Thanks for all the help ..I'm getting close to getting this thing running.
1.) I can mount the stick -sda1 and mask the backup directory on the HD
2.) I can see the directory /asterisk/now in the GUI and backups appear to work
but do not get saved.
3.) I'm going to check the file permissions but any other suggestions?
PS using WinSCP I can easily drag and drop file into the directory
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Henry L. Coleman
[VoIP-PBX.ca]
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> Douglas Pickett<
> Henry,
> The quick answer on where to find mounted filesystems is "df" (which as the
> man page states "report file system disk space usage").
>
> Here's what a trixbox system reports:
>
> # df
> Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hda2 74842944 2522460 68457256 4% /
> /dev/hda1 101086 11084 84783 12% /boot
> tmpfs 253700 0 253700 0% /dev/shm
> /dev/sda1 2002892 627960 1374932 32% /mnt/usb
>
> The first column reports the device (on this system the USB stick is
> /dev/sda1) and the last column ("Mounted on") shows the place where the
> device is mounted onto the filesystem (in this case /mnt/usb).
>
> As for redirecting the output of the backup (assuming you can't tell the
> backup utility to change where it puts the backup) is to change the target
> directory of the mount command, or put in a symbolic link. The freepbx
> backup/restore utility seems to create the backups under
> /var/lib/asterisk/backups, then creates a directory corresponding to the
> backup name, and puts the actual backup file in that directory.
>
> For the mount point idea, instead of mounting to /mnt/usb, you could do
>
> mount /dev/sda1 /var/lib/asterisk/backups
>
> This will hide any files and directories in that backups directory, and
> replace them with the directory structure on the USB drive. When you umount
> the USB stick they will re-appear.
>
> You can also use a symbolic link:
>
> ln -s /mnt/usb/daily /var/lib/asterisk/backups/daily
>
> This command creates a link in the backups directory called daily, that then
> points to a directory on the USB drive. When you backup using the "daily"
> config, the utility will think it is writing to the
> /var/lib/asterisk/backups/daily directory, but will actually be writing to
> /mnt/usb/daily.
>
> I think the best suggestion is to follow what Mike Ashton suggested with
> rsync - you actually do the backups to the local hard drive, but then copy
> the files over to the USB device. Given the limited number of write cycles
> for USB flash memory, this is probably a good idea.
>
> Regards,
> Doug.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Henry L.Coleman" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 1:48 PM
> Subject: [on-asterisk] Backup and restore to a USB stick
>
>
>> 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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