On 1/14/2010 11:10 AM, Jussi Hirvi wrote: > On 14.1.2010 17:59, Les Mikesell wrote: >> Backuppc will at least send you an email when the backups have failed >> for 3 days in a row. >> >> I probably should mention the one scenario it doesn't handle very well, >> though. If you have very large files that have frequent small changes >> (active databases, logs, unix mailboxes, etc.), backuppc will store a >> complete new copy on every run, > > Another scenario that Backuppc probably does not handle well is backups > over the internet of workstations that are behind a firewall. I was > hoping the remote users could start the backup of their own workstations > using Backuppc:s web interface, but it does not seem possible (even > though I haven't tried it in practice), because Backuppc uses netbios > names to find the remote machine, and netbios names are not very well > routable, I have read. In fact I don't know how this kind of backup > service could be accomplished. The design expects the server to be able to be able to establish the connection to the targets so the straightforward approach would be to use a VPN like openvpn with a fixed private address when the tunnel is up. But it has been discussed on the mailing list and others have come up with ways to do it through ssh port-forwarding with the initial connection established from the remote side. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com