Re: FreeBSD server(s) to backup multi-platform systems remotely

2005-01-03 Thread Sitkei Attila
From a backup point of view, my goal... On a nightly and automated basis - to take a snapshot of all new and modified data from a FreeBSD server and Windows server. Then compress and hopefully encrypt the data and send it to a remote FreeBSD server through some form of efficient and secure file

Re: FreeBSD server(s) to backup multi-platform systems remotely

2005-01-03 Thread Danny
On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 12:54:47 +0100, Sitkei Attila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From a backup point of view, my goal... On a nightly and automated basis - to take a snapshot of all new and modified data from a FreeBSD server and Windows server. Then compress and hopefully encrypt the data

Re: FreeBSD server(s) to backup multi-platform systems remotely

2005-01-03 Thread Stephan Lichtenauer
Am 03.01.2005 um 17:11 schrieb Danny: On Mon, 03 Jan 2005 12:54:47 +0100, Sitkei Attila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I had never heard of boxbackup before, so thank you for the link! This tool appears to be the closest to what I am looking for. Hopefully the development continues. I just looked at it,

Re: FreeBSD server(s) to backup multi-platform systems remotely

2004-12-30 Thread Lowell Gilbert
Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andrew P. Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 7:33 PM To: Danny Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FreeBSD server(s) to backup multi-platform systems

Re: FreeBSD server(s) to backup multi-platform systems remotely

2004-12-30 Thread Danny
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 23:16:43 -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] If the goal of the backup is merely to archive DATA, then this isn't true. OK, I am not going to focus on archiving; the goal is to backup and restore. Thank you for all of your suggestions. I am currently

Re: FreeBSD server(s) to backup multi-platform systems remotely

2004-12-30 Thread Danny
On 30 Dec 2004 09:52:30 -0500, Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And there's actually a *third* possible goal, which is quick recovery of accidentally deleted (or overwritten, etc.) user data. UFS2 filesystem snapshots are a remarkably easy way to provide this. This would be nice, but I

Re: FreeBSD server(s) to backup multi-platform systems remotely

2004-12-30 Thread Dave McCammon
--- Danny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 30 Dec 2004 09:52:30 -0500, Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And there's actually a *third* possible goal, which is quick recovery of accidentally deleted (or overwritten, etc.) user data. UFS2 filesystem snapshots are a remarkably easy way

Re: FreeBSD server(s) to backup multi-platform systems remotely

2004-12-30 Thread Danny
On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 08:31:34 -0800 (PST), Dave McCammon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't caught all of this thread but I'll share what I do. I use rsync to sync file to a server for backup. 6 FreeBSD and one Win2K which have been set up to rsync at different times in the morning hours. Any

Re: FreeBSD server(s) to backup multi-platform systems remotely

2004-12-30 Thread Mark
On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 11:55:18AM -0500, Danny wrote: On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 08:31:34 -0800 (PST), Dave McCammon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't caught all of this thread but I'll share what I do. I use rsync to sync file to a server for backup. 6 FreeBSD and one Win2K which have been

Re: FreeBSD server(s) to backup multi-platform systems remotely

2004-12-30 Thread Alan Gerber
Dave McCammon wrote: --- Danny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [snip] I haven't caught all of this thread but I'll share what I do. I use rsync to sync file to a server for backup. 6 FreeBSD and one Win2K which have been set up to rsync at different times in the morning hours. On the Win2k machine, I

Re: FreeBSD server(s) to backup multi-platform systems remotely

2004-12-30 Thread Dave McCammon
--- Danny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 08:31:34 -0800 (PST), Dave McCammon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't caught all of this thread but I'll share what I do. I use rsync to sync file to a server for backup. 6 FreeBSD and one Win2K which have been set up to rsync

Re: FreeBSD server(s) to backup multi-platform systems remotely

2004-12-30 Thread Paul Mather
On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 11:13:54 -0500, Danny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From a backup point of view, my goal... On a nightly and automated basis - to take a snapshot of all new and modified data from a FreeBSD server and Windows server. Then compress and hopefully encrypt the data and send it to a

Re: FreeBSD server(s) to backup multi-platform systems remotely

2004-12-30 Thread Drew Tomlinson
On 12/30/2004 8:13 AM Danny wrote: On 30 Dec 2004 09:52:30 -0500, Lowell Gilbert [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And there's actually a *third* possible goal, which is quick recovery of accidentally deleted (or overwritten, etc.) user data. UFS2 filesystem snapshots are a remarkably easy way to

FreeBSD server(s) to backup multi-platform systems remotely

2004-12-29 Thread Danny
Good day to you all, I would greatly appreciate any recommendations, related experiences, and tips for the following goal: On a monthly and manual basis - to take a snapshot of data from a FreeBSD server and Windows server. Then compress and hopefully encrypt the data and send it to a remote

Re: FreeBSD server(s) to backup multi-platform systems remotely

2004-12-29 Thread Jacob S
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 14:15:27 -0500 Danny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good day to you all, I would greatly appreciate any recommendations, related experiences, and tips for the following goal: On a monthly and manual basis - to take a snapshot of data from a FreeBSD server and Windows

Re: FreeBSD server(s) to backup multi-platform systems remotely

2004-12-29 Thread Peter A. Giessel
On 12/29/2004 10:15, Danny wrote: On a nightly and automated basis - to take a snapshot of all new and modified data from a FreeBSD server and Windows server. I've been using rdiff-backup to mirror two arrays (locally), but its actually more designed for what you want to do. It works well for

Re: FreeBSD server(s) to backup multi-platform systems remotely

2004-12-29 Thread pete wright
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 14:15:27 -0500, Danny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good day to you all, I would greatly appreciate any recommendations, related experiences, and tips for the following goal: On a monthly and manual basis - to take a snapshot of data from a FreeBSD server and Windows

Re: FreeBSD server(s) to backup multi-platform systems remotely

2004-12-29 Thread Andrew P.
Danny wrote: Good day to you all, I would greatly appreciate any recommendations, related experiences, and tips for the following goal: On a monthly and manual basis - to take a snapshot of data from a FreeBSD server and Windows server. Then compress and hopefully encrypt the data and send it to a

RE: FreeBSD server(s) to backup multi-platform systems remotely

2004-12-29 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andrew P. Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 7:33 PM To: Danny Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FreeBSD server(s) to backup multi-platform systems remotely I don't want to sound like an ad