Hi to all.
I want to thank you all very much for taking the time to reply to this
thread.
Your replies have indeed been most thoughtful and informative, and you have
given me much to consider.
The subject of data protection and preservation seems to be not only quite
extensive, but also seems
3 - Now on to the subject of backing up a system. I am using rsync as
my primary backup tool. Celejar, thank you for suggesting borg. I
did install it and look at it briefly. But for several reasons, I'm
not sure I want to use that right now.
It is of course one more thing to learn, use,
On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 20:37:27 +
Andy Smith wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 11:43:22AM -0400, Default User wrote:
...
> The thing about cloud storage is that it is generic and it is easy.
> Once you come up with a means to backup to an S3-compatible storage,
> should your data
On Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:43:22 -0400
Default User wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 12:28 PM Celejar wrote:
...
> 3 - Now on to the subject of backing up a system. I am using rsync as
> my primary backup tool. Celejar, thank you for suggesting borg. I
> did install it and look at it briefly.
On 4/28/20 3:15 PM, Default User wrote:
On 2020-04-28 [TU] at 14:18 EDT, Bob Weber said:
According to the manual the -x option is:
-x, --one-file-system don't cross filesystem boundaries
Question:
When you use rsync, do you ever do it on a live, mounted filesystem
from within said
Hello,
On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 11:43:22AM -0400, Default User wrote:
> Andy, you mentioned restic, which I am not familiar with. Similar
> considerations would seem to apply to that also. But I might also try
> that out later.
Note that you did not state any of these requirements for only
On 2020-04-28 12:15, Default User wrote:
I don't recall the specific error code I got; just that it refused to
do a sync using the -x option.
I keep a plain text system administration log file for each computer in
CVS. I cut and paste console sessions into it. If a given command
On 2020-04-28 [TU] at 14:18 EDT, Bob Weber said:
> According to the manual the -x option is:
>
> -x, --one-file-system don't cross filesystem boundaries
>
> I use that option all the time to keep from backing up my large home >
> directory when I only
> want the system directories under
On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 12:16 PM Andrei POPESCU
wrote:
>
> On Ma, 28 apr 20, 11:43:22, Default User wrote:
> > > Andy Smith wrote:
> >
> > 1 - First, regarding:
> > > [vast mounts of quoted text snipped - please don't quote too much!]
> >
> > I didn't realize some trimming might be needed. I
6 - Finally, using rsync I actually am doing two separate backups:
date; sudo rsync -avvzHAXPSish --delete --stats
--exclude={"/dev/*","/proc/*","/sys/*","/tmp/*","/run/*","/mnt/*","/media/*","/lost+found","/home/default/*"}
/ /media/default/USBHD005/Backup_of_Dell_Debian_dimwit/root_partition
On Ma, 28 apr 20, 11:43:22, Default User wrote:
> > Andy Smith wrote:
>
> 1 - First, regarding:
> > [vast mounts of quoted text snipped - please don't quote too much!]
>
> I didn't realize some trimming might be needed. I guess I just
> figured you can't scroll through an email for information
On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 12:28 PM Celejar wrote:
>
> On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 15:34:24 +
> Andy Smith wrote:
>
> ...
>
> > Something like restic backup is a very good all around solution.
>
> OP: also look at borg.
>
> > You could consider backing up to a cloud like Amazon S3. Using the
> >
On Fri, 24 Apr 2020 15:34:24 +
Andy Smith wrote:
...
> Something like restic backup is a very good all around solution.
OP: also look at borg.
> You could consider backing up to a cloud like Amazon S3. Using the
> Infrequent Access or Glacier storage classes you can store 100s of
>
Hello,
On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 08:52:05PM -0400, Default User wrote:
[vast mounts of quoted text snipped - please don't quote too much!]
> So, in backing up my home partition, is use:
>
> sudo rsync -avvzHAXPish --delete /home/default
>
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