Re: backup using rsync
I agree Ron,
I like to setup a desginated backup folder somewhere on the system.
Then I run local tar commands to backup stuff into that folder.
Rsync is used to backup that folder to a remote machine.
Usually, a backup is needed and you can recover from the local backup.
One bad thing about this is that hard drive space can fill up quickly
because you may have a backup for Monday, Tuesday, bi monthly etc etc.
I think there's a deb called amanda or something.
Haven't tried it yet.
Cheers,
Mike
Quoting Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>:
> On Wed, 2002-07-17 at 23:47, Paul Johnson wrote:
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> > What's the best way to backup using rsync? The idea I'm going for here
> > is to back up my /home and /etc to another machine, only dealing with
> > one machine dedicated to doing backup work, no tape drive. Basically,
> > looking for glorified mirroring. Permissions and ownership needs to be
> > preserved.
>
> Isn't there a flaw in using rsynch to do backups in that you
> only have a single snapshot of your files, without the ability
> to restore or look at old versions of constantly changing files.
>
> It seems like tar, using "--exclude" on web browser and usenet
> caches, OOo binaries, etc, or "tar --incremental" would be a
> more complete solution.
>
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