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| From | David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients |
| Date | 2016-08-03 05:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <s1V2x-5eP-7@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <s1Pgt-1Bc-21@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On 08/02/2016 02:12 PM, Daniel Bareiro wrote:
> I'm thinking deploy a Debian backup server using Dirvish (which is based
> on rsync --- indeed, we have packaged it in Debian). On previous
> occasions I implemented these solutions seamlessly with GNU/Linux
> clients, but now I would like add Windows clients.
>
> The idea of using Dirvish is because I had a very good experience.
> Besides using rsync with hard links for backups of files that do not
> change from backup to the next allows a considerable saving of disk space.
>
> But to use Dirvish with Windows clients I will need to install an SSH
> server. I had thought that an alternative would be to use Cygwin, but
> was looking for documentation and I have not found any uniform process
> to install and configure a Cygwin SSH server on Windows.
>
> I would like to know if anyone has had any experience in this regard
> that could share.
Cygwin sshd and rsync are okay for interactive use. There is a shell
script (ssh-host-config) provided with the Cygwin openssh package for
setting up sshd as a service.
Unfortunately, Cygwin rsync is notorious for working for a while, and
then hanging in the middle of a transfer. I've seen this for years, and
I saw it on up-to-date installs less than a week ago. So for automated
backups, you need to detect this failure mode and deal with it. The
only way I found to get rsync working again was to reboot.
You might find more encouraging answers on the Cygwin mailing list:
https://cygwin.com/lists.html
Currently, Windows Backup and Restore is the most reliable solution I've
found for automated backups. Either it works, or it doesn't (the last
Windows Vista box I maintain has broken Volume Shadow Copy, which breaks
Backup and Restore).
David
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Debian server for backups of Windows clients Daniel Bareiro <daniel-listas@gmx.net> - 2016-08-02 23:20 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-08-03 05:30 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Daniel Bareiro <daniel-listas@gmx.net> - 2016-08-08 20:30 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-08-09 05:30 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Daniel Bareiro <daniel-listas@gmx.net> - 2016-08-10 01:30 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-08-10 04:00 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2016-09-09 21:00 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Daniel Bareiro <daniel-listas@gmx.net> - 2016-09-09 21:50 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2016-09-09 23:20 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Daniel Bareiro <daniel-listas@gmx.net> - 2016-09-11 14:30 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2016-09-10 00:10 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Daniel Bareiro <daniel-listas@gmx.net> - 2016-09-11 14:10 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-09-10 05:40 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-09-10 06:20 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients "Neal P. Murphy" <neal.p.murphy@alum.wpi.edu> - 2016-09-10 07:30 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2016-09-10 14:50 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients rhkramer@gmail.com - 2016-09-10 16:30 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-09-10 16:50 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients rhkramer@gmail.com - 2016-09-10 17:00 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-09-10 17:40 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-09-10 19:40 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients "Neal P. Murphy" <neal.p.murphy@alum.wpi.edu> - 2016-09-11 07:50 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-09-10 08:20 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2016-09-11 04:30 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Daniel Bareiro <daniel-listas@gmx.net> - 2016-09-09 21:50 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-09-10 05:50 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2016-09-11 04:30 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-09-11 05:10 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2016-08-03 10:40 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Daniel Bareiro <daniel-listas@gmx.net> - 2016-08-10 01:40 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2016-08-11 18:50 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com> - 2016-08-11 19:00 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Darac Marjal <mailinglist@darac.org.uk> - 2016-08-08 11:10 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Daniel Bareiro <daniel-listas@gmx.net> - 2016-08-08 22:10 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2016-08-09 05:30 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Mike McGinn <mikemcginn@mcginnweb.net> - 2016-08-09 15:40 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Glenn English <ghe@slsware.net> - 2016-08-08 23:40 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Daniel Bareiro <daniel-listas@gmx.net> - 2016-08-09 03:20 +0200
Re: Debian server for backups of Windows clients Joel Wirāmu Pauling <joel@aenertia.net> - 2016-08-10 02:20 +0200
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