Re: Rsync backup issues using relative paths and LVM snapshots
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. You could mkdir the directory locally somewhere (anywhere), and rsync just that directory to the remote side, affectively doing a remote mkdir via rsync. Repeat for deeper directories. If the remote directory already exist, it shouldn't do any harm. Great thinking! That would certainly work. Such an elegant approach! This would even work if you want to create a hierarchy you just need to use the rsync --recursive option. - This email is protected by LBackup, an open source backup solution. Free as in freedom; LBackup is licensed under the GNU GPL 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
Re: --compare-dest weirdness
interestingly, i tried to see if something was wrong with my statments by doing: mkdir ~/rsynctest/dir1 mkdir ~/rsynctest/dir2 mkdir ~/rsynctest/dir3 nano ~/rsynctest/dir1/file1 (wrote the line hello world and saved) nano ~/rsynctest/dir1/file2 (wrote the line hello and saved) cp ~/rsynctest/dir1/file* ~/rsynctest/dir2/ checked md5sums of both files in both dirs to ensure they were identical the did rsync -rvu --compare-dest=/home/kevin/rsynctest/dir2/ /home/kevin/rsynctest/dir1/ /home/kevin/rsynctest/dir3/ the two files from dir1 were copied to dir3, even though identical copies, with the same names, existed in dir2. i also tried this again with the compare dir relative to the dest dir, i.e.: rsync -rvu --compare-dest=../dir2/ /home/kevin/rsynctest/dir1/ /home/kevin/rsynctest/dir3/ again with same result I thought about this further and I think the problem you are having is that the modification times are not being preserved and you are not using the --checksum option. As such, I suggest that you add the --times or --checksum option and see if that helps. I suspect that this will solve your problem. Let me know =:^) - This email is protected by LBackup, an open source backup solution. Free as in freedom; LBackup is licensed under the GNU GPL 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
Rsync sequence
Hi all, I am running Ubuntu server 10.04 and use rsync to do all my backups. I would like to backup multiple directories to my external hard drive, but I am faced with a problem on how to set up crontab -e to allow each rsync statement to perform one after the other. Right now I have each one set to run on different nights, but I would like them all to run the same night to allow for a more efficient backup. I know I could just run them at different times in the same night, but I don't want to chance one not completing before the other starts. Can I just list them one after the other like so in crontab -e: # m h dom mon dow command 00 4 * * 7 rsync -auv --delete /Godfather/Music /Backup rsync -auv --delete /Godfather/Documents /Backup rsync -auv --delete /Godfather/Setups /Backup rsync -auv --delete /Godfather/Pictures /Backup rsync -auv --delete /Godfather/Backups /Backup rsync -auv --delete /Godfather/Videos /Backup This is my current crontab -e # m h dom mon dow command 00 4 * * 7 rsync -auv --delete /Godfather/Music /Backup 00 4 * * 6 rsync -auv --delete /Godfather/Documents /Backup 00 4 * * 5 rsync -auv --delete /Godfather/Setups /Backup 00 4 * * 4 rsync -auv --delete /Godfather/Pictures /Backup 00 4 * * 3 rsync -auv --delete /Godfather/Backups /Backup 00 4 * * 2 rsync -auv --delete /Godfather/Videos /Backup Thanks in advance! -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Rsync-sequence-tp29210771p29210771.html Sent from the Samba - rsync mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- 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
