Re: backup system for servers
2010/8/7 xserver80 xserve...@gmail.com: Hi All I need to schedule the data backup for 3 servers (2 Debian and 1 Windows) into a dedicated server. The problem is that I can't install any software in none of the data source servers (2 Debian and 1 Windows). The object of my backup are the data exported with samba (2 Debian Server) and ftp server (Win Server). That system should mounted the shares (samba and ftp) for download and check data in other system server. In the future my boss will ask me for the copy of data backup exsisting in the dedicated server backup in the LTO type carthage (or similar). Now I am looking for a software or hardware system to do that. If I don't find any dedicated hardware system I will prepare a dedicate server with big area storage inside. I don't think that a script is a good idea, because I need to keep data saved for long tine and I need to check data during or after each backup cicle. (check data transfer and dada consistance). Can you help me to find a solutions? I will evaluate all solutions thet you post me. Whatever, software and hardware, commercial or free. I must show to my boss the best solution. :-) I thank everybody in advance. how about amanda or bacula? -- Eero -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktikutcxtbjffg1_pykhhhf58uekicf_pcc9yy...@mail.gmail.com
Re: backup system for servers
On 08/07/2010 10:46 AM, xserver80 wrote: Hi All I need to schedule the data backup for 3 servers (2 Debian and 1 Windows) into a dedicated server. The problem is that I can't install any software in none of the data source servers (2 Debian and 1 Windows). The object of my backup are the data exported with samba (2 Debian Server) and ftp server (Win Server). That system should mounted the shares (samba and ftp) for download and check data in other system server. In the future my boss will ask me for the copy of data backup exsisting in the dedicated server backup in the LTO type carthage (or similar). Now I am looking for a software or hardware system to do that. If I don't find any dedicated hardware system I will prepare a dedicate server with big area storage inside. I don't think that a script is a good idea, because I need to keep data saved for long tine and I need to check data during or after each backup cicle. (check data transfer and dada consistance). Can you help me to find a solutions? I will evaluate all solutions thet you post me. Whatever, software and hardware, commercial or free. I must show to my boss the best solution. :-) I thank everybody in advance. Alex You don't need Software all you need is a simple bash script that 1.) GZIP's everything but: proc, sys and others, 2.) signs said backup and then encrypts it and 3.) an SSH cert to the other server and the time to make said simple script. You can even use Perl or PHP, both of which support being daemonized so you can do incremental backups or backups of specific files based on changes. I usually prefer the Perl method, but sometimes am forced to use PHP and when clients flat out refuse to let me daemonize I tell them to do it themselves since it's not my problem anyways I was just being nice and send them an SH script that does exactly what I described. Here is an example to start you off: #!/bin/bash -e echo $(date): [Info] Starting backup of server_name /var/log/backups.log tar cvpjf server_backup.tar.bz2 --same-owner \ --exclude=/proc/* \ --exclude=/media/* \ --exclude=/dev/* \ --exclude=/mnt/* \ --exclude=/sys/* \ --exclude=/tmp/* \ --exclude=/usr/tmp/* \ --exclude=/lost+found/* \ --exclude=/server_backup.tar.bz2 You'll of course want to remove server_backup.tar.bz2, generate a certificate to sign and encrypt and move that certificate to your personal PC too and make more log entries throughout the process so you can diagnose a missed backup, but other than that it's pretty simple. Good luck. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c5d877d.3070...@envygeeks.com
Re: backup system for servers
Jordon Bedwell wrote: On 08/07/2010 10:46 AM, xserver80 wrote: Hi All I need to schedule the data backup for 3 servers (2 Debian and 1 Windows) into a dedicated server. The problem is that I can't install any software in none of the data source servers (2 Debian and 1 Windows). The object of my backup are the data exported with samba (2 Debian Server) and ftp server (Win Server). That system should mounted the shares (samba and ftp) for download and check data in other system server. You don't need Software all you need is a simple bash script that 1.) GZIP's everything but: proc, sys and others, 2.) signs said backup and then encrypts it and 3.) an SSH cert to the other server and the time to make said simple script. You can even use Perl or PHP, both of which support being daemonized so you can do incremental backups or backups of specific files based on changes. I usually prefer the Perl method, but sometimes am forced to use PHP and when clients flat out refuse to let me daemonize I tell them to do it themselves since it's not my problem anyways I was just being nice and send them an SH script that does exactly what I described. Assuming you have access to the destination server, and can mount the directories, you might consider running rdiff-backup - to save some space and bandwidth (despite the r in the name, it will work fine across filesystems on the same machine). There's a nice little utility called backupninja that handles setting up all the options and cron jobs - details at https://labs.riseup.net/code/projects/show/backupninja -- I moved from a simple bash script to backup-ninja and have been very happy with the results. There's also a longer list of backup tools at http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/backuptools.htm Miles Fidelman -- In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. Infnord practice, there is. Yogi Berra -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c5d89ba.4000...@meetinghouse.net
Re: backup system for servers
On 07/08/10 Jordon Bedwell said: You don't need Software all you need is a simple bash script that 1.) GZIP's everything but: proc, sys and others, 2.) signs said backup and then encrypts it and 3.) an SSH cert to the other server and the time to make said simple script. You can even use Perl or PHP, both of which support being daemonized so you can do incremental backups or backups of specific files based on changes. I usually prefer the Perl method, but sometimes am forced to use PHP and when clients flat out refuse to let me daemonize I tell them to do it themselves since it's not my problem anyways I was just being nice and send them an SH script that does exactly what I described. Personally I pipe tar over ssh so I'm not dependent on enough disk space on the machine being backed-up to create a local archive. Plus, it's only one command that way. Mike -- Michael P. Soulier msoul...@digitaltorque.ca Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction. --Albert Einstein signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: backup system for servers
On 08/07/2010 11:38 AM, Michael P. Soulier wrote: On 07/08/10 Jordon Bedwell said: You don't need Software all you need is a simple bash script that 1.) GZIP's everything but: proc, sys and others, 2.) signs said backup and then encrypts it and 3.) an SSH cert to the other server and the time to make said simple script. You can even use Perl or PHP, both of which support being daemonized so you can do incremental backups or backups of specific files based on changes. I usually prefer the Perl method, but sometimes am forced to use PHP and when clients flat out refuse to let me daemonize I tell them to do it themselves since it's not my problem anyways I was just being nice and send them an SH script that does exactly what I described. Personally I pipe tar over ssh so I'm not dependent on enough disk space on the machine being backed-up to create a local archive. Plus, it's only one command that way. Mike I prefer it too but my clients need verbose lists of files that were backed up in certain places and we grep that out for their automatic emails. In case the OP wants to know what we're on about, and so we don't stray to far off topic here is an example of piping tar to SSH: tar cvpjf server_backup.tar.bz2 --same-owner \ --exclude=/proc/* \ --exclude=/media/* \ --exclude=/dev/* \ --exclude=/mnt/* \ --exclude=/sys/* \ --exclude=/tmp/* \ --exclude=/usr/tmp/* \ --exclude=/lost+found/* \ --exclude=/server_backup.tar.bz2 | ssh client_opera...@backup.domain.com dd of=server_backup.tar.bz2 Also, to make things more secure, and so you can give clients access to their own shares, if this is the case, you can easily Chroot SSH to their client share. And just give them the SSH certificate (which they'll easily be able to get anyways if they're not dumb so it's better you go ahead and Chroot ahead of time) so they can pull down their own backups. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c5d9566.10...@envygeeks.com
Re: backup system for servers
On Sat, Aug 07, 2010 at 05:46:57PM +0200, xserver80 wrote: Hi All I need to schedule the data backup for 3 servers (2 Debian and 1 Windows) into a dedicated server. The problem is that I can't install any software in none of the data source servers (2 Debian and 1 Windows). The object of my backup are the data exported with samba (2 Debian Server) and ftp server (Win Server). That system should mounted the shares (samba and ftp) for download and check data in other system server. In the future my boss will ask me for the copy of data backup exsisting in the dedicated server backup in the LTO type carthage (or similar). Now I am looking for a software or hardware system to do that. If I don't find any dedicated hardware system I will prepare a dedicate server with big area storage inside. I don't think that a script is a good idea, because I need to keep data saved for long tine and I need to check data during or after each backup cicle. (check data transfer and dada consistance). Can you help me to find a solutions? I will evaluate all solutions thet you post me. Whatever, software and hardware, commercial or free. I must show to my boss the best solution. :-) I like BackupPC. It's in the Debian repositories. It'll do most of what you're asking (I'm not sure about the check data transfer part). It saves files to a hard disk, but using the archive feature can export to a tape drive or other removable media. It has a nice web interface and you can give users rights to restore their own data, if you want to. -Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100807225632.ga27...@aurora.owens.net
