Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Monday 17 November 2008, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> > William Kenworthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > dirvish is in portage.
> > >
> > > tar/rsync/cp are not really backups but manual copies. If you want true
> > > backup you need scripts to handle the extra
On Monday 17 November 2008, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> William Kenworthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > dirvish is in portage.
> >
> > tar/rsync/cp are not really backups but manual copies. If you want true
> > backup you need scripts to handle the extra functionality for things
> > like versioning,
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 07:45:04PM +, Mick wrote:
> Without gentoo-wiki my knowledge level is rather poor (just like my memory!)
>
> What would you use to back up a running server without taking it off line?
I like rdiff-backup, which gives incremental backups over rsync.
Mark
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William Kenworthy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> dirvish is in portage.
>
> tar/rsync/cp are not really backups but manual copies. If you want true
> backup you need scripts to handle the extra functionality for things
> like versioning, archive management and the all important restore.
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On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 10:08 PM, Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Saturday 15 November 2008, Dale wrote:
>> Mick wrote:
>> > Without gentoo-wiki my knowledge level is rather poor (just like my
>> > memory!)
>> >
>> > What would you use to back up a running server without taking it off
>> > lin
On Sunday 16 November 2008 14:36:22 William Kenworthy wrote:
> I wouldnt call it fair trade, rather "its working now and we'll make it
> better it eventually."
>
> I agree, backups should be just that - protection from mistakes/lost
> data. However this is from someone who has the archives mounted
On Sunday 16 November 2008 13:51:23 Mick wrote:
> > Yes. Unix does some RealSmartThings(tm) when using files. The name is
> > just a pointer to the actual file, represented by an inode. Once you have
> > an inode open, it stays open until everything using it closes it. So you
> > can add/delete/cop
On Sun, 2008-11-16 at 12:39 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Sunday 16 November 2008 12:31:16 William Kenworthy wrote:
> > * app-backup/dirvish
> > Latest version available: 1.2.1
> > Latest version installed: 1.2.1
> > Size of downloaded files: [no/bad digest]
> > Homepage
On Sunday 16 November 2008, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Sunday 16 November 2008 02:08:42 Mick wrote:
> > On Saturday 15 November 2008, Dale wrote:
> > > Mick wrote:
> > > > Without gentoo-wiki my knowledge level is rather poor (just like my
> > > > memory!)
> > > >
> > > > What would you use to back
On Sunday 16 November 2008 12:31:16 William Kenworthy wrote:
> * app-backup/dirvish
> Latest version available: 1.2.1
> Latest version installed: 1.2.1
> Size of downloaded files: [no/bad digest]
> Homepage: http://www.dirvish.org/
> Description: Dirvish is a fast,
Am Samstag, 15. November 2008 20:45:04 schrieb Mick:
> Without gentoo-wiki my knowledge level is rather poor (just like my
> memory!)
>
> What would you use to back up a running server without taking it off line?
I guess I would use rsnapshot to backup to another disk/machine if I had only
a sma
It actually does a very fast, space efficient backup management.
As for restore, each backup is effectively an uncompressed fully
accessible mirror image so you can manually copy/tar/... etc back for
the full system, or individual files. The developers basically say we
have a working backup syste
On Sunday 16 November 2008 11:04:41 William Kenworthy wrote:
> dirvish is in portage.
>
> tar/rsync/cp are not really backups but manual copies. If you want true
> backup you need scripts to handle the extra functionality for things
> like versioning, archive management and the all important resto
On Sunday 16 November 2008 02:08:42 Mick wrote:
> On Saturday 15 November 2008, Dale wrote:
> > Mick wrote:
> > > Without gentoo-wiki my knowledge level is rather poor (just like my
> > > memory!)
> > >
> > > What would you use to back up a running server without taking it off
> > > line?
> >
> > I
On Sonntag 16 November 2008, William Kenworthy wrote:
> dirvish is in portage.
>
> tar/rsync/cp are not really backups but manual copies. If you want true
> backup you need scripts to handle the extra functionality for things
> like versioning, archive management and the all important restore.
ar
dirvish is in portage.
tar/rsync/cp are not really backups but manual copies. If you want true
backup you need scripts to handle the extra functionality for things
like versioning, archive management and the all important restore.
Dirvish is excellent on all but restore.
BillK
On Sat, 2008-11-
rsync is nice way
On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 3:45 AM, Mick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Without gentoo-wiki my knowledge level is rather poor (just like my
> memory!)
>
> What would you use to back up a running server without taking it off line?
> --
> Regards,
> Mick
>
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On Saturday 15 November 2008 07:08:42 pm Mick wrote:
> On Saturday 15 November 2008, Dale wrote:
> > Mick wrote:
> > > Without gentoo-wiki my knowledge level is rather poor (just like my
> > > memory!)
> > >
> > > What would you use to back up a running server without taking it off
> > > line?
> >
Mick wrote:
> On Saturday 15 November 2008, Dale wrote:
>
>> Mick wrote:
>>
>>> Without gentoo-wiki my knowledge level is rather poor (just like my
>>> memory!)
>>>
>>> What would you use to back up a running server without taking it off
>>> line?
>>>
>> I keep mine simple, cp -auv p
On Saturday 15 November 2008, Dale wrote:
> Mick wrote:
> > Without gentoo-wiki my knowledge level is rather poor (just like my
> > memory!)
> >
> > What would you use to back up a running server without taking it off
> > line?
>
> I keep mine simple, cp -auv paths/you/want/to/backup back/up/to It
Mick wrote:
> Without gentoo-wiki my knowledge level is rather poor (just like my memory!)
>
> What would you use to back up a running server without taking it off line?
>
I keep mine simple, cp -auv paths/you/want/to/backup back/up/to It has
works so far. Thought about doing a cron job but t
On Saturday 15 November 2008 02:45:04 pm Mick wrote:
> Without gentoo-wiki my knowledge level is rather poor (just like my
> memory!)
>
> What would you use to back up a running server without taking it off line?
What's wrong with gentoo-wiki.info?
As for backup yes tar is good, but how about
On Saturday 15 November 2008 21:45:04 Mick wrote:
> Without gentoo-wiki my knowledge level is rather poor (just like my
> memory!)
>
> What would you use to back up a running server without taking it off line?
rsync
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
On Samstag 15 November 2008, Mick wrote:
> Without gentoo-wiki my knowledge level is rather poor (just like my
> memory!)
>
> What would you use to back up a running server without taking it off line?
tar
Without gentoo-wiki my knowledge level is rather poor (just like my memory!)
What would you use to back up a running server without taking it off line?
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Regards,
Mick
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