On Fri, 25 Jan 2002, Hereward Cooper wrote: > Hi there, > > I'm trying to setup a backup server to store stuff from a main sever + various > other machines dotted around the place. What I'm really after is this: > > --server > /home is backed up daily on a 7 day rotation > / is backed up once a week > > --windows machine > C:\My Documents\ is backed up daily via smb on a 7 day rotation > C:\ is backed up once a week > > I've used rsync ok, (using one from a previous thread) but i'm not sure how to > do the rotation system?
Use something like BACKUPDIR=`date +%A` in your scripts. > Also when backing up / on the server, what stops it from > copying the contents of a mounted cd aswell? As others have mentioned exclude it. I have found that when backing up / all at once on our server which has about 1500 users that it fails, don't recall the details but I think it was because it runs out of memory. We also use ssh with authorization keys which limit what command and where it can be run from. Chuck -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]