Re: link-dest storage saving on backup server not on usb hard drive
Matt, You hit it dead on. Thanks so much. This was making me crazy. Bye, Frank Matt McCutchen-7 wrote: > > On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 12:50 -0700, fglos wrote: >> I have setup rsync to backup another linux computer with the link-dest >> option >> and realized storage savings. 1st backup is 31gb, daily backups only >> take >> approx 4gb. But when I rsync with link-dest to usb external drive all >> backups take up 31gb. Following is 1st the one that works and 2nd with >> no >> storage savings. Any ideas? Thanks, Frank > >> rsync --exclude-from=/root/bkup_excludes -avz --delete -e "ssh -i >> /root/cron/aebkup-rsync-key" --link-dest=/aeprodbk/current [EMAIL >> PROTECTED]:/ >> /aeprodbk/$d >>$d.log > >> rsync --exclude-from=/root/bkup_excludes -av --delete >> --link-dest=$dsk/current /aeprodbk/$d $dsk >> /usb$d.log > > The trouble is that on the second run, the file-list paths of the files > begin with $d (since the source lacks a trailing slash), so the > --link-dest option is looking for previous files under $dsk/current/$d . > To fix this, add a trailing slash and adjust the destination > correspondingly: > > rsync --exclude-from=/root/bkup_excludes -av --delete > --link-dest=$dsk/current /aeprodbk/$d/ $dsk/$d >> /usb$d.log > > Matt > > > -- > Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. > To unsubscribe or change options: > https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync > Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/link-dest-storage-saving-on-backup-server-not-on-usb-hard-drive-tp18116450p18141787.html Sent from the Samba - rsync mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: link-dest storage saving on backup server not on usb hard drive
On Wed, 2008-06-25 at 12:50 -0700, fglos wrote: > I have setup rsync to backup another linux computer with the link-dest option > and realized storage savings. 1st backup is 31gb, daily backups only take > approx 4gb. But when I rsync with link-dest to usb external drive all > backups take up 31gb. Following is 1st the one that works and 2nd with no > storage savings. Any ideas? Thanks, Frank > rsync --exclude-from=/root/bkup_excludes -avz --delete -e "ssh -i > /root/cron/aebkup-rsync-key" --link-dest=/aeprodbk/current [EMAIL > PROTECTED]:/ /aeprodbk/$d >>$d.log > rsync --exclude-from=/root/bkup_excludes -av --delete > --link-dest=$dsk/current /aeprodbk/$d $dsk >> /usb$d.log The trouble is that on the second run, the file-list paths of the files begin with $d (since the source lacks a trailing slash), so the --link-dest option is looking for previous files under $dsk/current/$d . To fix this, add a trailing slash and adjust the destination correspondingly: rsync --exclude-from=/root/bkup_excludes -av --delete --link-dest=$dsk/current /aeprodbk/$d/ $dsk/$d >> /usb$d.log Matt signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
Re: link-dest storage saving on backup server not on usb hard drive
Hi, On 26/06/2008, fglos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have setup rsync to backup another linux computer with the link-dest option > and realized storage savings. 1st backup is 31gb, daily backups only take > approx 4gb. But when I rsync with link-dest to usb external drive all > backups take up 31gb. Following is 1st the one that works and 2nd with no > storage savings. Any ideas? Thanks, Frank Is it possible that the external disk is formatted with a file system that doesn't support hard links? If it is formatted with a Linux/Unix fs such as ext3 it should be ok. I think NTFS should work too. But if it is formatted for FAT32 or some variant then you cannot create hard links so there can be no saving from --link-dest. David -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
link-dest storage saving on backup server not on usb hard drive
I have setup rsync to backup another linux computer with the link-dest option and realized storage savings. 1st backup is 31gb, daily backups only take approx 4gb. But when I rsync with link-dest to usb external drive all backups take up 31gb. Following is 1st the one that works and 2nd with no storage savings. Any ideas? Thanks, Frank date>/aeprodbk/bkupdate d=`date +%d` date > $d.log [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/aeprodbk/$d >>$d.log rsync --exclude-from=/root/bkup_excludes -avz --delete -e "ssh -i /root/cron/aebkup-rsync-key" --link-dest=/aeprodbk/current [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/ /aeprodbk/$d >>$d.log date > /aeprodbk/$d/bkupdate rm -f /aeprodbk/current ln -s /aeprodbk/$d /aeprodbk/current 2nd script with no storage saving d=`date +%d` dsk=/media/disk cd $dsk date > /usb$d.log rsync --exclude-from=/root/bkup_excludes -av --delete --link-dest=$dsk/current /aeprodbk/$d $dsk >> /usb$d.log date>$dsk/$d/bkupdate date>$dsk/bkupdate rm -f $dsk/current ln -s $dsk/$d $dsk/current -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/link-dest-storage-saving-on-backup-server-not-on-usb-hard-drive-tp18116450p18116450.html Sent from the Samba - rsync mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
