Ugo Bellavance wrote: > David Ferreira wrote: >> Hi >> >> If Device 009 is your USB HD, then, your >> /etc/hotplug/usb/usbhd.usermap sould look like that: >> >> #usb module match_flags idVendor idProduct bcdDevice_lo bcdDevice_hi >> bDeviceClass bDeviceSubClass bDeviceProtocol bInterfaceClass >> bInterfaceSubClass bInterfaceProtocol driver_info >> usbbackup 0x0003 0x04fc 0x0c25 0x0000 0x0000 0x00 >> 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00000000 >> >> >> Well, now the script. only one question, Do you use backup exec to >> write on linuxbox fs and then, rsync to the usb hd?, or do you want to >> backup exec directly backup to the usb hd? If you do a rsync from >> local linux fs to the USB disk, you can umount the fs in the script >> when it's finish. If you choose the second option (Backup diretly to >> the usb hd) you sould find other way to umount the usb drive once you >> have finished backup (I think the easiest way is a cron job). I think >> first option is beter, so you can use this pseudo-script in >> /etc/hotplug/usb/usbhd: >> >> #!bin/bash >> mount -t auto /dev/sd0 /mnt/backup >> rsync -Pavz --delete /tmp/backup /mnt/backup >> umount /mnt/backup >> >> If you prefere second option, you must made accesible /mnt/backup as >> you prefer to your windows box, quit rsync and umount from script, and >> create a cron job to umount the usb drive. >> I think now is enough clear what do you have to do. > > Yes, I'd rather use the 2nd option, as the USB HDDs' size is 250 GB, > while I only have about 100 GB locally. > > Therefore, I only need the first line, so that it is automatically > mounted? In fact, what I want is to always have /dev/sda1 mounted as > /mnt/usbbackup (example) as soon as it is connected. > > My backup usually takes about 5 hours, so if I start it at 19.00, it > will be safe to umount the volume anytime after 4AM, for example, using > a cronjob. > > Does this make sense? > > Is there a way to test it w/o being on site (one HDD is already connected). The mount didn't work finally. I didn't have much time to test and I'm not on-site, so I decided so simply do a 'mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/usbbackup;service smb start' at 18:00 and the opposite at 3AM. I start my backup job at 20:00 so I should be fine. Thanks, Ugo