RE: network backup advice -- rsyn + ssh
hi ya
from the examples...http://www.linux-Backup.net/examples.gwif.html
rsync -e ssh -av You@BackupServer.domain.com:/home/Backup/xfer/* xfer
c ya
alvin
On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Donald R. Spoon wrote:
> Brad Cramer wrote:
>
> > I have a small network at home (4 linux machine 2 win98 machines) and I
> > would like to know what would be the best way to back these up to one server
> > that has a scsi dat drive. I have tries afbackup but am having a heck of a
> > time getting it configured. Is there a simpler way of doing this. I am
> > mainly worried about the linux machine, not the win98 machines as they are
> > my kids and the info on them isn't important. Is there a way I could use tar
> > to do weekly full and daily incremental backups and copy these to an nfs
> > mount on the server with the dat drive. I would like them to to be named
> > hostname.date.full/incr.tar.gz so I can tell what goes where and I am not
> > worried about backing up the stuff I can restore from a fresh install just
> > the stuff I can't. any advice or pointers would be appreciated or if someone
> > could simplify afbackup for me that would help. BTW 3 of the linux machines
> > are running Debian one is running RedHat.
> > Thanks
> > Brad
>
> Once you get the basic backup system working using the advice of the
> other responses to this question, you might want to consider
> implementing rsync for the backups. This way you only update the new
> stuff once you get the basic backups made. This could significantly
> shorten the backup time(s) for each machine. I have a message from a
> friend on another computer describing how to do this in a secure manner
> using ssh. He uses this to make nightly backups of his commercial
> mailing-list files... Holler via E-Mail if you are interested and I
> will try to dig it out.
>
> Cheers,
> -Don Spoon-
>
>
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