try amanda. Lots of tutorial can be found on it. It needs some sort of client to do what you want and a bit of manual configuring for open source version.
2008/10/6 Oliver Friedmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I have a debian server at home running 24/7 with a RAID5-solution. > Since I don't want to lose any data, I'm looking for a backup > configuration that should be working as follows: A second server > (which will be called 'backup server' in the following) will be > installed so that the main server (that's the other server already > running) automatically backups all of its data every two weeks or so > (shouldn't be that much of a problem). Additionally I'd like to run > the backup server if and only if there is a backup to be made. > Obviously it is no problem at all to configure that the backup server > wakes up every two weeks - but what should be done thereafter? Should > the backup server initiate a backup script and shutdown by itself? Is > it possible for the backup server to access all files of the main > server without requiring root to enter any passwords (storing a > password in a script is obviously no option)? Is that kind of backup a > complete nonsensical one? Any helpful suggestions would be really > appreciated! > > Thanks in advance, > Oliver > > > > -- Regards, Umarzuki Mochlis http://debmal.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
