[CentOS] [OT] Using rsync to backup / restore - when to use (or not use) the -H option switch?

[Keeney, Robert]

We have been using rsync for backups for years with no issues. We backup Oracle archive logs with rsync evry 15 minutes. 


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From: centos-bounces at centos.org [centos-bounces at centos.org] on behalf of Francis Gerund [ranrund at gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2015 12:02 PM
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Subject: [CentOS] [OT] Using rsync to backup / restore - when to use (or not use) the -H option switch?

Hello.

After some reading, including the rsync man page, I am still not clear on
this:
When using rsync to backup and restore, when should and when should one
*not*
include hard links (by using the -H option switch)?

A simple example case would be backups for one or just a few light-duty
local workstations. Is there a simple, clear rule about that, or is it  too
complicated for that?
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