Adding Client Paths Remotely

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Have URBackup working fine for about 2 months. I need to modify a client’s path to remove 1 location and add another. The only access to the PC is via GoToAssist but I do have the ability to browse to and edit files via Windows Explorer (Windows 7 client BTW).

Is there a config file that stores the backup paths that I could edit or another way without physically logging in to the PC.

Thanks
KB

2

Hi,

The client config is stored in
C:\Program Files\UrBackup\urbackup\data\settings.cfg

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You need to modify the backupdirs table in the SQLite database C:\Program Files\UrBackup\urbackup\backup_client.db

The easiest way is to remove all entries in this table and then configure the backup paths from the server via the “Default directories to backup” setting.

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Thanks. Didn’t have a data folder.

5

Thanks. Found the db file and the entries. I thought about the Default directories. Not sure how to only do a single user’s folders under C:\Users. This place has people moving constantly and there may be a dozen profiles under each C:\Users and I don’t want to do them all.

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See here: https://www.urbackup.org/faq.html#include_files or you can add all the paths to default dirs to backup

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Again, thanks. I have some pieces that I discovered during this that may help someone in the future. For both Paths and Silent Install.

I don’t think Default paths will help me because a user, JSmith, may have logged onto 10 computers over time, but it is his primary that I want to back up. If I commit C:\Users\JSmith to the Default path, I am guessing it would get his profile on every computer. If there is the option to set the computer name as part of the path and I have to set each individually, I might as well set it at the client.

I was able to find a Sqlite editor (DB Browser), go to the .db file, add the 3 locations I want and the backup is running now.

I tried for hours to get the exe to run remotely and silent, with psexec. Was finally able to get the msi to run via psexec with the right syntax.

psexec \computername msiexec /i c:\LocalMsiFileLocation /quiet

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My apologies. in my haste I must have not seen the Data folder. It was there after all.