[opensuse] Re: backup for home users

Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Eberhard Roloff <tuxebi@xxxxxx> [05-30-07 11:10]:
[...]
[...rsnapshot does basically anything that you will ever need...]
[...]
I admit that it took me MUCH longer to figure out how to include my
windows machines transparently into the rsnapshot backup that runs on my
Linux machine. But this only shows that there is nmuch more potential
in it, than most people can get from a paid solution. And seriously, a
non-professional tool will have a hard time to do professionl backups? I
do not think so. Remember: The User never ever needs to know that her
backup is running..... It simply works...

And so now you need to impart this gleened knowledge. Can you provide
a sample script providing backup of a local machine and a windoz
remote (local network) to a usb connected hard-drive?

Well, it is not readymade, but it will work. because anyone that uses
it, will quickly understand how it works:

1. One short afternoon to do it for linux:
http://www.rsnapshot.org/howto/1.2/rsnapshot-HOWTO.en.html

2. Another half day to add backup of your windows machine(s) to your
Linux based rsnapshot setup:
http://digg.com/linux_unix/rsnapshot_HowTo_backing_up_Windows_servers_onto_a_Linux_rsnapshot_install

3. this is the essential extract from my /etc/rsnaphsot.conf
###############################
### BACKUP POINTS / SCRIPTS ###
###############################

# LOCALHOST
backup /home/eroloff/download/ grey/
backup /home/eroloff/info/ grey/
backup /home/eroloff/job/ grey/
backup /home/eroloff/.thunderbird/ grey/
backup /home/eroloff/digicam/ grey/
backup /etc/ grey/
backup rsync://192.168.1.101/data/ grey_win_data/
backup rsync://192.168.1.101/eigene_dateien/ grey_win_eigene_dateien/

===remark===
/data/ and /eigene_dateien are what I save from my windows box to the
corresponding folders on my Linux connected usbdrive. The pathes are
given in cygwin notation and "eigene_dateien" is german for "my_files".
So, seen from an Windows-centric angle, in fact, I am rsyncing d:\data
and d:\Eigene Dateien to my linux connected usb_device.
On windows, I made sure that any user "ONLY" uses d:\data or d:\Eigene
Dateien\username to store her files.


Notes:
1.
I personally used cwrsync on my windows machine to have a working rsync
server without any additional cygwin things. Thats much quicker!
2.
Had I had access to theses things before doing it, it might have taken
much less time and hassle.
3. If you are not so much after backup and more looking for an easy sync
solution, I would recommend to use ex. Unison. I am successfully using
it to sync some folders between WinXP, Win Vista and Linux.

hope that helps
kind regards
Eberhard

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