Backup

I'm looking for a backup app for FC2. Preferably one which can write both
full an incremental backups to cdr/cdrw, can take advantage of compression,
and could possibly be set in place with cron or at. If there is a shell
script which is already available that would be fine as well. Any input is
appreciated.
I've been looking at tar and cpio (and even dd), and if I had to, I suppose
I could work one or the other of those, but something which is stable and
running at this point is very important, since I have a new system that I
need to get into production right away.

Regards

John

atlantic wrote:

> I'm looking for a backup app for FC2. Preferably one which can write both
> full an incremental backups to cdr/cdrw, can take advantage of
> compression,
> and could possibly be set in place with cron or at. If there is a shell
> script which is already available that would be fine as well. Any input
> is appreciated.
> I've been looking at tar and cpio (and even dd), and if I had to, I
> suppose I could work one or the other of those, but something which is
> stable and running at this point is very important, since I have a new
> system that I need to get into production right away.
>
> Regards
>
> John


Take a look a backup2l or dar.

Scott


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"Scott Leighton" <helphand@pacbell.net> wrote in message
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> atlantic wrote:
>
> > I'm looking for a backup app for FC2. Preferably one which can write
both
> > full an incremental backups to cdr/cdrw, can take advantage of
> > compression,
> > and could possibly be set in place with cron or at. If there is a shell
> > script which is already available that would be fine as well. Any input
> > is appreciated.
> > I've been looking at tar and cpio (and even dd), and if I had to, I
> > suppose I could work one or the other of those, but something which is
> > stable and running at this point is very important, since I have a new
> > system that I need to get into production right away.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > John
>
>
> Take a look a backup2l or dar.
>

or Amanda or Backula

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> > Take a look a backup2l or dar.
> >
>> or Amanda or Backula
> Angel R. Rivera aka Wolf

Wolf~
Thanks for the reply. Is there a reason that something as simple as tar
wouldn't do? I've been looking at both rsync and Amanda. I have some more
reading to do on Amanda, although rsync seems as though it would do (but
doesn't seem to have multi-volume covered).

Regards
AT

You can use Storix if you're willing to settle for writing to tape or
disk instead. It doesn't support dvd, but does create cd/dvd
boot/recovery media. We often use external portable USB drives for our
backup devices so we can carry them over to other systems for cloning.
Storix is the only product we found that can replicate our systems onto
different hardware. And, it also does well at the incrementals and just
your regular backup/restore stuff.

atlantic wrote:

> I'm looking for a backup app for FC2. Preferably one which can write both
> full an incremental backups to cdr/cdrw, can take advantage of compression,
> and could possibly be set in place with cron or at. If there is a shell
> script which is already available that would be fine as well. Any input is
> appreciated.
> I've been looking at tar and cpio (and even dd), and if I had to, I suppose
> I could work one or the other of those, but something which is stable and
> running at this point is very important, since I have a new system that I
> need to get into production right away.
>
> Regards
>
> John
>
>

tar in and of itself is inadequate in that it does not suit to
multiple volumes, nor is it very effective at differential or
incremental backups (without significant script creation). Lastly,
data which is "tar'ed" does not compress putting more burden on your
backup media. If you have a large amount of data, and in fact need
incremental support your needs likely warrant a tape drive or tape
library with Amanda software. Amanda is free, and effective with tape
libraries.

Phil