On 19/04/10 08:00, mac wrote: > Alan Lord (News) wrote: > <snip> >> It isn't perfect - currently it uses rsync but this makes it hard to >> recover from a few days (or weeks) ago. I've been meaning to migrate it >> to rsnapshot but just haven't got round to it yet. > > Would you mind saying a bit more about the problem with rsync? I've > used it regularly for backup, but I've not had to recover much (only > bits of data I've accidentally deleted). So, in view of your passing > comment that it's hard to recover from a few days/weeks ago, I'm now a > bit worried about not being able to recover from a more serious data loss.
The way my script (and I think rsync) works is that what is stored on my backup location is only a copy of what was last backed up (i.e. last night). If I wanted to restore a system to how it was say 3 days or one week ago I don't think you can. rsnapshot and rdiff-backup both provide alternatives to this where there is also a "history" (length and precision of your choosing) so you can re-create data that was around at some arbitrary point in the past. It hasn't really been a problem before, but it would be nice to be able to have this facility. There are pros and cons to both solutions I think. HTH Al -- The Open Learning Centre http://www.theopenlearningcentre.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
