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In my earlier blogs I talked about the need to have
backups of you valuable information. One
very popular method is to synchronize your data to a computer at a remote
location. You can subscribe to a remote data replication/backup service like
Carbonite.com or if like many who already have access to a second computer in
your home or business, you can do the same yourself for free. I will show you how to setup such a service “Rsync” using the open source (free) Delta Copy software.
First you will need to download the software DeltaCopy - Rsync for Windows Download the version with installer With
Installer (~ 6.3 MB) .
You will run the same setup on both computers.
While you are waiting
for the download to finish take some time to identify the directories that you
want to backup. Also, Rsync for windows has a file name
limitation limit of 240 characters including the file folder names. If you are
using very large names you may want to shorten them. Sometimes it is as simple as renaming the
folders to a shorter name. This limitation
will mean that we make the destination folder names short as well.
Preparation: To prevent any file permission issues go to
the computer that will store your backup and type the following and [ENTER]
Xp / Windows. 
Vista / Windows 7 
Click on Advanced tab
and click Environment Variables.
Click new and add cygwin to the variable name and nontsec to
the variable value.
Click ok and ok to close and you will want to
reboot that computer for the settings to be in effect.
Ok, you probably have downloaded and extracted the
software to a folder so let’s begin.
Let’s start on the host
or the server that will store your backup and click install
Launch setup and click
next and install and finish using all
default selections.
If you’re successful you
will result in this screen..
Click Register Windows Service
And put in your domainname\administrator and password or if not in
a Microsoft Domain environment, i.e. Xp home pc’s use administrator and password..
And if successful
Press OK close and
restart your pc
Now launch DeltaCopy
server
You should see the green
light,
If the server is not
started you probably missed typed the password or your account cannot log in as
a service. This is simple to fix.
Click on Start - > Run and on launch services.msc
Double click on DeltaCopy
Server and click on properties to retype your account and password. If you did this correctly you may get a
prompt that tells you that permissions have been granted . You will be able to start the service ..
Now we are ready to
create an area to store our backup files.
One of the gotcha’s with
RSYNC is the character length of the file names. For this reasons we will create file names
with as short a name as possible.
I will create a rysnc
folder on my server with the name RS
Within that folder I
will organize folders to represent servers and disk volumes that I will want to
rsync For my server I created a folder under RS that is Server where
the files will be replicated to.
We are ready to configure our Deltacopy server.
Click on the Virtual Directory tab.
Right click on the on the sample virtual directory and delete this
Click on <Add new Directory> and name your virtual directory as I have done
Click ok to save it
And click on you new virtual directory and go to Directory Options.. browse to your newly created folder like I have done.
Click OK and add a comment (optional)
Do not check any of the check boxes . click ok and you have complete the server setup
You are now ready to go to part 2 and setup your Client ( the computer that you want to backup)
Setup for the Client is almost the same as with the server. Launch setup and click next
and install and finish using all default selections.
If your successful you
will result in this screen..
Do not Register Windows Service .
Simply Click Close and you have completed this step
Launch Delta Copy Client
Click on <Add New Profile> and enter your profile information.
Make up a Profile Name. Put in the ip number or name of the server that you created in part 1 click on the Square box to find the Virtual Directory Name then click Test Connection , if ok click on Add Profile
Click on your profile and add folder
And click ok if you are satisfied
Select your folder and click on options. I like to add the following --exclude='pagefile.sys' --exclude="RECYCLER/" parameters here to prevent replication of unnecessary files
Now, click modify schedule to set up an automatic schedule
Click on Schedule tab and select New and setup a daily schedule
Click apply and confirm password if necessary
And you are ready to test
Right click on your Profile and choose run test.
And your done. Delta copy can even email you status reports if you setup the email options. Click on the email icon on the client and try it. Cheers. walter
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