Re: How best to make daily routine backups from netbook to 2 external HD's?

On 05-02-12 23:20, Bas Roufs wrote:
/Dear Mark and Everybody Else/

/ark and Everybody Else/


As the developer of TARDIS ( :) ) I can say yes it probably is.
I refrained from recommending it to you since it won't quite do
what you want because it won't back up to 2 different discs - it
wasn't ever intended to do that.

As the developer of TARDIS ( :) ) I can say yes it probably is. I
refrained from recommending it to you since it won't quite do what
you want because it won't back up to 2 different discs - it wasn't
ever intended to do that.


/This is exactly the reason I hesitate about TARDIS.
On the other hand: backing up and syncing I do with one external HD at a
time only anyway.
/


The basic idea of it though is probably what you need; you could use
rsync and a couple of bash scripts to do manual incremental backups
in the style of TARDIS, but without the automatic ageing. I'd be
happy to advise if you like.


/In the meantime, I have been experimenting with "L/uckyBackup" - /which
has RSync and some other scripts under the hood. It works both
graphically and with command line. It is in the repo as well. More info: /

http://luckybackup.sourceforge.net/


/My experiences so far can be summarised as follows./

http://luckybackup.sourceforge.net/

/I successfully managed to make a complete backup of the WHOLE home
directory to the biggest external HD: "WD Elements" , 2 Terabytes. The
strange aspect of this experience is the way in which that HD has been
formatted: NTFS. But there was not one single error report. //
/

/My question is: what best to do with the big external HD? Leaving it as
it is now while continuing to use it? Or is it better to reformat it
into EXT4 and making a new backup afterwords?/


/With respect to the other external HD: that one is a "ADATA NH 92" of
500 GB. Although I did format that one as FAT32, more than 800 error
reports have been mentioned with respect to my attempt to backup my HOME
directory there. The error reports mainly refer to the KMAIL e-mail
directories in .kde/share. An attempt to synchronise the HOME directory
at the netbook and the NH92 ended up in a similar result. /

/On the other hand, I DID manage to successfully backup all the
datafiles, images, etc. to the NH92. Even eg. software and iso images
could be transferred without problems./ /The problem is limited to the
e-mail directory .kde/share.
/


/My question is: do I need to reformat the NH92? if I need EXT4 for the
backup, is it possible to leave 50 or 100 GB as FAT32 by means of
partitioning?
/


/Thanks for your replies. Respectfully yours,/

/Bas Roufs.
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Nice to see someone recommending it though :)

Mark


Respectfully yours,
Bas.


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BAs,
Maybe you had thought about it yourself and perhaps thought it is overkill but I use for > 2 years Backuppc (it's in the repositories) which is browser oriented. You have to read somewhat in the manual (organized as a wiki) but I find it reasonably user-friendly and I us a 1 TB external disk for the backups. I use it to backup 3 desktops and 1 laptop and it is completely stand-alone. It is my life-saver as I had a complete disk-crash 6 month ago and I lost nothing. It is also invaluable if you upgrade your system (or change for a completely new one). Just be careful with permissions as that can sometimes give you unexpected surprises.
Joep



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