BackupPC Notes - Revision history

Oborn: /* rsync-over-ssh method */

2012-03-12T21:27:18Z

rsync-over-ssh method

2012-03-12T21:26:50Z

rsyncd method

2012-01-19T01:56:33Z

rsync-over-ssh method

2011-06-23T22:02:50Z

Storage Setup on Vienna

2011-06-23T22:02:16Z

Things we need to think about

2011-01-27T00:47:58Z

Changed protection level for "BackupPC Notes" ([edit=autoconfirmed] (indefinite) [move=autoconfirmed] (indefinite))

2010-12-31T02:05:10Z

Protected "BackupPC Notes" ([edit=autoconfirmed] (indefinite) [move=autoconfirmed] (indefinite) [read=autoconfirmed] (indefinite))

2010-10-08T01:55:24Z

Storage Setup on Vienna

2010-05-25T23:41:42Z

Adding a client for rsync

2010-05-20T23:49:53Z

Adding a client for rsync

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 ## Change ownership of new file: '''chown backuppc __.pl'''
-===rsyncd method=== ''(depreciated)''
+===rsyncd method===
 # On winnebago (or other Linux box):
 ## make a new password with makepasswd --chars=128

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 ## Change ownership of new file: '''chown backuppc __.pl'''
-===rsyncd method===
+===rsyncd method=== ''(depreciated)''
 # On winnebago (or other Linux box):
 ## make a new password with makepasswd --chars=128

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 #### (advanced - ICMP in Windows XP)
 #### [http://www.sysprobs.com/enable-ping-reply-windows-7 Windows 7] firewall setup for ping
 # On vienna
 ## Log in manually once to accept ssh key and test

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 ==Storage Setup on Vienna==
-Vienna has 6x1TB drives set up under Solaris10 with a ZFS filesystem. The RAID level for the OS is RAID1 and the RAID level for the datapool is RAID10. Compression is disabled in BackupPC and is handled by ZFS instead.
+Vienna has 4x1TB and 2x2TB drives set up under Solaris10 with a ZFS filesystem. The RAID level for the OS is RAID1 and the RAID level for the datapool is RAID10. Compression is disabled in BackupPC and is handled by ZFS instead.
 Devices must have at least 1000204885504 bytes. Many 1TB drives do not.

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 *Thousands of small files can take very long to index (Pulse Recording can accumulate >60k)
 *checksum seeding
 *User notification policy??

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 ===rsync-over-ssh method===
 #On the windows box
-##install cygwin
+## Install cygwin
-##configure cygwin server: ssh-host-config -y
+### Make sure to unhide obsolete packages and start from All->uninstall
-##start ssh service: cygrunsrv -S sshd
+### admin - cygrunsrv
-##copy id_rsa.pub to ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
+### base - all
 ##Set the firewall
 ### open port 22 TCP with the scope 134.50.87.0/255.255.255.0,134.50.3.0/255.255.255.0
-### allow ping (advanced ICMP)
+### In Windows 7, create an exception for the port, then go to properties and change the scope to 134.50.0.0/16
-#On vienna
+### allow ping
-##Log in manually once to accept ssh key and test
+#### (advanced - ICMP in Windows XP)
-##edit /etc/BackupPC/hosts to add new entry
+#### [http://www.sysprobs.com/enable-ping-reply-windows-7 Windows 7] firewall setup for ping
-##in /etc/BackupPC/pc copy to a new file matching name in hosts file
+# On vienna
-##change ip, $Conf{XferMethod} = 'rsync'; in new __.pl file
+## Log in manually once to accept ssh key and test
-##Make sure the ssh user is set correctly
+## Edit /etc/BackupPC/hosts to add new entry
-##change ownership of new file: chown backuppc __.pl
+## In /etc/BackupPC/pc copy to a new file matching name in hosts file
 ===rsyncd method===