Dear All,

I have installed BackupPC and working fine with linux workstation. Now i want to install rsync in Windows (NO SAMBA) and take data backup onto the linux Server which is running BackupPC, but would like to know how to managed through web interface from Linux Server.

Any help in this regard is highly appreciated.

regards,

T. Saravana.

On Windows you're gonna have to install cygwin (make sure you select openssh, rsync). Then you'll have to create a script that rsync's to the linux server using 'rsync -e ssh ...'. man rsync.

Thank you for your reply.

I have installed cygwin and created script for backup, but how can i manage through BackupPC in web interface. Also i have several workstations which needs to take backup in series.

regards,

T. Saravana

The way to do rsync through BackupPC is through actually using rsyncd. They have a cygwin-rsyncd package on the BackupPC here - http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...group_id=34854

You'll want to download that package onto the windows machines, and set it up as per the example in the download. Then set BackupPC to use the rsyncd method.

Peace,
JimBass

Thank you very much for your reply.

Infact i want to run BackupPC on Linux machine which i have already installed. Now i want to manage BackupPC through Linux Machine all the windows workstations.

regards,

T. Saravana.

Yes, my previous post told you exactly how to do what you want.

You can't run the BackupPC server on anything but a *nix server. It requires hard links to be used, and windows cannot do that. The BackupPC server can back up windows machines by downloading and installing the package I mentioned originally, and you backup using the rsyncd method. You do not want to back up via samba. It takes much longer, and simply isn't a as good. Rsync (for *nix) and rsyncd (for windows) are the best backup methods to use.

Peace,
JimBass

There is a much better method than running the unsecure rsyncd. Setup cygwin SSH on the Windows machine then run rsync with the ssh parameter and compression. This will allow you to backup, especially over the Internet, in a very secure way using encryption; with compression you will also be able to speed things up also. This method is what I use because it is a million times more secure and faster. Also you can use SSH with other archivers like tar. With this scenario you can dump that silly BackupPC program that is mentioned here. That's just a dumbed-down program. Rsync on it's own is obsolete.

Thank you very much for your reply.

But I would like to have an interface where i monitor the status of Backup of particular workstations. And also would like to take in series automatically i.e., after completion of backup of one workstation, the another should start.

Please let me any solution for the above said scenario.

regards,

T. Saravana

Hi Ramram29,

I'm a bit of a novice at this backup stuff. When you use rsync over SSH, don't you have to log onto the client as root? For example:

How does that work with Windows? Do you have to use the Administrator account?

Many thanks,

Paul.

I'm also interested in the answer to this. I hope this bump will get a response from someone who has used ssh with rsync.