The Crashplan install for unRaid works, but its clunky.  If I want to make my unRaid totally free of addons, I need to virtualize Crashplan and I'm guessing the simplest way to do that is to create a Windows VM backing up unRaid.  Anybody virtualized their Crashplan yet?

 

(I back up to Crashplan central, and also to a local machine.)

Yes i run crashplan in a Windows vm. I migrated my old crashplan identity tot the new Windows vm so backups just continue in the new machine.

 

You will have tot create a symlink to the network schare as crashplan won't back up tot a network drive.

 

 

Yes i run crashplan in a Windows vm. I migrated my old crashplan identity tot the new Windows vm so backups just continue in the new machine.

 

You will have tot create a symlink to the network schare as crashplan won't back up tot a network drive.

 

You will have to create symlinks, add unRAID credentials to the account and change the service to run from that account.

 

Edit:

 

1) symbolic links: http://www.windows7home.net/how-to-create-symbolic-link-in-windows-7/

 

2) credentials: http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/windows-and-office/manage-network-logon-credentials-in-microsoft-windows/

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/store-passwords-certificates-and-other-credentials-for-automatic-logon

 

3) Crashplan service account: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc755249.aspx

I installed it in a linux vm. It's been working flawlessly for months. I think the linux way is easier because of the symlinks: Windows and network symlinks aren't good friends.

If you follow the Linux route let me give you two advices:

-use samba, nfs stale handle issues are a bi*** and happen very often with CP

-with samba from linux you'll have to create a user in unraid, if i remember well (i installed it more than one year ago) i couldn't make it work with 'root'

 

If interested i can pass you a copy of my fstab file.

 

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I installed it in a linux vm. It's been working flawlessly for months. I think the linux way is easier because of the symlinks:

If interested i can pass you a copy of my fstab file.

 

Yes, I'm interested in your fstab file.  As a Linux noob, what do you recommend as the best distribution to start from?

 

Will try Windows VM too, and choose the one that works best.  Long term reliability will be my most important criteria.

 

(Currently on Esxi 5.1 with Intel SB Xeon, 20 gigs ram and Supermicro X9SCM)

 

I'm a linux noob myself also, but happy to help anyway i can.

I'm using ubuntu just because there's a lot of help on the web, but any option would be fine.

I'm traveling right now and can't pass you the fstab line, I'll be home in a couple of days

 

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Sorry it took so long, it's been an hectic week:

 

# SMB: Flash @ Hercules 
//192.168.1.160/flash<-><------>/mnt/flash<----><------><------>cifs credentials=/home/ubuntu/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0
# SMB: Cache @ Hercules
//192.168.1.160/cache <><------>/mnt/cache <---><------><------>cifs credentials=/home/ubuntu/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0
# SMB: User shares @ Hercules
//192.168.1.160/backups><------>/mnt/user/backups<-----><------>cifs credentials=/home/ubuntu/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0
//192.168.1.160/documentaries <>/mnt/user/documentaries><------>cifs credentials=/home/ubuntu/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0
//192.168.1.160/documents <---->/mnt/user/documents <--><------>cifs credentials=/home/ubuntu/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0
//192.168.1.160/movies ><------>/mnt/user/movies<------><------>cifs credentials=/home/ubuntu/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0
//192.168.1.160/music <><------>/mnt/user/music><------><------>cifs credentials=/home/ubuntu/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0
//192.168.1.160/pictures <----->/mnt/user/pictures<----><------>cifs credentials=/home/ubuntu/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0
//192.168.1.160/tvshows <------>/mnt/user/tvshows<-----><------>cifs credentials=/home/ubuntu/.smbcredentials,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777 0 0

 

You need a static ip address for unraid (in my case 192.168.1.160) and the file .smbcredentials that holds the user and password:

 

ubuntu@gaia:~$ cat .smbcredentials
username=your_username
password=your_password

 

You need to create a user in unraid for this to work, I don't think you can connect with root.

 

It's good practice to protect this file, although in my case, I'm sure no one will ever access it 

 

ubuntu@gaia:~$ ls -la .smbcredentials
-rwx------ 1 ubuntu ubuntu 30 Dec 16  2012 .smbcredentials

 

Which version of ubuntu?  I have been playing with 13.10 full desktop...  Crashplan will need the GNU desktop for management, correct?

12.04

 

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