[opensuse] backup data from server
Hi all I want to setup a backup system for a server where the data is backed up to my laptop which connects wirelessly on the network. There should be 1 day a week where it does a full backup and the other days just incrementals to a separate directory not affecting the full backup. I tried using a script i found called "simplebashbu", google that and you'll find it. It seemed like it should do what i wanted, but the incrementals didnt work. Nothing would be put in the tar's. The full backup would be ok. I don't know whether it was because the directories i was backing up were nfs mounted and the script didnt like it or something and is mainly meant for local directories. Any advice on a tool that will do what i want? thanks all ~Evan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Hi Evan,
I want to setup a backup system for a server where the data is backed up to my laptop which connects wirelessly on the network. There should be 1 day a week where it does a full backup and the other days just incrementals to a separate directory not affecting the full backup.
I'm using 'reoback' [1] for quite a long time now and I'm very happy with it. It makes tarballs with full backups once a week and incremental ones the other days. It then can upload the files via ftp to somewhere you specify. [1] http://reoback.sourceforge.net/ -- David Mayr, http://davey.de openSUSE LINUX, http://opensuse.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
rsback (http://sourceforge.net/projects/rsback) is cheap (=free), easy, and very space efficient. "rsback makes rotating backups using the common rsync program combined with hard-link copies on Unix-based backup hosts. This results in a fast and disk space saving backup technique." -- Dennis E. Slice Department of Anthropology University of Vienna ======================================================== -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 16 February 2007, David Mayr wrote:
Hi Evan,
I want to setup a backup system for a server where the data is backed up to my laptop which connects wirelessly on the network. There should be 1 day a week where it does a full backup and the other days just incrementals to a separate directory not affecting the full backup.
I'm using 'reoback' [1] for quite a long time now and I'm very happy with it. It makes tarballs with full backups once a week and incremental ones the other days. It then can upload the files via ftp to somewhere you specify.
A backup system is measured by its RESTORE capability, not how fast or easy it actually backs up data. Backup is almost always scheduled and un-attended. Restore has everyone standing around waiting while the one specific file deleted by accident two days ago is searched, and restored. When selecting backup software look to how easy it is to recover ONE specific file and restore it to 1) its original location, and 2) an alternate new location. To do this any backup system must support some form of catalog or index and a means of quickly getting to the specific location in the backup to extract that file without having to wade through the entire tape/disk image to find it. So how does reoback handle that? -- _____________________________________ John Andersen
When selecting backup software look to how easy it is to recover ONE specific file and restore it to 1) its original location, and 2) an alternate new location.
To do this any backup system must support some form of catalog or index and a means of quickly getting to the specific location in the backup to extract that file without having to wade through the entire tape/disk image to find it.
So how does reoback handle that?
Reoback does not help with that very much, you're right. With reoback, you would have to know which day of the past week your desired file changed last or you need to do something like "tar -ztf archive.tgz". But for me, this is sufficient. It should also be quite simple to extend reoback to write some kind of logfile, where it captures the filenames of backed up files per archive - I'm not sure if this is already builtin and configurable... -- David Mayr, http://davey.de openSUSE LINUX, http://opensuse.de -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Hi Evan, I've been usig DAR (stands for Disk Archive) for a long time without a problem. You can download it at http://dar.linux.free.fr/ Pedro -----Original Message----- From: Evan Ingram [mailto:evan.ingram@cariss.co.uk] Sent: sexta-feira, 16 de Fevereiro de 2007 10:16 To: opensuse@opensuse.org Subject: [opensuse] backup data from server Hi all I want to setup a backup system for a server where the data is backed up to my laptop which connects wirelessly on the network. There should be 1 day a week where it does a full backup and the other days just incrementals to a separate directory not affecting the full backup. I tried using a script i found called "simplebashbu", google that and you'll find it. It seemed like it should do what i wanted, but the incrementals didnt work. Nothing would be put in the tar's. The full backup would be ok. I don't know whether it was because the directories i was backing up were nfs mounted and the script didnt like it or something and is mainly meant for local directories. Any advice on a tool that will do what i want? thanks all ~Evan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
At 10:05 AM 2/16/2007, Administrator (Pedro Marques) wrote:
Hi Evan,
I've been usig DAR (stands for Disk Archive) for a long time without a problem.
You can download it at http://dar.linux.free.fr/
I have a question. not been able to go run dar or kdar yet on my server, my project list is at a high level at the moment. My question is can you use dar / kdar to backup to any media beside cd/dvd's. Say I want to use an external firewire harddrive or a spare harddrive mounted in the machine ect ect. Thanks for info from your folks running / using them. jack malone Network Administrator EAST TEXAS LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND dba HORIZON INDUSTRIES 903-595-3444 http://www.horizonind.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tuesday 20 February 2007 17:11, Jack Malone wrote:
At 10:05 AM 2/16/2007, Administrator (Pedro Marques) wrote:
Hi Evan,
I've been usig DAR (stands for Disk Archive) for a long time without a problem.
You can download it at http://dar.linux.free.fr/
I have a question. not been able to go run dar or kdar yet on my server, my project list is at a high level at the moment. My question is can you use dar / kdar to backup to any media beside cd/dvd's. Say I want to use an external firewire harddrive or a spare harddrive mounted in the machine ect ect. Thanks for info from your folks running / using them.
Hi, I am running two OS's on two separate hard drives. I back up one OS with kdar to the other hard drive and vice versa. Bob S. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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