Using seeded file backup for local client

I have the following setup:
Location A:

  • Urbackup Server
  • Client A

Location B:

  • Client B

Location B ist connected to location A via VPN over a slow internet connection. Due to the VPN connection, the server is recognised as a local server. I can’t use an internet server, because of the lacking IPv6 capability of Urbackup (vote here: Does UrBackup offer ipv6 support?).

Due to the slow internet connection, the idea was to use a seeded file backup as described (https://www.urbackup.org/import-seed-remote-client.html). Backing up the seed on client A worked as expected.

Starting an incremental file backup on client B results in the start of a full file backup which should take 4 weeks. Somehow it does not recognize the seed.

So my questions are:

  1. Are there any settings that I need to change for local client B?
  2. Or can I force client B to be an internet client?

Thank you in advance!

Hi.
There s a way to set the client as internet only :
On windows there should be a script to run that enable this mode in program files.
All it does is edit the backend start parameters, so on linux you way as well edit the service conf.

Thanks for your answer, however I couldn’t find the script in the program folder of the client (C:\Program Files\UrBackup, client version 2.2.5).

The only script in that folder is prefilebackup.bat. However, there is an args.txt, should I change something there?

Is there any other location where I should look?

–internet-only

Thanks, found the script on another client. The parameters on Windows are:

--internet_only_mode
true

However, after adding these arguments through the script or by hand, the Urbackup service won’t start again. A reboot doesn’t help either.

Changing the parameters to

--internet-only
true

allows starting the Urbackup service but does not lead to a changed behaviour.

Is there an additional configuration to do, like enabling internet mode on the server?