Thanks for the reply, I did think about remotely executing a mkdir before the backup, but one blocker is that I will be using Thecus NAS boxes as some off-site locations and I don't have shell access.
The local staging is a good idea. The servers all run Linux. I will post back with my results. aF On 16/07/2010, at 7:39 AM, Henri Shustak wrote: > >> I really want to put the logic in the script so it is easy to bring another >> backup location online easily. > > If you have shell access to the destination system from your backup script > then one option may be to issue 'mkdir -p' via ssh. > >> Creating the directories manually on the destination server is not desirable > > If you using mkdir command via ssh is what you are referring to as a manual > process then okay another approach will be required. > > If your OS has support for sparse bundle images then one possible approach > could be staging the backup to local media and then once finished unmount the > sparse bundle image and then sync this image your remote locations. Below is > a link to a script (which currently only supporting Mac OS X) which will > synchronize a sparse bundle image to a remote server. > > I would also suggest that a pull backup strategy may also be worth > considering. > > - http://www.lbackup.org/network_backup_strategies > > If you are distributing your backups to multiple systems one advantage of a > pull backup strategy is the ability to move the job of distribution to the > backup destination system. > > > > ---------------------------------- > This email is protected by LBackup > http://www.lbackup.org > > > -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
