[TriLUG] Pony request: Backup Solution

[Roy Vestal]

I know this is kind of late, but I use this:

http://www.sanitarium.net/golug/rsync_backups.html


Does everything you asked for. I use it on Solaris, Linux, and Windows. 
If you have a Windows box, you can use CWRSYNC (cygwin rsync) as a 
server or as a client.

CWRSYNC:

http://www.itefix.no/phpws/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=6&MMN_position=23:23

Michael Ansel wrote:
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> And it would help if I could type links correctly:
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> http://michaels-code.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/System%20Administration/Backup/Level%203/backup.sh
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> Michael Ansel wrote:
>> (Disclaimer: This isn't the best email I've ever written, but I'm also
>> usually not this short on sleep. Wanted to get the code to you sooner
>> rather than later if you wanted to toy with it though)
>>
>> What kind of scheduling do you want for the backups? I've got a pretty
>> extensive hourly/daily/weekly/monthly system designed for multiple
>> servers and encrypted offline backups that I'm getting ready to open
>> source (have to remove business specific code and put in better
>> comments). I've got an overstripped version public already, but its not
>> quite perfect in terms of being easy to understand and update (I haven't
>> worried about other people having to understand it before). If you want
>> me to help you customize it, I'd be more than happy to, but I won't have
>> time until the first week or so of May (after finals). The system works
>> a lot like SVN, so I'll describe it in those terms (I figured this out
>> after I had written the whole thing).
>>
>> trunk gets updated every hour. no versions
>> new branch every day. 8 are stored
>> new branch every week is compressed and stored on external drive. 5 are
>> stored
>> new branch every month is compressed and stored on external drive. no limit
>> every hour, the trunk is copied to an external server (again, no versions)
>>
>> The code is also really easy to customize, particularly for
>> complex/specialized data sets. (And yes, it is a whole lot easier to
>> understand than me. Finals have destroyed my communication abilities)
>> Most of the config options are at the top; search for FILL-ME-IN to see
>> the places to fill in the customizations (hostnames and directories).
>> There are also remnants of a journaling system (had a huge dataset to
>> backup before). So yeah, the public, generalized implementation of this
>> is a little rocky right now, but the methods behind it and when the code
>> blocks are filled in properly, its very reliable.
>>
>> Code location:
>> http://michaels-code.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/System%20Administration/Backups/Level%203/backup.sh
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>> Let me know if this helps!
>>
>> Michael Ansel
>>
>> John Broome wrote:
>>> I've been looking at all of the rsync-based backup programs and I
>>> haven't found one that does exactly what I need.
>>> Here's the wish list:
>>> Works with rsyncd, i don't want to use ssh for the transport.
>>> I'd like to push the backups offsite.
>>> Incremental backups with hard links to save space
>>> Backups are kept as live files instead of .tar or .gz
>>> I really like rsnapshot, but i haven't seen how to get it to work with rsyncd.
>>> I'm open to any suggestions, thanks trilug!
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