Todd Cary spake the following on 1/26/2007 7:50 AM: > Mark Schoonover wrote: >> Todd Cary wrote: >> >>> Mark - >>> >>> Thanks! That did it. >>> >>> >>> /usr/bin/rsync -av --exclude=".*" -e ssh /home/ 192.168.0.22:/home/ >>> My next step will be to brush the dust off of my Perl book and write >>> a crontab script to backup nightly. >>> Question: I may not be using the term "backup" absolutely correctly. >>> The destination server is a "standby" server. This is if the source >>> server fails, all I have to do is change the router to point to the >>> standby server. These are in a home office and I do not consider >>> myself a system administrator; just someone who knows enough to keep >>> the server running (it's main task is FTPing). Do you have any >>> suggestions about using rsync as I am doing? >>> >> >> Todd, >> >> If all you want to do is mirror the main server to the backup >> server, your command is almost correct. You'll want to add --delete on >> the >> commandline. This will cause rsync to remove any files from the >> destination >> before sending them from the source. This will create a mirror of >> your main >> server to your backup server. >> >> You don't need to go to all the overhead of running Perl to crontab >> this up. Just drop your rsync command into a file, make it executable >> then >> add it to root's crontab file. It'll run just fine after that. >> >> One other thing nonrsync related - top posting, and sending HTML to >> the list. Makes it hard to respond to your questions. Just remember to >> use >> text only, and post responses at the bottom of your emails. Things just >> tread much easier from top to bottom. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Mark Schoonover IS Manager American Geotechnical - California, Nevada >> and Arizona V-> 858.450.4040 F-> 714.685.3909 C-> 858.472.3816 >> * software development * systems administration * networking * security * >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> >> >> > Mark - > > Yes, the bottom post vs. the top post is a continual problem for me > since my business accounts ask for top post (almost demand it) and > Thunderbird does not have an option for each email address as it does > for email mode. I'll try to remember to swap it back and forth. > > Concerning the --delete switch, if I use it, will files created by a > user on the destination server remain? Though it is a standby server, > there are times when it is used by staff. > > The main reason I will use Perl is to create the backup files of the > Interbase databases and then scp (or rsync) them to the other server. > > Many thanks for the tips.... > > Todd > Delete will remove files on the destination that aren't on the source. So that option will not work for you. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!