just some edits & improvements
Maybe something missing, the backuppc user is not member of the sudoers, I find some tutorials where they talked about this requirement
http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/BackupPC
http://peektech.net/?p=12
But for now I have not tested.
mmm it’s for tar usage…probably we need to create a sudo policy, i’ll edit the howto
@AbsyntH amazing howto man you’re doing a good job here!
Want to install it very soon and I’ll let you how this is going
Great job @AbsyntH !
I want to try it asap.
Just a question on the fly: why I should prefer Backuppc to NethServer Backup module?
Thank you for contributing.
Take a look at this discussion: New module for centralized backup
The goal is to backup other systems ON NethServer and not NethServer itself
@sitz here i’ve only set up backuppc server, in a few days i’ll write an “upgrade” of this howto for done the backup of windows clients
do backuppc works with window servers?
added windows client configuration ( basic steps, if you want also advanced configuration settings…read the backuppc manual )
Oh man that’s a great howto now
I gonna try this last part asap
Michele…what about to do in the backuppc module a web page to redirect to the cygwin download and provide configuration files to backup window clients
Take a look to this howto http://www.clearcenter.com/support/documentation/user_guide/backuppc
@stephdl give the download link it’s a good idea, but i don’t know if i want to give prebuilt configuration file for the client…too many variables that have to match , if we can not give something that is completely GUI based for client i prefer leave it configurable by users
Not sure it is destined to user usage, it is something to help the sysadmin, keep in mind that you need to give a password with user-name, it could be quickly a sensitive issue. Since My worse enemy is called Microsoft, I have not much time to give to the backup template of windows clients and some helps could be useful to save my time and test the backup settings(w8,w7,XP).
I have planned to offer a strong password with the IP of server in the template, and of course for security purpose, you should change it, or not.
so if the template is for sysadmin i think that the best way is to give a configuration file fully and in detail commented ( with best practices for pst / Exchange / shadow copy etc )
I like it, it might be a helpful and a valuable contribution!