From 1f6ea3c936d9f6e195550c0aa0fef9ab40505cc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: cbarratt Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2002 22:47:37 +0000 Subject: [PATCH 1/1] v1.5.0 --- README | 132 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 132 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8dc7c8a --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,132 @@ + + BackupPC + + Version __VERSION__ + + __RELEASEDATE__ + + Copyright (C) 2001-2002 Craig Barratt. All rights reserved. + + This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or + modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License. + See the LICENSE file. + +QUICK START: +----------- + +The latest version of BackupPC can be fetched from: + + http://backuppc.sourceforge.net + +If you will use SMB for WinXX clients, you will need smbclient and +nmblookup from the Samba distribution. Version >= 2.2.0 of Samba is +recommended (smbclient's tar feature in 2.0.7 has bugs for certain +path lengths). See www.samba.org for source and binaries. + +To install BackupPC run these commands as root: + + tar zxf BackupPC-__VERSION__.tar.gz + cd BackupPC-__VERSION__ + perl configure.pl + +This will automatically determine some system information and prompt you +for install paths. + +INTRODUCTION: +------------ + +BackupPC is a high-performance, enterprise-grade system for +backing up Linux and WinXX PCs and laptops to a server's disk. +BackupPC is highly configurable and easy to install and maintain. + +Given the ever decreasing cost of disks and raid systems, it is now +practical and cost effective to backup a large number of machines onto +a server's local disk or network storage. This is what BackupPC does. +For some sites, this might be the complete backup solution. For other +sites, additional permanent archives could be created by periodically +backing up the server to tape. A variety of Open Source systems are +available for doing backup to tape. + +BackupPC is written in Perl and extracts backup data either via +SMB (using Samba) or tar over ssh/rsh/nfs. It is robust, reliable, +well documented and freely available as Open Source on SourceForge. + +FEATURES: +-------- + + - A clever pooling scheme minimizes disk storage and disk IO. Identical + files across multiple backups of the same or different PCs are stored + only once resulting in substantial savings in disk storage. + + - One example of disk use: 95 latops with each full backup averaging + 3.6GB each, and each incremental averaging about 0.3GB. Storing + three weekly full backups and six incremental backups per laptop + is around 1200GB of raw data, but because of pooling and compression + only 150GB is needed. + + - No client-side software is needed. The standard smb protocol is used + to extract backup data on WinXX clients. On linux clients, tar + over ssh/rsh/nfs is used to backup the data (or alternatively + Samba can be installed on the linux client to provide smb shares). + + - A powerful http/cgi user interface allows administrators to view log + files, configuration, current status and allows users to initiate and + cancel backups and browse and restore files from backups. + + - Flexible restore options. Single files can be downloaded from + any backup directly from the CGI interface. Zip or Tar archives + for selected files or directories from any backup can also be + downloaded from the CGI interface. Finally, direct restore to + the client machine (using SMB or tar) for selected files or + directories is also supported from the CGI interface. + + - Supports mobile environments where laptops are only intermittently + connected to the network and have dynamic IP addresses (DHCP). + + - Flexible configuration parameters allow multiple backups to be performed + in parallel, specification of which shares to backup, which directories + to backup or not backup, various schedules for full and incremental + backups, schedules for email reminders to users and so on. Configuration + parameters can be set system-wide or also on a per-PC basis. + + - Users are sent periodic email reminders if their PC has not + recently been backed up. Email content, timing and policies + are configurable. + + - Tested on Linux and Solaris hosts, and Linux, Win95, Win98, Win2000 + and WinXP clients. + + - Detailed documentation. + + - Open Source hosted by SourceForge and freely available under GPL. + +RESOURCES: +--------- + +Complete documentation is available in this release in doc/BackupPC.pod +or doc/BackupPC.html. You can read doc/BackupPC.pod with perldoc and +doc/BackupPC.html with any browser. You can also see the documentation +and general information at: + + http://backuppc.sourceforge.net + +The SourceForge project resides at: + + http://sourceforge.net/projects/backuppc + +You are encouraged to subscribe to either the backuppc-announce +or backuppc-users mail list on sourceforge.net at either: + + http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-announce + http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users + +The backuppc-announce list is moderated and is used only for +important announcements (eg: new versions). It is low traffic. +You only need to subscribe to one list: backuppc-users also +receives any messages on backuppc-announce. + +To post a message to the backuppc-users list, send an email to + + backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net + +Do not send subscription requests to this address! -- 2.20.1