Scott Ehrlich wrote:
I've got a Redhat 5 server running Samba, and two dualboot CentOS 5
workstations.
Until we get a better backup strategy, I'm backing up the workstations to the
server via mounting a shared samba drive to /mnt.
I don't know if I have interpreted exactly what you are tryin
Kenneth Porter wrote:
--On Monday, August 20, 2007 11:11 AM -0500 Les Mikesell
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes, unfortunately you have to choose between being able to keep much
more history online with no need to install a client agent and being able
to save windows metadata. Bacula also has b
--On Monday, August 20, 2007 10:51 AM -0500 Les Mikesell
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Even better, use backuppc: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ which can use
tar, smb, or rsync to perform the backups, then uses compression and
hardlinking to eliminate duplication and keep about 10x the backup
h
--On Monday, August 20, 2007 11:11 AM -0500 Les Mikesell
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes, unfortunately you have to choose between being able to keep much
more history online with no need to install a client agent and being able
to save windows metadata. Bacula also has better integration for t
I've got a Redhat 5 server running Samba, and two dualboot CentOS 5
workstations.
Until we get a better backup strategy, I'm backing up the workstations
to the server via mounting a shared samba drive to /mnt.
Trying tar cvf /mnt/samba_share/backup.tar /* eventually yields
backing up /mnt,
Kenneth Porter wrote:
--On Monday, August 20, 2007 10:51 AM -0500 Les Mikesell
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Even better, use backuppc: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ which can use
tar, smb, or rsync to perform the backups, then uses compression and
hardlinking to eliminate duplication and keep
Ken Price wrote:
What do people suggest?
Thanks.
Scott
Scott,
RSYNC!
For info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync
Homepage: http://rsync.samba.org/
Clients available for Win32 as well. This is an easy, tried-and-true
method of backing up a workstation (or other servers) to a centr
What do people suggest?
Thanks.
Scott
Scott,
RSYNC!
For info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rsync
Homepage: http://rsync.samba.org/
Clients available for Win32 as well. This is an easy, tried-and-true
method of backing up a workstation (or other servers) to a central
server. RSY
--On Friday, August 17, 2007 8:56 PM -0400 Scott Ehrlich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
I tried dump, which looked like it was working, but I have no idea what
files it was backing up, and couldn't find an option in the man page to
have it show me the files. I would have let it go, but since I cou
On Sat, 18 Aug 2007, Steve Searle wrote:
Around 01:56am on Saturday, August 18, 2007 (UK time), Scott Ehrlich scrawled:
Trying tar cvf /mnt/samba_share/backup.tar /* eventually yields backing up
/mnt, which produces an unwanted loop, including /mnt/samba_share
I looked at tar with --exclude /
Around 01:56am on Saturday, August 18, 2007 (UK time), Scott Ehrlich scrawled:
> Trying tar cvf /mnt/samba_share/backup.tar /* eventually yields backing up
> /mnt, which produces an unwanted loop, including /mnt/samba_share
>
> I looked at tar with --exclude /mnt but didn't seem to get the resul
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