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Save backups on different storages

setup a second urbackup server and tell the client to backup to the 2 servers using different policies.

setup to backup one client to two server https://www.urbackup.org/faq.html

With 2.1.x you can store images in a different ZFS dataset (see testing category) when using cow-raw images.

https://forums.urbackup.org/t/saving-backups-on-different-storages/2583/4

Upgrade

As always: Replace the executables (via the installers) and the database of the server/client will be updated on first running it.

Place the files from the update directory into C:\Program Files\UrBackupServer\urbackup or/var/urbackup to auto-update clients. Disable Download client from update server in the server settings to prevent the server from downloading the current version.

On Linux e.g. with:

cd /var/urbackup && wget -r -l1 --no-parent --reject "index.html*" -nH -nd -N "https://ssl.webpack.de/beta.urbackup.org/Client/2.1.3%20beta/update/"

Another option :

https://github.com/ptempier/get_urbackupclient/blob/master/updateclient.sh

Downgrade (server)

Stop the UrBackup server, restore C:\Program Files\UrBackupServer\urbackup or /var/urbackupfrom a backup before upgrade and then install the previous version over the beta release.

Check urbackup internal database

sqlite3 backup_server_settings.db "PRAGMA integrity_check"

https://forums.urbackup.org/t/sqlite-disk-i-o-error-errorcode-522-backup-server/2235/6

Update the restore iso

As work-around you can use any 32-bit Linux live system (preferably Debian based, e.g. Ubuntu) and download and run http://buildserver.urbackup.org/restore_cd_2.tar.xz2 (or build this yourself using the source checkout and ./update_restore.sh).

https://forums.urbackup.org/t/restore-image-does-not-support-the-intel-i217-lm-and-the-i210-gb-cards/2545

Cleanup urbackup data folder

remove_unknown.bat

R emove client

on the client run the uninstaller (works on linux too)

on the status page at the left of the client click remove

https://forums.urbackup.org/t/how-to-remove-client/19/4

How to speed up backup

Try unchecking run with background priority

https://forums.urbackup.org/t/client-never-stops-indexing/2554/16

Try to update to 2.1.x

https://forums.urackup.org/t/slow-backup-speeds/2733

with image backups , try disabling compression

https://forums.urbackup.org/t/slow-backup-speeds/2733/10

How to manually delete backups

delete the folder /subvolume then cleanup urbackup data folder

https://forums.urbackup.org/t/how-to-manually-delete-backups/1147/5

https://www.urbackup.org/administration_manual.html#x1-9500011.4

How to recover the server login password

There is a reset_pw.bat in UrBackupServer installation folder which will allow you to reset it.

https://forums.urbackup.org/t/need-to-change-the-password/1848

Fix client won’t connect /timout

on the serer setting

the server url on the server tab us an http:// url

on the internet tab the server ip/name is an ip or fqdn, without http://

How to add clients from the commandline

Create the addclient.py file

import urbackup_api
import sys

server = urbackup_api.urbackup_server("http://hostname:55414/x", "admin", "password")
server.add_extra_client(sys.argv[1])

Now call :

python .\addclient.py hostname

https://forums.urbackup.org/t/windows-command-for-adding-discovery-ip-hostname/2473/5

Disable dattobd ?

Delete the file or set to empty the values in /usr/local/etc/urbackup/snapshot.cfg.

https://forums.urbackup.org/t/disable-dattobd-after-install/2442

https://forums.urbackup.org/t/disable-dattobd-after-install/2442/1

How to monitor urbackup

https://forums.urbackup.org/t/metrics-reports/2468/3

https://github.com/uroni/urbackup-server-python-web-api-wrapper

Avoid error on missing backup path

https://forums.urbackup.org/t/missing-backup-path/2000/10

mark the path as optional with :

Under Filebackups add the following as path:

C:\path\you\want\to\backup|NAMEHERE/optional

or

in the server setting, tick , do not fial backup in case of has mismatch or read error

start/restart the client on ubuntu

the client is not shipped with init.d scripts, but with systemctl ones, so:

stemctl stop urbackupclientbackend

stemctl start urbackupclientbackend

how to list the folders being backed up clientside

urbackupclientctl list

how to add folder to be backed up clientside

urbackupclientctl add-backupdir -d /path

where are the client setting loocated on linux

/usr/local/var/urbackup/

install the windows client silently

https://forums.urbackup.org/t/silent-install-in-windows-domain/1072/6

"UrBackup.exe /S"

verify a client backup integrity

urbackupsrv verify-hashes -v CLIENTNAME/160702-1406

https://forums.urbackup.org/t/validation-of-backups/2401/2

How to backup windows XP or 2003 32b

You need to run the 1.4xx version of urbackup

https://forums.urbackup.org/t/client-starting-backup-failed/2632

https://sourceforge.net/projects/urbackup/files/Client/

How to give a name to the backed up folder

https://forums.urbackup.org/t/linux-client-not-cleaning-up-overlay-files/2351

use a pipe:

if you do not want to follow symlinks outside of the backup dir you set e.g. default directories to backup to /|root/symlinks_optional,share_hashes

this backup directory / with name root with options symlinks_optional share_hashes

How to give specify option per backed up folder

Client side it s easyier using backupctl, severside, use a coma :

if you do not want to follow symlinks outside of the backup dir you set e.g. default directories to backup to /|root/symlinks_optional,share_hashes

how to monitor the urbackup backup results from commandline

https://forums.urbackup.org/t/master-server-with-multiple-urbackup-servers-rolling-up-backup-data/617/3

with urbackup python api:

import urbackup_api
import os

def checkserver():
s = open('servers.txt', 'r')
c = open('status.txt', 'w')
#print(s.read())
for line in s.read().split('\n'):
print(line)
server = urbackup_api.urbackup_server("http://%s:55414/x" % line, "user", "pass")
for client in server.get_status():
c.write("Server name:")
c.write(client['name'])
c.write(os.linesep)
c.write("Last Backup")
c.write(client['lastbackup'])
c.write(os.linesep)
c.write('**************************')
c.write(os.linesep)

s.close()
c.close()

if name == 'main':
checkserver()

How to reset the admin password

on the urbackup server :

start_urbackup_server --reset_pw (newpassword)

How to restore a huge number of small files

Do not use the web UI to download the zip file.

Instead use the restore from the urbackup client

How do i use wildcards for backups

it s in the faq

Use a colon

c:\users\:\documents;c:\users\:\desktop

How to move the urbackup data store

UrBackup 2.1.x has a new live migration feature See the 2.1.x admin manual section 10.8.

stop urbackup server

create a file named migrate_storage_to at the root of the data store

inside put the path of the new storage path

start urbackup server, watch the progress on the status page

when it s done, fix the mountpoint/symlink/data store path

How to automate urbackup client install on windows via chocolatey

https://chocolatey.org/install

@powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET "PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin"

https://chocolatey.org/packages/urbackup-client

choco install urbackup-client

choco upgrade urbackup-client