i was using the static build, version 0.8 IIRC, but the webpage is no more. luckily, the author moved to sourceforge and update the license to GPL3:
http://winexe.sourceforge.net
So i grabbed the source, version 0.91, compiled (tar zvxf winexe-*.tar.gz ; cd winexec ; cd source4; ./autogen.sh && ./configure && make ; sudo cp bin/winexe /etc/backuppc/bin ) and its now working fine again. i will update my package later, but my “new” package will be dynamic build against debian testing… might not work in other distros… but recompile is easy enough to do it yourself.

also, i will add the vshadow for windows64, as the 32bit one doesnt work… so now there are 3 vshadow: vshadow-xp, vshadow-32 and vshadow-64 and their use should be autodetected by the script

In backuppc.cmd
vshadow -script=vss-setvar.cmd -exec=vsrsync.cmd c: d:

In vsrrsync.cmd:
…
dosdev A: %SHADOW_DEVICE_1%
dosdev B: %SHADOW_DEVICE_2%
…
dosdev -r -d A:
dosdev -r -d B:

In rsyncd.conf:
[system]
path = /cygdrive/A/
…

[users]
path = /cygdrive/B/
…

$Conf{RsyncShareName} = [
'system',
'users'
];

My question: what can I do if not only C:, but rather C: and D: partitions should be backed up? We have our “users” folder at D: partition …

Thanx in advance

that mean that rsync didnt start or that you cant connect to the machine… for the later, its the firewall, for the first its probably a problem with the VSS service on the windows machine.

try to run the scripts in the command line, specially the c:\admin\backuppc\pre-exec.cmd and check the windows event viewer.

sadly, VSS is hard to debug, for about 100 windows machine, i have right now 3 with VSS problems that i’m still trying to fix.
this url is useful for most problems:

http://www.gfi.com/blog/vss-troubleshooting/

if the VSS still doesn’t work, you can try to enable the debug

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;887013

and/or contact MS or reinstall.

good luck

i’ll paste the setting files:

PREUSERCMD.SH
#!/bin/bash
#set -x
WINEXE=/etc/backuppc/bin/winexe
UNAME=”baltagul”
PWD=”miorita”
WRKGRP=”DDOO”
BOX=$1
$WINEXE –interactive=0 -U $UNAME -W $WRKGRP –password=$PWD //$BOX ‘cmd /c c:\admin\backuppc\pre-exec.cmd’

#if winexe uses too much CPU, try to background it and kill it later
#$WINEXE –interactive=0 -U $UNAME -W $WRKGRP –password=$PWD //$BOX ‘cmd /c c:\admin\backuppc\pre-exec.cmd’ &
#WINEXEPID=”$pids $!”
#sleep
#kill $WINEXEPID

echo “Rsync and shadow copy loaded”
kill $$
# The script needs to be killed, otherwise, winexe waits for input

POSTUSERCMD.SH
#!/bin/bash
#set -x
WINEXE=/etc/backuppc/bin/winexe
UNAME=”baltagul”
PWD=”miorita”
WRKGRP=”DDOO”
BOX=$1
$WINEXE –interactive=0 -U $UNAME -W $WRKGRP –password=$PWD //$BOX ‘cmd /c c:\admin\backuppc\pre-exec.cmd’
#if winexe uses too much CPU, try to background it and kill it later
#$WINEXE –interactive=0 -U $UNAME -W $WRKGRP –password=$PWD //$BOX ‘cmd /c c:\admin\backuppc\pre-exec.cmd’ &
#WINEXEPID=”$pids $!”
#sleep
#kill $WINEXEPID
echo “Rsync and shadow copy loaded”
kill $$
# The script needs to be killed, otherwise, winexe waits for input

rsyncd.secrets
backupp:miorita

1-the backuppc host config file… this are mostly the needed things. Of course, tune the log level after testing

# cat /etc/backuppc/test.pl
$Conf{XferMethod} = ‘rsyncd’;
$Conf{ClientCharset} = ‘cp1252′;
$Conf{RsyncShareName} = [
'users'
];
$Conf{DumpPostUserCmd} = ‘/etc/backuppc/bin/postusercmd.sh $host’;
$Conf{DumpPreUserCmd} = ‘/etc/backuppc/bin/preusercmd.sh $host’;
$Conf{XferLogLevel} = ’3′;
$Conf{RsyncdPasswd} = ‘rsync-pass’;
$Conf{RsyncdUserName} = ‘backuppc’;

2- after some search, i found a small zip with all this files, that helps alot… it is in here:

http://www.backupcentral.com/phpBB2/two-way-mirrors-of-external-mailing-lists-3/backuppc-21/backuppc-file-rsyncp-issues-100060/index-30.html

sadly the included vshadow is old, XP only and doesnt work in vista and windows7, so it needs the latest version (might not work in XP, but use the older one for that).
But to this this latest version i had to download 1.3GB of a MS dev ISO to get that damn file (about 221KB)… luckily cabextract manage to get the file without having to install that huge SDK just to get the vshadow.exe

i updated the zip file, add a some new files (see below) and uploaded to here:
http://caravela.homelinux.net/~higuita/backuppc/backuppc-rsyncd+vss-windows.tar.gz

ps: dont forget to change the usernames, password and domains

4-a example rsyncd.secret, useful for people that dont know rsync, its just a “username:password” plain file, one user in each line

5-a rsyncd.conf example… please note that the backuppc do the backup to the rsyncd repository name, it doesnt accept any other path (ie: rsyncd defines the [home], backuppc makes the backup to “home”, “/home/user1/Documents” isnt valid, create a repository directly to that path if you need it)

use chroot = false
strict modes = false
pid file = rsyncd.pid
UID = 0
GID = 0

[home]
path = /cygdrive/B/Users/
auth users = backuppc
secrets file = rsyncd.secrets
# if you want to exclude files on the windows site, use this… useful for global temporary dirs, windows junction points, etc
# no example here, because i dont use it yet, testing the exclude on the backuppc side
#exclude from = /cygdrive/c/admin/backuppc/exclude_user.txt

6-A small install script for the backuppc machine, to install the client in windows:

#
#set -x
host=$1

if [ ! -z $host ] ; then
cd /root/windows
nano BackupPC/rsyncd.conf
smbclient //$host/c$ -U backup-admin%passdword -W domain <<EOF
mkdir admin
cd admin
mkdir backuppc
cd backuppc
prompt
lcd BackupPC
mput *
dir
exit
EOF

else
echo install-pc.sh [hostname]
echo install on c:\\admin\\backuppc
fi

7-for the winexe to work, you need a admin user, the firewall disables (or at least open for the backuppc server) and domain policy/local policy allowing the remote access for that user… and for my install script, the c$ share enabled

8-if you use my tar.gz package, please check the scripts and scan the binaries for virus… you shouldn't trust me when those scripts will have access to windows admin accounts

good luck
higuita