Re: [ubuntu-uk] A question for sysadmins
On Tue, 2008-01-08 at 18:48 +, Chris Rowson wrote: snip I work in a Windows based IT department (the only Linux stuff we have is a couple of servers I've put in - and they usually end up getting replaced with a Windows box sooner or later whether I like it or not lol), and unfortunately that's the OS the backup storage device is running. Rsync server component won't work on Windows will it? Maybe over a Samba share, yes. Although I've never personally done it. I use rsnapshot and its really great, saves me from some right headaches I can tell you. Anyway I'd recommend talking to the guys on the rsnapshot mailing list, they're very helpful. -- - Kind regards Alistair Crust Systems Administrator Skegness Grammar School Vernon Road Skegness PE25 2QS TEL: 01754 61 (ext'852) FAX: 01754 896875 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] A question for sysadmins
Rsync server component won't work on Windows will it? Yes, but you need to install cygwin on the Windows box. I've done this at home on XP Vista and Rsync stuff between these and Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] A question for sysadmins
Hello, I've got a question about server backups. Scenario: You want to perform a daily backup of a web server content at /var/www/ to a mounted device at /media/netbackup. To do this you run a daily job as follows: tar cpf /media/netbackup/fullbackup-`date '+%d-%B-%Y'`.tar /var/www Your /var/www/ is 10GB in size. The question is, do you require at least 10GB of free space on the web server's hard disk drive in order to build the tar archive before sending it off to the mounted device, or is the archive built on the mounted device instead? Thanks as usual :-) Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] A question for sysadmins
Running the job as you specified it above, the tar will be created directly on the mounted device. Steve Thanks Steve Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] A question for sysadmins
Chris Rowson wrote: Hello, I've got a question about server backups. Scenario: You want to perform a daily backup of a web server content at /var/www/ to a mounted device at /media/netbackup. To do this you run a daily job as follows: tar cpf /media/netbackup/fullbackup-`date '+%d-%B-%Y'`.tar /var/www Your /var/www/ is 10GB in size. The question is, do you require at least 10GB of free space on the web server's hard disk drive in order to build the tar archive before sending it off to the mounted device, or is the archive built on the mounted device instead? Running the job as you specified it above, the tar will be created directly on the mounted device. Steve -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] A question for sysadmins
Chris Rowson wrote: Hello, I've got a question about server backups. Scenario: You want to perform a daily backup of a web server content at /var/www/ to a mounted device at /media/netbackup. To do this you run a daily job as follows: tar cpf /media/netbackup/fullbackup-`date '+%d-%B-%Y'`.tar /var/www Your /var/www/ is 10GB in size. SNIP The question's already been answered, but I wanted to suggest using something like rsnapshot. Daily backup's of 10GB will very quickly get big. Why not use rsnapshot, or one of the various other incremental backup tools to only copy what has actually changed? Kind Regards, Dave Walker -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] A question for sysadmins
The question's already been answered, but I wanted to suggest using something like rsnapshot. Daily backup's of 10GB will very quickly get big. Why not use rsnapshot, or one of the various other incremental backup tools to only copy what has actually changed? Kind Regards, Dave Walker Hi Dave, In the future I think I'll look at it. Unfortunately however the web application is being migrated off that particular server so the question was more to satisfy my own curiosity ;-) I work in a Windows based IT department (the only Linux stuff we have is a couple of servers I've put in - and they usually end up getting replaced with a Windows box sooner or later whether I like it or not lol), and unfortunately that's the OS the backup storage device is running. Rsync server component won't work on Windows will it? Cheers Chris -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
