Re: debian backup

On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:10:11 -0800, flamer die.spam@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi im looking for a backup solution for an etch server.

I have an external USB hard drive that I want to keep an entire image of
my system on, the server has two hard drives, one for the OS and one for
files. I'm wanting a solution that keeps one full backup and does a
differential backup (say once a week).

The important thing for me is the restore functionality, Im looking for
a solution that can rebuild both drives with the operating system and
mysql databases and everything, I don't want to have to reinstall debian
then restore the config files..

is there anything out there that will let create a boot disk or
something then pull the info from the backup drive as it rebuilds?
(nothing that requires a GUI either!)

thanks

Flamer.

I have nothing that meets exactly what you want, but you might try 'dar'
and bacula (dar = disk archive)

Never tried bacula, but dar is small, CLI, can compress and encrypt, and
can do incremental backups that include file removal, and has some sort
of management daemon that I've never tested. Best of all, dar comes on
the systemrescuecd - a bootup emergency CD with a bucketload of useful
tools. Dar homepage: http://dar.linux.free.fr/

(dar is included in debian repositories)

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