Grant, Thanks for the link to the back-up page for Ubuntu. I'll give that a read.
Landon Office Phone Number: (209) 946-0268 Cell Phone Number: (209) 992-0658 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Grant Bowman Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2010 12:06 PM To: Ubuntu US California Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-US-CA] recommendations for backup tool On Sun, May 23, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Sameer Verma <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I've been using sbackup (http://sbackup.sourceforge.net/) on Ubuntu > for some time now. It is simple and works ok for what I want to do. In > Lucid, the backend still works but the frontend is broken > (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sbackup/+bug/550261). Some > suggestions are to move on to nssbackup > (https://launchpad.net/nssbackup), the proposed successor to sbackup, > although they say its a fork, but does not share any code(?). The plus > with nssbackup is that its compatible with sbackup. > > Then there is deja dup which looks interesting, esp. backing up to > Amazon S3 (https://launchpad.net/deja-dup). > > What's the recommended Ubuntu way for doing backups? Hi Sameer, This is a good question and one that many users overlook. Backup has come to my attention a couple times this week. In the unix world people seem to keep creating their own solution over and over again. I haven't used sbackup before but here's what I found. It seems sbackup is a recommended solution. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem However if it is really discontinued then that documentation will need updating. That bug doesn't have a ppa but a fix was checked in. The patch is a two liner you could probably apply to your system. The last comment has a workaround too, running sbackupd with sudo. I don't know the story from the MOTU packagers. https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sbackup Depending on the storage you choose and what you backup a few local folks have created solutions for their own needs. Some people use Ubuntu One or DropBox to sync files, especially for config files that they symlink into place. Here are two other custom solutions. http://sourceforge.net/projects/mephistobackup http://github.com/alexKleider/ripple Cheers, Grant Bowman https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CaliforniaTeam -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca Warning: Information provided via electronic media is not guaranteed against defects including translation and transmission errors. If the reader is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this information in error, please notify the sender immediately. -- Ubuntu-us-ca mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-ca
