Comments on: Restoration: Start with the basics http://blog.chatonka.com/2009/12/restoration-start-with-the-basics/ Climb On Wed, 02 Jun 2010 20:45:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: astromme http://blog.chatonka.com/2009/12/restoration-start-with-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-17623 astromme Mon, 24 May 2010 02:00:56 +0000 http://blog.chatonka.com/?p=229#comment-17623 @Harsh Thanks :) I was also a little disappointed, I felt that I made a legitimately useful plasmoid, as well as a new take on the configuration of applet-based tuners. Such is life, it won't prevent me from contributing to KDE in the future though I would admit it would have been nice to go to a developer event. @Harsh

Thanks :)

I was also a little disappointed, I felt that I made a legitimately useful plasmoid, as well as a new take on the configuration of applet-based tuners.

Such is life, it won’t prevent me from contributing to KDE in the future though I would admit it would have been nice to go to a developer event.

]]> By: Derek http://blog.chatonka.com/2009/12/restoration-start-with-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-17354 Derek Fri, 07 May 2010 01:04:36 +0000 http://blog.chatonka.com/?p=229#comment-17354 Andrew, I read through the rest of your posts tagged with TimeVault and through the comments, so sorry for asking some questions already asked. Personally, remote backup (across LAN) is ideal for me, so this is something that I'd work on if I knew were to start. After finals next week, maybe I should have some time over the summer to tinker on it. Also, you mentioned if it was possible to backup a single file of a backup set on demand....I looked into this and it doesn't appear that it's currently in the mainline, but request has been made for a --ignore option, which I think would allow for this ability. You could include the file(s) you wish to backup and ignore the others....I played with the CLI options and ended up just deleting the rest of the backup set. Andrew, I read through the rest of your posts tagged with TimeVault and through the comments, so sorry for asking some questions already asked. Personally, remote backup (across LAN) is ideal for me, so this is something that I’d work on if I knew were to start. After finals next week, maybe I should have some time over the summer to tinker on it.

Also, you mentioned if it was possible to backup a single file of a backup set on demand….I looked into this and it doesn’t appear that it’s currently in the mainline, but request has been made for a –ignore option, which I think would allow for this ability. You could include the file(s) you wish to backup and ignore the others….I played with the CLI options and ended up just deleting the rest of the backup set.

]]> By: Derek http://blog.chatonka.com/2009/12/restoration-start-with-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-17345 Derek Thu, 06 May 2010 13:58:45 +0000 http://blog.chatonka.com/?p=229#comment-17345 Your fork of Timevault has recently caught my eye. I played with the original Launchpad version that was native to Gnome, but I had some issues with the earlier versions of it and let it slip to the side. I've been digging through the source of your git tree to see where I could add functionality. So far, I've just been playing with CPack to make Debian packages (I primarily use Ubuntu). When and if I get that working, I'll float the patch your way. I had some questions regarding the current tree though: 1. Is the top-level README still accurate? It doesn't look like you use rdiff-backup anywhere in the code anymore, for example. I see a call to rsync, but that's it. 2. What is the purpose for libmica? Obviously it provides the interface for snapshots and deltas, but is this your implementation of the rdiff-backup or is this an abstraction? 3. Is the current plan to get local backups to work and then add-in support for remote locations, or is your focus solely on local drives? If you could add some general description of the components timevault to the repository, I'd love to hack around on it a bit. For example, I'd really love some slick Dolphin integration for restoration of files. I think what you have in terms of the settings module and service menu is great work and I'm excited to see where this goes and help out if possible. Thanks! Your fork of Timevault has recently caught my eye. I played with the original Launchpad version that was native to Gnome, but I had some issues with the earlier versions of it and let it slip to the side.

I’ve been digging through the source of your git tree to see where I could add functionality. So far, I’ve just been playing with CPack to make Debian packages (I primarily use Ubuntu). When and if I get that working, I’ll float the patch your way.

I had some questions regarding the current tree though:

1. Is the top-level README still accurate? It doesn’t look like you use rdiff-backup anywhere in the code anymore, for example. I see a call to rsync, but that’s it.

2. What is the purpose for libmica? Obviously it provides the interface for snapshots and deltas, but is this your implementation of the rdiff-backup or is this an abstraction?

3. Is the current plan to get local backups to work and then add-in support for remote locations, or is your focus solely on local drives?

If you could add some general description of the components timevault to the repository, I’d love to hack around on it a bit. For example, I’d really love some slick Dolphin integration for restoration of files. I think what you have in terms of the settings module and service menu is great work and I’m excited to see where this goes and help out if possible.

Thanks!

]]> By: Harsh http://blog.chatonka.com/2009/12/restoration-start-with-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-17018 Harsh Thu, 15 Apr 2010 18:07:22 +0000 http://blog.chatonka.com/?p=229#comment-17018 Hi, Sort of an off-topic comment but I'd like to congratulate you on writing such a nifty application for the Javascript Jam, much like TimeVault! It was really saddening to see it come a close second under all titles, it should've won at least one title. Anyhow, keep up the great work! Will keep an eye out for your applications yet again for another jam/contest/challenge another day! :) Hi,

Sort of an off-topic comment but I’d like to congratulate you on writing such a nifty application for the Javascript Jam, much like TimeVault!

It was really saddening to see it come a close second under all titles, it should’ve won at least one title. Anyhow, keep up the great work! Will keep an eye out for your applications yet again for another jam/contest/challenge another day! :)

]]> By: Restauration Basique | Ktoekoms http://blog.chatonka.com/2009/12/restoration-start-with-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-15156 Restauration Basique | Ktoekoms Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:07:36 +0000 http://blog.chatonka.com/?p=229#comment-15156 [...] une traduction de Restoration: Start with the basics, de Andrew Stromme [...] [...] une traduction de Restoration: Start with the basics, de Andrew Stromme [...]

]]> By: Elv13 http://blog.chatonka.com/2009/12/restoration-start-with-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-14652 Elv13 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:59:26 +0000 http://blog.chatonka.com/?p=229#comment-14652 You should really push this into kdebase or kdeutils. Then you could ask the dolphin usability team the right to do a proper backup plugin with a time slider and a QDockWidget for managinf backups. As long as it is well integrated I hope they won't say no. It would be so great to have a backup system (using diff and not full copy, is possible) well integrated in Dolphin (and by default, if possible). Both OSX and Vista+ have one. You should really push this into kdebase or kdeutils. Then you could ask the dolphin usability team the right to do a proper backup plugin with a time slider and a QDockWidget for managinf backups. As long as it is well integrated I hope they won’t say no. It would be so great to have a backup system (using diff and not full copy, is possible) well integrated in Dolphin (and by default, if possible). Both OSX and Vista+ have one.

]]> By: j-b-m http://blog.chatonka.com/2009/12/restoration-start-with-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-14616 j-b-m Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:58:05 +0000 http://blog.chatonka.com/?p=229#comment-14616 Currently, it looks like you can only select removable drive as backup target, but I think it would be really nice to also have the possibility to select other devices, like a network drive for example! Is that feature planned? Thanks Currently, it looks like you can only select removable drive as backup target, but I think it would be really nice to also have the possibility to select other devices, like a network drive for example! Is that feature planned? Thanks

]]> By: astromme http://blog.chatonka.com/2009/12/restoration-start-with-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-14615 astromme Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:17:20 +0000 http://blog.chatonka.com/?p=229#comment-14615 @fri13 Servicemenus are static options. I can't mess with them. So although that would be much better, I can't do it :( With that in mind, I only did the servicemenus because they provided a really really quick way to get semi-gui restores now rather than later. And that's important for me because I want to use timevault as my main backup to ensure that it's being tested and I can't do that without being able to restore files. @fri13
Servicemenus are static options. I can’t mess with them. So although that would be much better, I can’t do it :(

With that in mind, I only did the servicemenus because they provided a really really quick way to get semi-gui restores now rather than later. And that’s important for me because I want to use timevault as my main backup to ensure that it’s being tested and I can’t do that without being able to restore files.

]]> By: Nathan http://blog.chatonka.com/2009/12/restoration-start-with-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-14613 Nathan Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:26:36 +0000 http://blog.chatonka.com/?p=229#comment-14613 I'm not a packager, so my terminology might be off. However, I've read about openSUSE Build Service (http://en.opensuse.org/Build_Service) which is supposed to enable developers to create one package that is automatically built for multiple distributions (http://en.opensuse.org/Build_Service/supported_build_targets). Don't know if that would be of any help in your situation, though. I’m not a packager, so my terminology might be off. However, I’ve read about openSUSE Build Service (http://en.opensuse.org/Build_Service) which is supposed to enable developers to create one package that is automatically built for multiple distributions (http://en.opensuse.org/Build_Service/supported_build_targets).

Don’t know if that would be of any help in your situation, though.

]]> By: Fri13 http://blog.chatonka.com/2009/12/restoration-start-with-the-basics/comment-page-1/#comment-14612 Fri13 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:37:17 +0000 http://blog.chatonka.com/?p=229#comment-14612 Oh, and I can not get timevault work on Mandriva Cooker with KDE SC 4.4 Beta 1. (4.3.80) The timevault does not come to the system settings and still offers the same timevault and timevault-backup binaries what just shows the dateview. I have just updated git when posting this, after following README (and even restarted). The README told to run "sudo /etc/init.d/dbus reload" what is not possible because dbus is not located there, I though reboothing whole system instead just relogin would do the trick. After that it was demanded to manually run timevault. And if wanted to get precompiled packages for multiple distributions, use openSUSE buildservice. You should get all from there yourself. Ask opensuse channel more information about it. Oh, and I can not get timevault work on Mandriva Cooker with KDE SC 4.4 Beta 1. (4.3.80)

The timevault does not come to the system settings and still offers the same timevault and timevault-backup binaries what just shows the dateview. I have just updated git when posting this, after following README (and even restarted). The README told to run “sudo /etc/init.d/dbus reload” what is not possible because dbus is not located there, I though reboothing whole system instead just relogin would do the trick. After that it was demanded to manually run timevault.

And if wanted to get precompiled packages for multiple distributions, use openSUSE buildservice. You should get all from there yourself. Ask opensuse channel more information about it.

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