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Re: backup using rsync



On Thu, 2002-07-18 at 11:00, Mike Egglestone wrote:
> 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.

Well, nothing's free...

> 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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