Is there a way to send a message or signal to the server to make it start a backup on a client?
I’m trying to configure 40+ computers to backup to a UrBackup server and, while tuning which directories to backup, I need to test if it is copying what I want.
Another problem I’m getting is defining which directories to backup. I don’t want to copy the whole home dir of every user on every computer. That would mean tons and tons of Tb. I just want to copy “My Documents” folder and, if I use “C:\Documents and Settings*\My Documents” all I get is an empty directory on urbackup server with the name My Documents
Currently it’s only possible in a very convoluted way. (You need every pw.txt from every client and then you can start a backup with the command line client).
I’ll consider adding that.
Wildcards in the backup paths aren’t currently possible as well. I’ll add that, too, though that could be a little bit more involved. Especially if one wants to get it right.
You need to add the C:\Users path and then set the inclusion pattern to
Users:\Documents*
If you have other paths you need to add them to the inclusion pattern as well. If you have e.g. D:\bla it would be
Users:\Documents*;D:\bla*