Hi Darrel Couple of questions. You have chosen /backup as the backup directory would it not be easier for the user or at least onsite admin to make it almost "self serve" backup and save to a pre-determined ibay name [excluded in the exclude file] and then change the ownership to admin admin.
Also in the rsync "options" is it possible to set parameters beyond the ones listed? [ eg bwlimit= -c ] regards Robert I have a bash thing doing a rsync backup of a local Windows box to an ibay and then changing the permissions to admin. It works quiet well except the CPU goes to 100% on the Windows box and sits there till finished. what I really need is "nice" for Windows :-) On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 07:02, Darrell May wrote: > > I have been working on a unique build of rsback for SME. This will be a > lengthy message so read on at your own risk of boredom ;-> > > http://www.pollux.franken.de/hjb/rsback/README.html > > This uses rsync to make rotating backups. It can either send the backups to > a remote host, or make local rotating backups. I've spent time developing > the later. Here's my thoughts. > > Most SME server installations have only one server. They really do not have > the ability to back up to a remote server. In day-to-day operation the > typical restore request is to restore a single file or directory that a user > 'trashed' moments ago for whatever reason. The typical restore response is > to mount the last backup tape and restore the file/dir. > > This assumes the backup occured which is somtimes not the case due to > various reasons we can all imagine and have experienced from hardware > failure to admin 'failure' ;-> > > If the server has a large hard drive(s) (cheap big IDE HDD), my thought was > it would be wonderful if we had a live backup set on disk. Then if someone > wants a file/dir restored it is simply a matter of performing a copy to > restore. No need to mount the backup tape or wait for the tape restore > process to complete. Also the backup occurs w/o user intervention. > > Rsback makes rotating daily and weekly backups to disk. It uses hard links > to reduce space. You end up with a weeks worth of daily snapshots on disk > and a months worth of weekly snapshots on disk. All using hard links to > reduce space. > > To reduce space I have templated the /etc/rsback/rsback.exclude file so that > a default rsback(up) includes only /home /opt /root. You may overide with a > db entry. See fragment for details. > > The backup repository is stored under /backup. It is vital that you have a > tape backup program that can be set to exclude /backup from tape backup. > AFAICT, Flexbackup can not be set to effectively exclude /backup. (At least > I tried setting the exclusion and switching to a non dump backup and it > failed in my test. Your results may vary) For myself I use TapeWare. > > If anyone is at all interested in trying rsback I've posted a copy here: > > [BETA] For non-production testing only! [BETA] > > http://myezserver.com/downloads/mitel/beta/rsback/ > e-smith-rsback-0.4.2-1.noarch.rpm > e-smith-rsback-0.4.2-1.src.rpm > > I believe this has a lot of potential. There is lots more we could do so I > welcome devinfo members to improve/enhance this initial beta release. If > you are interested in enhancing, please coordinate your efforts with me > directly so we don't duplicate our time/efforts. > > Might be a good development project for everyone to discuss over the > holidays ;-> > > Regards, > > -- > Darrell May > DMC myEZserver.com > http://myEZserver.com > > > -- > Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues > Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org -- regards Robert Slater Technical Support Synaptic Solutions 148 Mitchell St Northcote 3070 Phone 61 3 9486 5821 FAX/Phone 61 3 9443 0810 -- Please report bugs to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only) to discuss security issues Support for registered customers and partners to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Searchable archive at http://www.mail-archive.com/devinfo%40lists.e-smith.org
