Re: [BackupPC-users] Feature Request: Link to latest Full
On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 03:16:23PM -0800, Rich Rauenzahn wrote: > > If you want to send an archive of a backup to tape that you can > > restore (without BackupPC), check out 'Archive Functions' in the > > BackupPC documentation: > > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#archive_functions > > > > > I've always wished the BackupPC_archiveHost command had an option for > the "latest" backup. It has, just specify -1 as the backup number. (-2 is the second most recent backup.) The -1 will become part of the file name though, so some special support would be useful. HTH, Tino. -- "What we nourish flourishes." - "Was wir nähren erblüht." www.lichtkreis-chemnitz.de www.craniosacralzentrum.de - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Feature Request: Link to latest Full
Nils Breunese (Lemonbit) wrote: > If you want to send an archive of a backup to tape that you can > restore (without BackupPC), check out 'Archive Functions' in the > BackupPC documentation: > http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#archive_functions > > Nils Breunese. > > > I've always wished the BackupPC_archiveHost command had an option for the "latest" backup. Rich - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ ___ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List:https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki:http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
Re: [BackupPC-users] Feature Request: Link to latest Full
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Yazz D. Atlas wrote:
> How difficult would it be to have BackupPC create a link to the last
> Full backup. The reason this would be handy to me is I'm required to
> backup to tape to a system I don't have much control over. I just want
> to tell the backup service a simple directorie to grab. I would like to
> be able to tell them to backup
>
> $Conf{TopDir}/pc/example.com/last-full
>
> Which would link to $Conf{TopDir}/pc/example.com/95 if that was the last
> Full backup.
>
> I hope to never uses there backup service to do a restore but for off
> site backup compliance I need to. I'm trying to save some bandwidth by
> not backing up everything I don't need. (I have over 240 clients and
> about 7T used under $Conf{TopDir} getting that off site has been a huge
> issue)
Is that a off-site backup that uses any sort of rsync like algorithm to
minimise the bandwidth used?
If it is, you might like to get it to backup the cpool/pool and then use
the pctar utility (forget it's name) which AFAIK creates a tar file full
of the links. So your offsite backs up the pool + the small tar file.
That way you could restore *ALL* your backup data
PS, I don't know how truly practical the above is, but it may be an
option? Can anyone comment on whether that might be a useful way to get
an off-site copy of your backuppc server?
Regards,
Adam
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Feature Request: Link to latest Full
My solution for the moment is to do the following:
--- DumpPostUserCmd ---
/usr/local/bin/link-full-backup.sh $host
--- end ---
--- file named link-full-backup.sh ---
#!/bin/bash
HOST=${1}
TOPDIR="/array/backuppc-01/pc"
if [ -d ${TOPDIR}/${HOST} ] ; then
cd ${TOPDIR}/${HOST}
ln -sfT $(cat backups | grep full \
| tail -1 | awk '{ print $1 }') last-full
fi
--- end ---
Curious what is the largest installation of BackupPC, anyone know?
-Yazz Atlas
Craig Barratt wrote:
> Yazz writes:
>
>> I may be able to just do it with $DumpPostUserCmd but I haven't tested
>> that yet. I just think it would be nicer to have it as a built in option.
>>
>> /bin/ln -sf $topDir/pc/$host/$(/bin/cat $topDir/pc/$host/backups \
>> | /bin/grep full | /bin/sort -n | /usr/bin/tail -1 \
>> | /bin/awk '{ print $1 }') $topDir/pc/$host/last-full
>
> It's an interesting idea and I'll add it to the todo list for
> consideration.
>
> Craig
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Feature Request: Link to latest Full
Yazz writes:
> I may be able to just do it with $DumpPostUserCmd but I haven't tested
> that yet. I just think it would be nicer to have it as a built in option.
>
> /bin/ln -sf $topDir/pc/$host/$(/bin/cat $topDir/pc/$host/backups \
> | /bin/grep full | /bin/sort -n | /usr/bin/tail -1 \
> | /bin/awk '{ print $1 }') $topDir/pc/$host/last-full
It's an interesting idea and I'll add it to the todo list for
consideration.
Craig
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Feature Request: Link to latest Full
Yazz D. Atlas wrote:
> How difficult would it be to have BackupPC create a link to the last
> Full backup. The reason this would be handy to me is I'm required to
> backup to tape to a system I don't have much control over. I just want
> to tell the backup service a simple directorie to grab. I would like
> to
> be able to tell them to backup
>
> $Conf{TopDir}/pc/example.com/last-full
>
> Which would link to $Conf{TopDir}/pc/example.com/95 if that was the
> last
> Full backup.
>
> I hope to never uses there backup service to do a restore but for off
> site backup compliance I need to. I'm trying to save some bandwidth by
> not backing up everything I don't need. (I have over 240 clients and
> about 7T used under $Conf{TopDir} getting that off site has been a
> huge
> issue)
>
> I may be able to just do it with $DumpPostUserCmd but I haven't tested
> that yet. I just think it would be nicer to have it as a built in
> option.
>
>
> /bin/ln -sf $topDir/pc/$host/$(/bin/cat $topDir/pc/$host/backups \
> | /bin/grep full | /bin/sort -n | /usr/bin/tail -1 \
> | /bin/awk '{ print $1 }') $topDir/pc/$host/last-full
If you want to send an archive of a backup to tape that you can
restore (without BackupPC), check out 'Archive Functions' in the
BackupPC documentation:
http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/faq/BackupPC.html#archive_functions
Nils Breunese.
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Re: [BackupPC-users] Feature Request: Link to latest Full
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Yazz D. Atlas wrote:
> How difficult would it be to have BackupPC create a link to the last
> Full backup. The reason this would be handy to me is I'm required to
> backup to tape to a system I don't have much control over. I just want
> to tell the backup service a simple directorie to grab. I would like to
> be able to tell them to backup
>
> $Conf{TopDir}/pc/example.com/last-full
>
> Which would link to $Conf{TopDir}/pc/example.com/95 if that was the last
> Full backup.
>
> I hope to never uses there backup service to do a restore but for off
> site backup compliance I need to. I'm trying to save some bandwidth by
> not backing up everything I don't need. (I have over 240 clients and
> about 7T used under $Conf{TopDir} getting that off site has been a huge
> issue)
Is that a off-site backup that uses any sort of rsync like algorithm to
minimise the bandwidth used?
If it is, you might like to get it to backup the cpool/pool and then use
the pctar utility (forget it's name) which AFAIK creates a tar file full
of the links. So your offsite backs up the pool + the small tar file.
That way you could restore *ALL* your backup data
PS, I don't know how truly practical the above is, but it may be an
option? Can anyone comment on whether that might be a useful way to get
an off-site copy of your backuppc server?
Regards,
Adam
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[BackupPC-users] Feature Request: Link to latest Full
How difficult would it be to have BackupPC create a link to the last
Full backup. The reason this would be handy to me is I'm required to
backup to tape to a system I don't have much control over. I just want
to tell the backup service a simple directorie to grab. I would like to
be able to tell them to backup
$Conf{TopDir}/pc/example.com/last-full
Which would link to $Conf{TopDir}/pc/example.com/95 if that was the last
Full backup.
I hope to never uses there backup service to do a restore but for off
site backup compliance I need to. I'm trying to save some bandwidth by
not backing up everything I don't need. (I have over 240 clients and
about 7T used under $Conf{TopDir} getting that off site has been a huge
issue)
I may be able to just do it with $DumpPostUserCmd but I haven't tested
that yet. I just think it would be nicer to have it as a built in option.
/bin/ln -sf $topDir/pc/$host/$(/bin/cat $topDir/pc/$host/backups \
| /bin/grep full | /bin/sort -n | /usr/bin/tail -1 \
| /bin/awk '{ print $1 }') $topDir/pc/$host/last-full
-Yazz
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