Re: Backup application recommendations

[Jose Luis Rodriguez Garcia]

I would look for Bacula or Bareos

I think that it has most of the features that you request. (I haven't
used it on NetBSD/FreeBSD, just on Linux long time ago, but I am sure
that it must be supported for backup to disk, and to tape at least on
FreeBSD).

Re: Backup application recommendations

[Benny Siegert]

I don't think it is. Deduplication is pretty fundamental to how Borgbackup
works. For instance, all backups are full ones, and they become incremental
by virtue of duplicated data being stored only once, across backups.
Sad Clouds  schrieb am So. 1. Apr. 2018 um
15:36:

> On Sun, 01 Apr 2018 11:13:06 +
> Benny Siegert  wrote:
>
> > I like Borgbackup. It has remote repositories, encryption,
> > deduplication (solving the issue with interrupted backups),
> > checksumming but no GUI, I think.
>
> Thanks for the info. Do you know if it is possible to disable
> deduplication? I don't think I would trust this feature.
>

Re: Backup application recommendations

[Sad Clouds]

On Sun, 01 Apr 2018 11:13:06 +
Benny Siegert  wrote:

> I like Borgbackup. It has remote repositories, encryption,
> deduplication (solving the issue with interrupted backups),
> checksumming but no GUI, I think.

Thanks for the info. Do you know if it is possible to disable
deduplication? I don't think I would trust this feature. 

Re: Upgrading perl breaks netdisco

[Andy Ruhl]

On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 7:19 AM, Manuel Bouyer  wrote:
>
> Probably; if you upgrade perl you probably need to rebuild/reinstall every
> perl modules.
>

Disregard. This is meant for the netdisco list. Must be "net" in the
name that made me send to the wrong list...

Sorry about that.

Andy

Re: Upgrading perl breaks netdisco

[Manuel Bouyer]

On Sun, Apr 01, 2018 at 06:29:17AM -0700, Andy Ruhl wrote:
> I'm sorry if I missed something obvious. I searched a bit and couldn't
> find the proper solution.
> 
> I have a raspberry pi I use to test some Netdisco stuff. I recently
> upgraded it from jessie to stretch, and it broke Netdisco:

Doens't look related to NetBSD then

> 
>  $ netdisco-web start
> Attempting to create directory /home/netdisco/perl5
> Unable to create /home/netdisco/perl5/lib/perl5/5.24.1: No such file
> or directory at /home/netdisco/perl5/lib/perl5/local/lib.pm line 686.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/netdisco/bin/localenv line 7.
> $ ~/bin/localenv cpanm --notest App::Netdisco
> Attempting to create directory /home/netdisco/perl5
> Unable to create /home/netdisco/perl5/lib/perl5/5.24.1: No such file
> or directory at /home/netdisco/perl5/lib/perl5/local/lib.pm line 686.
> BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/netdisco/bin/localenv line 7.
> 
> 5.24.1 seems to be the new version of perl, and this directory does
> not exist. Some older ones do:
> 
> $ pwd
> /home/netdisco/perl5/lib/perl5
> $ ls -1d 5*
> 5.20.0
> 5.20.2
> 
> I'm sure I could just re-install and connect to the database that's
> already there. Is this the best way though?

Probably; if you upgrade perl you probably need to rebuild/reinstall every
perl modules.

-- 
Manuel Bouyer 
 NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
--

Upgrading perl breaks netdisco

[Andy Ruhl]

I'm sorry if I missed something obvious. I searched a bit and couldn't
find the proper solution.

I have a raspberry pi I use to test some Netdisco stuff. I recently
upgraded it from jessie to stretch, and it broke Netdisco:

 $ netdisco-web start
Attempting to create directory /home/netdisco/perl5
Unable to create /home/netdisco/perl5/lib/perl5/5.24.1: No such file
or directory at /home/netdisco/perl5/lib/perl5/local/lib.pm line 686.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/netdisco/bin/localenv line 7.
$ ~/bin/localenv cpanm --notest App::Netdisco
Attempting to create directory /home/netdisco/perl5
Unable to create /home/netdisco/perl5/lib/perl5/5.24.1: No such file
or directory at /home/netdisco/perl5/lib/perl5/local/lib.pm line 686.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/netdisco/bin/localenv line 7.

5.24.1 seems to be the new version of perl, and this directory does
not exist. Some older ones do:

$ pwd
/home/netdisco/perl5/lib/perl5
$ ls -1d 5*
5.20.0
5.20.2

I'm sure I could just re-install and connect to the database that's
already there. Is this the best way though?

Thanks.

Andy

Re: Backup application recommendations

[Benny Siegert]

I like Borgbackup. It has remote repositories, encryption, deduplication
(solving the issue with interrupted backups), checksumming but no GUI, I
think.

-- 
Benny
Sad Clouds  schrieb am So. 1. Apr. 2018 um
11:51:

> Hello, could anyone recommend a backup application for a few desktop PCs
> at home running Linux and NetBSD. Something simple and easy to use:
>
> - NetBSD or FreeBSD will be a central backup server.
>
> - Need fully automated, setup-and-forget application, which can do full
> and incremental backups to a remote server, with various retention
> policies, etc.
>
> - Need to be able to cope with unexpected reboots (i.e. user shutting
> down a PC) and later continue backup where it was interrupted, instead
> of starting from the beginning.
>
> - Would be nice to have periodic checksumming of backup data, in case
> of bit rot. Alternatively I could use FreeBSD + ZFS.
>
> - Would be nice to have GUI and encryption, but not critical.
>
> - Would be nice to have easy, point-and-click restore functionality,
> but not critical.
>
> - Doesn't need to be free, i.e. I'm willing to pay for software, as
> long as it is not too expensive for what it is.
>
> Thanks.
>
>

Backup application recommendations

[Sad Clouds]

Hello, could anyone recommend a backup application for a few desktop PCs
at home running Linux and NetBSD. Something simple and easy to use:

- NetBSD or FreeBSD will be a central backup server.

- Need fully automated, setup-and-forget application, which can do full
and incremental backups to a remote server, with various retention
policies, etc.

- Need to be able to cope with unexpected reboots (i.e. user shutting
down a PC) and later continue backup where it was interrupted, instead
of starting from the beginning.

- Would be nice to have periodic checksumming of backup data, in case
of bit rot. Alternatively I could use FreeBSD + ZFS.

- Would be nice to have GUI and encryption, but not critical.

- Would be nice to have easy, point-and-click restore functionality,
but not critical.

- Doesn't need to be free, i.e. I'm willing to pay for software, as
long as it is not too expensive for what it is.

Thanks.