This looks good but I really want a backup and restore to/from the USB stick
as default
If the stick isn't there then it could default to the directory 
/var/lib/asterisk/backups/daily/


Henry L.Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca]
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> Mike Ashton<
> Henry,
>
> Make sure on your USB stick there is a directory called asterisk.
> I'm assuming that your backups are here : /var/lib/asterisk/backups/daily/
>
> Now take what is below and put in a file, make it executable and run as
> root.
>
> mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb
> if [ -d /mnt/usb/asterisk ]; then
> rsync -av /var/lib/asterisk/backups/daily/ /mnt/usb/asterisk/;
> umount /mnt/usb;
> exit 0
> else
> echo "Error: Could not mount storage device";
> exit 2
> fi
>
> Using the rsync command will move anything that is not in the source
> directory to the usb.
>
> If this works then you can add this script to run after your back up.
> Not sure in freePX but an also be run as a cron job.
>
> Mike
>
> Martin Glazer wrote:
>> I belive it would be /dev/sda1 and not just sda - sda1 is going to be
>> the first partition on the usb stick. You can think of it as a hard
>> drive with multiple partitions - the main drive is hda and then the
>> partitions are hda1, hda2, etc.
>>
>> As far as seeing the files on the drive, before unplugging the usb
>> drive, you must first unmount it, otherwise the files may not be
>> written and closed correctly.
>>
>> umount /mnt/usb
>>
>> Is this something you are going to be doing regularly, or just when
>> needed (ie. manual or automated)?
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>> Bill Sandiford wrote:
>>> Exactly what Johannes said, but based on the output of your
>>> /var/log/messages I think the second step will be
>>>
>>> mount /dev/sda /mnt/usb
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Johannes Vanderknyff [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 3:13 PM
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Cc: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick
>>>
>>> Hmmm. Doesn't look like it is "mounted" yet. I just googled "linux how
>>> to mount usb drive"...
>>>
>>> Create the directory
>>>   mkdir /mnt/usb
>>> Next, mount the drive
>>>   mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usb
>>> Then, see if it works:
>>>   cd /mnt/usb
>>>   ls
>>> You should see a list of the files on your USB drive.
>>>
>>> Johannes
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:07 PM, Henry
>>> L.Coleman<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> This is what I get
>>>>
>>>> r...@pbx:~ $ mount
>>>> /dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw)
>>>> proc on /proc type proc (rw)
>>>> sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
>>>> devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
>>>> /dev/hda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
>>>> tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
>>>> none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
>>>>
>>>> -----------------
>>>> Henry L. Coleman
>>>> [VoIP-PBX.ca]
>>>>
>>>> =================
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Johannes Vanderknyff<
>>>>> (NOTE: I don't know much about FreePBX)
>>>>>
>>>>> If you can get to the console, type "mount" and that should give you a
>>>>> listing of "mounted" filesystems.
>>>>> If FreePBX mounted the USB drive, you'll be good to go and you can
>>>>> just copy
>>>>> (cp) the files to that location.
>>>>>
>>>>> Johannes
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Henry L.Coleman
>>>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all, as many are aware FreePBX has a backup and restore
>>>>>> function that
>>>>>> can schedule a backup of conf, cdr, and vmail.
>>>>>> This works very well but I need to back the files up to a USB
>>>>>> stick instead
>>>>>> of a default backup directory.
>>>>>> My question (not being a good Linux man) is how do I the redirect the
>>>>>> backup path to this device.
>>>>>> When I plug the stick in, the consule indicates that the stick is
>>>>>> recognised and is working but does't tell me where
>>>>>> in the directory structure to find it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Help please?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Henry L.Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca]
>>>>>> -------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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