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With it, you can run differential backups as well as incremental. Rick On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 17:45, Schwenk, Jeanie wrote: > There are literally hundreds of solutions out there ... a quick search at > sourceforge is what prompted me to post in hopes of finding a backup utility > quickly. Unfortunately many are alpha or beta releases. And it take quite > a bit of time to wade through all the hits. > > Currently we have only one linux machine (sad isn't it, but I am working on > it). Today the sysadmin was supposed to install legato's backup system ... > then he read the documentation and mandrake-linux is not supported. I've > got a big fat tarball on a machine that is backed up so I have that at > least. > > I was hoping to find a backup system that did incremental backup and is > preferably client-server. A nice interface would be nice. It's pretty hard > to convince windows junkies that a non-gui based piece of software is worth > using. > > Still reading ... > > Jeanie > > -----Original Message----- > From: robin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 5:31 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] backup system > > > Schwenk, Jeanie wrote: > > >Is there a recommended backup system for mandrake? We use legato on all > our > >other operating systems here but I was just informed by our sysadmin that > >linux-mandrake is not supported. I need a backup system because my linux > >machine is now utilized by everyone in our department and the database is > >growing. Can't afford to lose this data. > > > >Jeanie > > > Depends on what your backup needs are. If they're extensive, run a > search on any Linux software site for solutions; if they're simple, just > write a little script to do the job using tar. The simplest would just > be to tar and zip all home directories, then ftp to another computer or > move to a backup device such as a zip drive. The following, for > example, would back up all home directories to another machine (assuming > you have ncftp installed, which I wholeheartedly recommend - it's far > and away my favourite ftp client). > > tar zcf - /home | ncftpput -c -X /home/me/junk > anotherbox.mycompany.com /home/me/backup.tar.gz > > In this case /home/me/junk is a file listing the types of file that you > don't want included (you probably don't want to back up everybody's > Netscape cache, for example). See man ncftpput for details. > > Sir Robin > > >__________________________________________________________________ > >This is Linux country. On a quiet night, you can hear NT re-boot. > > > > > LOL > > > > > > -- > "Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. > It's lovely to be silly at the right moment" - Horace > > Robin Turner > IDMYO > Bilkent �niversitesi > Ankara 06533 > > http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin > > > > > > ---- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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