Re: [CentOS] backup scripts

On Thu, 2006-01-19 at 16:57, Rodrigo Barbosa wrote:

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On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 06:06:08PM -0600, Johnny Hughes wrote:

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Guys, the more I use backuppc, the more I like it :)

http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/

Though it is a PITA to get configured ...

Huh, I didn't find it to be difficult at all.

Why don't people simply write a 10-line script for it ?

• • Use mt to see if the tape is online
• • Use for to get all the dirs/filesystems you want
    • Write to the tape with dump
• • Use mt to rewind and eject

And thats it.

Backuppc can back up all the machines on your network, keeping multiple copies on line with a clever scheme of compression and duplicate linking to keep much more (like 10x) than you'd expect on-line. It has a nice web interface to browse and restore and a concept of machine 'owners' so non-admin users can see only their own backups.