Re: backup thoughts..

2014-01-18 Thread Jerry Feldman
Rsnapshot is a decent wrapper script. On 01/09/2014 09:40 AM, fedora wrote: rsync with a wrapper script? I do it this way. suomi On 01/09/2014 03:30 PM, bruce wrote: hi. looking to be able to backup a number of machines running fed (and possibly other linux flavors) I'm considering

backup thoughts..

2014-01-09 Thread bruce
hi. looking to be able to backup a number of machines running fed (and possibly other linux flavors) I'm considering some sort of agent process, where the owner/user can define the dirs that the owner wants backed up. This kind of approach would allow us to be able to track when things get

Re: backup thoughts..

2014-01-09 Thread fedora
rsync with a wrapper script? I do it this way. suomi On 01/09/2014 03:30 PM, bruce wrote: hi. looking to be able to backup a number of machines running fed (and possibly other linux flavors) I'm considering some sort of agent process, where the owner/user can define the dirs that the owner

Re: backup thoughts..

2014-01-09 Thread bruce
you rsync the entire drive?? or just certain trees? On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 9:40 AM, fedora fed...@ayni.com wrote: rsync with a wrapper script? I do it this way. suomi On 01/09/2014 03:30 PM, bruce wrote: hi. looking to be able to backup a number of machines running fed (and possibly

Re: backup thoughts..

2014-01-09 Thread fedora
just certain directories, which may end up in rsyncing the entire drive, if necessary. suomi On 01/09/2014 03:49 PM, bruce wrote: you rsync the entire drive?? or just certain trees? On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 9:40 AM, fedora fed...@ayni.com wrote: rsync with a wrapper script? I do it this way.

Re: backup thoughts..

2014-01-09 Thread Neal Becker
Dunno about your specific requirements, but have a look at obnam. I'm very pleased with this for my needs. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct:

Re: backup thoughts..

2014-01-09 Thread Richard Shaw
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 8:30 AM, bruce badoug...@gmail.com wrote: hi. looking to be able to backup a number of machines running fed (and possibly other linux flavors) I'm considering some sort of agent process, where the owner/user can define the dirs that the owner wants backed up. This

Re: backup thoughts..

2014-01-09 Thread Steven Stern
On 01/09/2014 10:16 AM, Richard Shaw wrote: On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 8:30 AM, bruce badoug...@gmail.com mailto:badoug...@gmail.com wrote: hi. looking to be able to backup a number of machines running fed (and possibly other linux flavors) I'm considering some sort of

Re: backup thoughts..

2014-01-09 Thread Rick Stevens
On 01/09/2014 06:52 AM, fedora issued this missive: just certain directories, which may end up in rsyncing the entire drive, if necessary. bacula works pretty well. You can define directory trees to back up, exclude lists, backup type (full, incremental, differential), etc. Takes a bit of work

Re: backup thoughts..

2014-01-09 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 2:52 PM, fedora fed...@ayni.com wrote: just certain directories, which may end up in rsyncing the entire drive, if necessary. I'll put in a good word for rsnapshot, an rsync wrapper which I've used happily for several years and has worked well for my needs. Just so