Re: [PLUG] What are the most viable backup options for linux

2010-07-22 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
On Thursday 22 July 2010 20:13:39 शंतनू wrote: > On Thursday 22 July 2010 11:51 AM, आदित्य लघाटे wrote: > > On 22 July 2010 10:56, Abhijit Bhopatkar wrote: > >> On Thursday 22 July 2010 08:59 AM, Shridhar Daithankar wrote: > >>> On Wednesday 21 July 2010 16:07:07 Chaitannya Mahatme wrote: > @

Re: [PLUG] What are the most viable backup options for linux

2010-07-22 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
On Thursday 22 July 2010 10:56:32 Abhijit Bhopatkar wrote: > On Thursday 22 July 2010 08:59 AM, Shridhar Daithankar wrote: > > On Wednesday 21 July 2010 16:07:07 Chaitannya Mahatme wrote: > >> @Sudhanwa Jogalekar : Well now Ubuntu has been my only OS for months > >> now, considering Madriva is a re

Re: [PLUG] What are the most viable backup options for linux

2010-07-22 Thread Vivek Khurana
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 12:31 AM, Chaitannya Mahatme wrote: > > Dear all, > > I wanted to install an automatic backup and restore for my laptop. I wanted > a solution which would take incremental backup of my primary partition every > week or so. > In case of disk failure I should be able to use a

Re: [PLUG] What are the most viable backup options for linux

2010-07-22 Thread Rajagopal Swaminathan
Greetings, On 7/21/10, Chaitannya Mahatme wrote: > If anyone has installed Amanda, please help me out. Did that waaay back in 2008 in Chennai. Hmm... Wanna sponsor my trip from Thane to Pune with misaL at Chitale's and all that? Regards, Rajagopal S. Iyer

Re: [PLUG] What are the most viable backup options for linux

2010-07-22 Thread शंतनू
On Thursday 22 July 2010 11:51 AM, आदित्य लघाटे wrote: On 22 July 2010 10:56, Abhijit Bhopatkar wrote: On Thursday 22 July 2010 08:59 AM, Shridhar Daithankar wrote: On Wednesday 21 July 2010 16:07:07 Chaitannya Mahatme wrote: @Sudhanwa Jogalekar : Well now Ubuntu has been my only OS for m

Re: [PLUG] What are the most viable backup options for linux

2010-07-21 Thread आदित्य लघाटे
On 22 July 2010 10:56, Abhijit Bhopatkar wrote: > On Thursday 22 July 2010 08:59 AM, Shridhar Daithankar wrote: > >> On Wednesday 21 July 2010 16:07:07 Chaitannya Mahatme wrote: >> >> >>> @Sudhanwa Jogalekar : Well now Ubuntu has been my only OS for months now, >>> considering Madriva is a remote

Re: [PLUG] What are the most viable backup options for linux

2010-07-21 Thread Abhijit Bhopatkar
On Thursday 22 July 2010 08:59 AM, Shridhar Daithankar wrote: On Wednesday 21 July 2010 16:07:07 Chaitannya Mahatme wrote: @Sudhanwa Jogalekar : Well now Ubuntu has been my only OS for months now, considering Madriva is a remote possibility. You could use btrfs snapshots on the backup

Re: [PLUG] What are the most viable backup options for linux

2010-07-21 Thread sankarshan
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 12:31 AM, Chaitannya Mahatme wrote: > I wanted to install an automatic backup and restore for my laptop. I wanted > a solution which would take incremental backup of my primary partition every > week or so. > In case of disk failure I should be able to use a live cd and re

Re: [PLUG] What are the most viable backup options for linux

2010-07-21 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
On Wednesday 21 July 2010 16:07:07 Chaitannya Mahatme wrote: > @Sudhanwa Jogalekar : Well now Ubuntu has been my only OS for months now, > considering Madriva is a remote possibility. You could use btrfs snapshots on the backup disk. That handles incremental part of it. Rest is just copy/tar/rsy

Re: [PLUG] What are the most viable backup options for linux

2010-07-21 Thread Mayuresh
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 06:59:50AM +0530, Kulkarni Shantanu wrote: > * Chaitannya Mahatme [100721 08:18]: > > > > Dear all, > > > > I wanted to install an automatic backup and restore for my laptop. I > > wanted a solution which would take incremental backup of my primary > > partition every wee

Re: [PLUG] What are the most viable backup options for linux

2010-07-21 Thread Kulkarni Shantanu
* Chaitannya Mahatme [100721 08:18]: > > Dear all, > > I wanted to install an automatic backup and restore for my laptop. I > wanted a solution which would take incremental backup of my primary > partition every week or so. I take backup of my laptop on daily basis using a home grown rsync scri

Re: [PLUG] What are the most viable backup options for linux

2010-07-21 Thread Chaitannya Mahatme
Hello Everyone, @Vikrant : Looking strictly for open-source option. I did find Amanda interesting but had a hell of a time configuring it. If anyone has installed Amanda, please help me out. @Sudhanwa Jogalekar : Well now Ubuntu has been my only OS for months now, considering Madriva is a re

Re: [PLUG] What are the most viable backup options for linux

2010-07-21 Thread Rajagopal Swaminathan
Greetings, On 7/19/10, Chaitannya Mahatme wrote: > > I wanted to install an automatic backup and restore for my laptop. I > wanted a solution which would take incremental backup of my primary > partition every week or so. > In case of disk failure I should be able to use a live cd and restore >

Re: [PLUG] What are the most viable backup options for linux

2010-07-20 Thread Sudhanwa Jogalekar
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 12:31 AM, Chaitannya Mahatme wrote: > > Dear all, > > I wanted to install an automatic backup and restore for my laptop. I wanted > a solution which would take incremental backup of my primary partition every > week or so. > In case of disk failure I should be able to use a

Re: [PLUG] What are the most viable backup options for linux

2010-07-20 Thread vikrant poman
You can avail Back UP Exec by Symantec Corp (Its not a freeware and not Open source ;( Thanks and Regards Vikrant Poman On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 12:31 AM, Chaitannya Mahatme wrote: > > Dear all, > > I wanted to install an automatic backup and restore for my laptop. I wanted > a solution which wou

[PLUG] What are the most viable backup options for linux

2010-07-20 Thread Chaitannya Mahatme
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