > BOBS where the remote computer's nfs exported directory is mounted. If > you're backing up Windows computers and you aren't using the Windows nfs > utilities, which I assume you're not, then nfs won't work for you. You > will need to download the current CVS source and run the install from > that, it has support for samba. Or you can wait for the next release of > BOBS to download. If you need help downloading from the CVS repository, > please ask, I have the instructions for that somewhere around here... An example. You have an nfs share like this someserver:/data/work Then the path you should fill in is "/data/work" because the is the nfs share path. But as Joe explained you do not need this for smb (windows networking) backups. > > >And also "How many incrementals to keep ( 0 = infinite )" ? > > > >Thanks > > > > > > > Each incremental backup is stored somewhere that takes up disk space. I > think this means to keep only the last 'x' number of incemental backups > and delete the older ones. I'm not sure if that is actually implemented > though. Perhaps the BOBS creater, Rene Rask, will verify my answers for you. > This feature is not implemented currently. The number is how many days you would like to keep backups for. eg. "15" would keep incremental backups for 15 days. But again, since this is not yet implemented you do not have to worry. just set it to "0". Sorry if my replies are a bit slow. I've got a lot of stuff to do at the moment. Feel free to ask more questions. -Rene > I appreciate you taking the time to try BOBS and ask questions. Please > feel free to ask as much as you want. > > Joe > > > > > > >>Yes. The linux machine just runs the backup. You can backup any Windows > >> machine (and other types) on the network, as long as the directory to > >>be backed up is shared. > >> > >>In the BOBS admin interface on the linux machine, specify the windows > >>computer, the share name, and "smb" for the type of share. > >> > >>If you actually try this, please let us know if you have more questions > >> and/or how it worked. We're getting ready for a new release of BOBS > >>that should make the setup a little easier. > >> > >>Joe Zacky, assistant BOBS developer > >> > >>Thiruvarasu a/l Muthusamy wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Hello, > >>> > >>>I'm a newbie. I'm just wondering if BOBS works with a windows machine. > >>>What i mean is that running BOBS on a linux box but the datas are > >>>pulled from a windows machine to be backed up. If can, how is it done. > >>> > >>>Thanks > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>------------------------------------------------------- > >>>This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > >>>Welcome to geek heaven. > >>>http://thinkgeek.com/sf > >>>_______________________________________________ > >>>Bobs-devel mailing list > >>>Bob...@li... > >>>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bobs-devel > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------- > >>This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > >>Welcome to geek heaven. > >>http://thinkgeek.com/sf > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Bobs-devel mailing list > >>Bob...@li... > >>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bobs-devel > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > |
